diff --git a/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2/__init__.py b/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2/__init__.py
index b77fe8cde7c..12f8d2d305e 100755
--- a/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2/__init__.py
+++ b/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ bl_info = {
     # This is now displayed as the maintainer, so show the foundation.
     # "author": "Julien Duroure, Scurest, Norbert Nopper, Urs Hanselmann, Moritz Becher, Benjamin Schmithüsen, Jim Eckerlein", # Original Authors
     'author': "Blender Foundation, Khronos Group",
-    "version": (5, 0, 18),
+    "version": (5, 0, 19),
     'blender': (4, 4, 0),
     'location': 'File > Import-Export',
     'description': 'Import-Export as glTF 2.0',
diff --git a/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2/blender/exp/material/search_node_tree.py b/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2/blender/exp/material/search_node_tree.py
index dafaa9846ae..75827ac52d4 100644
--- a/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2/blender/exp/material/search_node_tree.py
+++ b/scripts/addons_core/io_scene_gltf2/blender/exp/material/search_node_tree.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def from_socket(start_socket: NodeTreeSearchResult,
 
             if linked_node.type == "GROUP_INPUT":
                 socket = [sock for sock in group_path[-1].inputs if sock.name == link.from_socket.name][0]
-                linked_results = __search_from_socket(socket, shader_node_filter, search_path + [link], group_path[:-1])
+                linked_results = __search_from_socket(socket, shader_node_filter, search_path + [link], group_path[:-1].copy())
                 if linked_results:
                     # add the link to the current path
                     search_path.append(link)
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def from_socket(start_socket: NodeTreeSearchResult,
 
             # check if the node matches the filter
             if shader_node_filter(linked_node):
-                results.append(NodeTreeSearchResult(linked_node, search_path + [link], group_path))
+                results.append(NodeTreeSearchResult(linked_node, search_path + [link], group_path.copy()))
             # traverse into inputs of the node
             for input_socket in linked_node.inputs:
                 linked_results = __search_from_socket(
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def from_socket(start_socket: NodeTreeSearchResult,
     if shader_node_filter(start_socket.socket.node):
         return [NodeTreeSearchResult(start_socket.socket.node, [], start_socket.group_path.copy())]
 
-    return __search_from_socket(start_socket.socket, shader_node_filter, [], start_socket.group_path)
+    return __search_from_socket(start_socket.socket, shader_node_filter, [], start_socket.group_path.copy())
 
 
 @cached