diff --git a/.changeset/tired-views-turn.md b/.changeset/tired-views-turn.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bbc7aab977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tired-views-turn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'livekit-client': patch
+---
+
+Ensure that sortPresets does NOT mutate values passed in via options into Room
diff --git a/src/room/participant/publishUtils.test.ts b/src/room/participant/publishUtils.test.ts
index 1580084e4e..e04c3f9f89 100644
--- a/src/room/participant/publishUtils.test.ts
+++ b/src/room/participant/publishUtils.test.ts
@@ -174,6 +174,12 @@ describe('customSimulcastLayers', () => {
     expect(sortedPresets[1].encoding.maxFramerate).toBe(15);
     expect(sortedPresets[2].encoding.maxFramerate).toBe(20);
   });
+  it('does not mutate the passed-in array', () => {
+    const presets = [VideoPresets.h1440, VideoPresets.h360, VideoPresets.h1080, VideoPresets.h90];
+    const original = [...presets];
+    sortPresets(presets);
+    expect(presets).toEqual(original);
+  });
 });
 
 describe('screenShareSimulcastDefaults', () => {
diff --git a/src/room/participant/publishUtils.ts b/src/room/participant/publishUtils.ts
index 3d5d64862b..4e6c92ae9c 100644
--- a/src/room/participant/publishUtils.ts
+++ b/src/room/participant/publishUtils.ts
@@ -419,7 +419,10 @@ function encodingsFromPresets(
 /** @internal */
 export function sortPresets(presets: Array<VideoPreset> | undefined) {
   if (!presets) return;
-  return presets.sort((a, b) => {
+  // Sort a copy so we don't mutate the caller's array in place. Mutating the
+  // passed-in simulcast layers can cause consumers that compare options by value
+  // (e.g. components-react's useLiveKitRoom) to detect a spurious change.
+  return presets.slice().sort((a, b) => {
     const { encoding: aEnc } = a;
     const { encoding: bEnc } = b;