diff --git a/pkg/stdlib/objects/keep.go b/pkg/stdlib/objects/keep.go
index 45e3734c..88f6e8ca 100644
--- a/pkg/stdlib/objects/keep.go
+++ b/pkg/stdlib/objects/keep.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func Keep(_ context.Context, args ...core.Value) (core.Value, error) {
 		keys = args[1].(*values.Array)
 	}
 
-	err = validateArrayOfStrings(keys)
+	err = validateArrayOf(core.StringType, keys)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return values.None, err
@@ -43,22 +43,18 @@ func Keep(_ context.Context, args ...core.Value) (core.Value, error) {
 	var val core.Value
 	var exists values.Boolean
 
-	for idx := values.NewInt(0); idx < keys.Length(); idx++ {
-		key = keys.Get(idx).(values.String)
+	keys.ForEach(func(keyVal core.Value, idx int) bool {
+		key = keyVal.(values.String)
+
 		if val, exists = obj.Get(key); exists {
+			if values.IsCloneable(val) {
+				val = val.(core.Cloneable).Clone()
+			}
 			resultObj.Set(key, val)
 		}
-	}
+
+		return true
+	})
 
 	return resultObj, nil
 }
-
-func validateArrayOfStrings(arr *values.Array) (err error) {
-	for idx := values.NewInt(0); idx < arr.Length(); idx++ {
-		err = core.ValidateType(arr.Get(idx), core.StringType)
-		if err != nil {
-			break
-		}
-	}
-	return
-}
diff --git a/pkg/stdlib/objects/keep_test.go b/pkg/stdlib/objects/keep_test.go
index d3718643..03ea8e88 100644
--- a/pkg/stdlib/objects/keep_test.go
+++ b/pkg/stdlib/objects/keep_test.go
@@ -45,6 +45,24 @@ func TestKeep(t *testing.T) {
 		So(err, ShouldBeError)
 		So(obj, ShouldEqual, values.None)
 	})
+
+	Convey("Result object is independent of the source object", t, func() {
+		arr := values.NewArrayWith(values.Int(0))
+		obj := values.NewObjectWith(
+			values.NewObjectProperty("a", arr),
+		)
+		resultObj := values.NewObjectWith(
+			values.NewObjectProperty("a", values.NewArrayWith(values.Int(0))),
+		)
+
+		afterKeep, err := objects.Keep(context.Background(), obj, values.NewString("a"))
+
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		arr.Push(values.NewInt(1))
+
+		So(afterKeep.Compare(resultObj), ShouldEqual, 0)
+	})
 }
 
 func TestKeepStrings(t *testing.T) {