diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Models/OpenApiOperation.cs b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Models/OpenApiOperation.cs
index 20ce8bf53..0a79481f0 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Models/OpenApiOperation.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Models/OpenApiOperation.cs
@@ -28,21 +28,22 @@ public ISet<OpenApiTagReference>? Tags
             }
             set
             {
-                if (value is null)
-                {
-                    _tags = null;
-                    return;
-                }
-                _tags = value switch
-                {
-                    HashSet<OpenApiTagReference> tags when !ReferenceEquals(tags.Comparer, EqualityComparer<OpenApiTagReference>.Default) => value,
-                    SortedSet<OpenApiTagReference> => value,
+                _tags = CopyTags(value);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static ISet<OpenApiTagReference>? CopyTags(ISet<OpenApiTagReference>? tags, bool copy = false)
+        {
+            return tags switch
+            {
+                null => null,
+                HashSet<OpenApiTagReference> hashSet when !ReferenceEquals(hashSet.Comparer, EqualityComparer<OpenApiTagReference>.Default) => copy ? new HashSet<OpenApiTagReference>(hashSet, hashSet.Comparer) : hashSet,
+                SortedSet<OpenApiTagReference> sorted => copy ? new SortedSet<OpenApiTagReference>(sorted, sorted.Comparer) : sorted,
 #if NET
-                    ImmutableSortedSet<OpenApiTagReference> => value,
+                ImmutableSortedSet<OpenApiTagReference> => tags,
 #endif
-                    _ => new HashSet<OpenApiTagReference>(value, OpenApiTagComparer.Instance),
-                };
-            }
+                _ => new HashSet<OpenApiTagReference>(tags, OpenApiTagComparer.Instance),
+            };
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ public OpenApiOperation() { }
         public OpenApiOperation(OpenApiOperation operation)
         {
             Utils.CheckArgumentNull(operation);
-            Tags = operation.Tags != null ? new HashSet<OpenApiTagReference>(operation.Tags) : null;
+            Tags = CopyTags(operation.Tags, copy: true);
             Summary = operation.Summary ?? Summary;
             Description = operation.Description ?? Description;
             ExternalDocs = operation.ExternalDocs != null ? new(operation.ExternalDocs) : null;
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests/Models/OpenApiOperationTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests/Models/OpenApiOperationTests.cs
index 46e25c183..b43ef7b53 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests/Models/OpenApiOperationTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests/Models/OpenApiOperationTests.cs
@@ -939,5 +939,61 @@ public void TagsSupportsImmutableSortedSets()
             Assert.Equal(["tagC", "tagB", "tagA"], names);
             Assert.IsType<ImmutableSortedSet<OpenApiTagReference>>(operation.Tags);
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void OpenApiOperationCopyConstructorPreservesCustomComparer()
+        {
+            var operation = new OpenApiOperation
+            {
+                Tags = new HashSet<OpenApiTagReference>(new CaseInsensitiveOpenApiTagReferenceEqualityComparer())
+                {
+                    new("Tag1")
+                }
+            };
+
+            var copy = new OpenApiOperation(operation);
+            Assert.NotNull(copy.Tags);
+            Assert.False(copy.Tags.Add(new OpenApiTagReference("tag1")));
+            Assert.Single(copy.Tags);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void OpenApiOperationCopyConstructorPreservesSortedSet()
+        {
+            var operation = new OpenApiOperation
+            {
+                Tags = new SortedSet<OpenApiTagReference>(new DescendingOpenApiTagReferenceComparer())
+                {
+                    new("tagB"),
+                    new("tagA"),
+                    new("tagC"),
+                }
+            };
+
+            var copy = new OpenApiOperation(operation);
+            Assert.IsType<SortedSet<OpenApiTagReference>>(copy.Tags);
+            var copyNames = copy.Tags.Select(t => t.Name);
+            Assert.Equal(["tagC", "tagB", "tagA"], copyNames);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void OpenApiOperationCopyConstructorPreservesImmutableSortedSet()
+        {
+            var operation = new OpenApiOperation
+            {
+                Tags = ImmutableSortedSet.Create(
+                    new DescendingOpenApiTagReferenceComparer(),
+                    [
+                        new OpenApiTagReference("tagB"),
+                        new OpenApiTagReference("tagA"),
+                        new OpenApiTagReference("tagC"),
+                    ]),
+            };
+
+            var copy = new OpenApiOperation(operation);
+            Assert.IsType<ImmutableSortedSet<OpenApiTagReference>>(copy.Tags);
+            var copyNames = copy.Tags.Select(t => t.Name);
+            Assert.Equal(["tagC", "tagB", "tagA"], copyNames);
+        }
     }
 }