diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8094bbe..1b46c54 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "not-me",
-  "version": "4.3.3",
+  "version": "4.3.4",
   "description": "Easy and type-safe validation",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "types": "lib/types.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/schemas/base/base-schema.ts b/src/schemas/base/base-schema.ts
index c986bdf..b04f45c 100644
--- a/src/schemas/base/base-schema.ts
+++ b/src/schemas/base/base-schema.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,24 @@ export abstract class BaseSchema<
 
       if (this.mapMode) {
         shapedValue = {} as BaseType;
-        let shapedValueWithUnknownProperties = _currentValue as BaseType;
+
+        /* 
+          Used with ObjectSchema.union(),
+          in order make the object more precise as it goes through many filters,
+          including transform() calls on each of its properties
+        */
+        let shapedValueWithUnknownProperties = {
+          /*
+            Avoid changing the original object instance (which might even break the expected types from it, when running transformations),
+            by cloning it
+
+            Also fixes errors like 'TypeError: Cannot set property x of #<y> which has only a getter'
+
+            We can assume it's an object since only the ObjectSchema sets this.mapMode.
+            We also know it's an object because we already went through the type filter
+          */
+          ...(_currentValue as { [key: string]: unknown }),
+        } as unknown as BaseType;
 
         for (let i = 0; i < this.shapeFilters.length; i++) {
           const shapeFilter = this.shapeFilters[i] || throwError();