diff --git a/src/main/java/software/amazon/cloudwatchlogs/emf/model/MetricDirective.java b/src/main/java/software/amazon/cloudwatchlogs/emf/model/MetricDirective.java
index cd33ec67..f5218702 100644
--- a/src/main/java/software/amazon/cloudwatchlogs/emf/model/MetricDirective.java
+++ b/src/main/java/software/amazon/cloudwatchlogs/emf/model/MetricDirective.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ List<Set<String>> getAllDimensionKeys() {
      */
     void setDimensions(List<DimensionSet> dimensionSets) {
         shouldUseDefaultDimension = false;
-        dimensions = dimensionSets;
+        dimensions = new ArrayList<>(dimensionSets);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/software/amazon/cloudwatchlogs/emf/model/MetricDirectiveTest.java b/src/test/java/software/amazon/cloudwatchlogs/emf/model/MetricDirectiveTest.java
index 73a65775..ca70c395 100644
--- a/src/test/java/software/amazon/cloudwatchlogs/emf/model/MetricDirectiveTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/software/amazon/cloudwatchlogs/emf/model/MetricDirectiveTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.MapperFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class MetricDirectiveTest {
@@ -126,4 +127,18 @@ public void testPutDimensionsWhenDefaultDimensionsDefined() throws JsonProcessin
                 serializedMetricDirective,
                 "{\"Dimensions\":[[\"Version\",\"Region\"],[\"Version\",\"Instance\"]],\"Metrics\":[],\"Namespace\":\"aws-embedded-metrics\"}");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPutDimensionsAfterSetDimensions() throws JsonProcessingException {
+        MetricDirective metricDirective = new MetricDirective();
+        metricDirective.setDimensions(Collections.singletonList(DimensionSet.of("Version", "1")));
+        metricDirective.putDimensionSet(DimensionSet.of("Region", "us-east-1"));
+        metricDirective.putDimensionSet(DimensionSet.of("Instance", "inst-1"));
+
+        String serializedMetricDirective = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(metricDirective);
+
+        assertEquals(
+                serializedMetricDirective,
+                "{\"Dimensions\":[[\"Version\"],[\"Region\"],[\"Instance\"]],\"Metrics\":[],\"Namespace\":\"aws-embedded-metrics\"}");
+    }
 }