diff --git a/libpod/container_internal.go b/libpod/container_internal.go
index 97e6b47ba8..ca2eee1208 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal.go
@@ -2674,7 +2674,12 @@ func (c *Container) update(resources *spec.LinuxResources, restartPolicy *string
 		return fmt.Errorf("must provide restart policy if updating restart retries: %w", define.ErrInvalidArg)
 	}
 
-	oldResources := c.config.Spec.Linux.Resources
+	oldResources := new(spec.LinuxResources)
+	if c.config.Spec.Linux.Resources != nil {
+		if err := JSONDeepCopy(c.config.Spec.Linux.Resources, oldResources); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
 	oldRestart := c.config.RestartPolicy
 	oldRetries := c.config.RestartRetries
 
@@ -2701,7 +2706,15 @@ func (c *Container) update(resources *spec.LinuxResources, restartPolicy *string
 		if c.config.Spec.Linux == nil {
 			c.config.Spec.Linux = new(spec.Linux)
 		}
-		c.config.Spec.Linux.Resources = resources
+
+		resourcesToUpdate, err := json.Marshal(resources)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(resourcesToUpdate, c.config.Spec.Linux.Resources); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		resources = c.config.Spec.Linux.Resources
 	}
 
 	if err := c.runtime.state.SafeRewriteContainerConfig(c, "", "", c.config); err != nil {
diff --git a/test/system/280-update.bats b/test/system/280-update.bats
index f4c8a9640a..451049ca5d 100644
--- a/test/system/280-update.bats
+++ b/test/system/280-update.bats
@@ -309,4 +309,21 @@ function nrand() {
 
     run_podman rm -t 0 -f $ctrname
 }
+
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
+@test "podman update - resources on update are not changed unless requested" {
+    local ctrname="c-h-$(safename)"
+    run_podman run -d --name $ctrname \
+                --pids-limit 1024     \
+                $IMAGE /home/podman/pause
+
+    run_podman update $ctrname --memory 100M
+
+    # A Pid check is performed to ensure that other resource settings are not unset. https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/24610
+    run_podman inspect $ctrname --format "{{.HostConfig.Memory}}\n{{.HostConfig.PidsLimit}}"
+    assert ${lines[0]} == "104857600" ".HostConfig.Memory"
+    assert ${lines[1]} == "1024" ".HostConfig.PidsLimit"
+
+    run_podman rm -t 0 -f $ctrname
+}
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