diff --git a/src/django_components/context.py b/src/django_components/context.py
index 1c3d0636..c52c9be5 100644
--- a/src/django_components/context.py
+++ b/src/django_components/context.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ pass data across components, nodes, slots, and contexts.
 You can think of the Context as our storage system.
 """
 
+from copy import copy
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional
 
 from django.template import Context
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ def capture_root_context(context: Context) -> None:
     """
     root_ctx_already_defined = _OUTER_CONTEXT_CONTEXT_KEY in context
     if not root_ctx_already_defined:
-        set_root_context(context, context.__copy__())
+        set_root_context(context, copy(context))
 
 
 def set_slot_component_association(context: Context, slot_id: str, component_id: str) -> None:
diff --git a/src/django_components/slots.py b/src/django_components/slots.py
index a13bd219..cdaa21d0 100644
--- a/src/django_components/slots.py
+++ b/src/django_components/slots.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import difflib
 import json
+from copy import copy
 from typing import Dict, List, NamedTuple, Optional, Set, Type, Union
 
 from django.template import Context, Template
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ class SlotNode(Node):
         elif app_settings.SLOT_CONTEXT_BEHAVIOR == SlotContextBehavior.ISOLATED:
             return root_ctx
         elif app_settings.SLOT_CONTEXT_BEHAVIOR == SlotContextBehavior.PREFER_ROOT:
-            new_context: Context = context.__copy__()
+            new_context: Context = copy(context)
             new_context.update(root_ctx.flatten())
             return new_context
         else: