diff --git a/instrumentor/sdks/sdks.go b/instrumentor/sdks/sdks.go
index bc95df0f1..7f474e878 100644
--- a/instrumentor/sdks/sdks.go
+++ b/instrumentor/sdks/sdks.go
@@ -56,6 +56,23 @@ func SetDefaultSDKs(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func copyOtelSdkMap(m map[common.ProgrammingLanguage]common.OtelSdk) map[common.ProgrammingLanguage]common.OtelSdk {
+	// Create a new map with the same capacity as the original
+	newMap := make(map[common.ProgrammingLanguage]common.OtelSdk, len(m))
+
+	// Copy each key-value pair to the new map
+	for key, value := range m {
+		newMap[key] = common.OtelSdk{
+			SdkType: value.SdkType,
+			SdkTier: value.SdkTier,
+		}
+	}
+
+	return newMap
+}
+
 func GetDefaultSDKs() map[common.ProgrammingLanguage]common.OtelSdk {
-	return defaultOtelSdkPerLanguage
+	// return a copy of the map, so it can be modified without affecting the original
+	// and if used by multiple goroutines, it will be safe to write to the instance returned
+	return copyOtelSdkMap(defaultOtelSdkPerLanguage)
 }