diff --git a/lib/hooks/blueprints/actions/update.js b/lib/hooks/blueprints/actions/update.js
index c3f0d9575..f0278801b 100644
--- a/lib/hooks/blueprints/actions/update.js
+++ b/lib/hooks/blueprints/actions/update.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ module.exports = function updateOneRecord (req, res) {
 
     // This should only update a single record
     Model.updateOne(_.cloneDeep(criteria))
-    .set(queryOptions.valuesToSet)
+    .set(_.cloneDeep(queryOptions.valuesToSet))
     .meta(queryOptions.meta)
     .exec(function (err, updatedRecord) {