diff --git a/.changeset/tender-ducks-own.md b/.changeset/tender-ducks-own.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..216332119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tender-ducks-own.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"openapi-typescript": patch
+---
+
+Do not add readonly on Typescript enum when the --immutable option is used.
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2521d44bf..07389397b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ dist
 node_modules
 
 packages/openapi-typescript/test/fixtures/cli-outputs/out
+
+# IntelliJ IDEA settings folder
+/.idea
diff --git a/packages/openapi-typescript/src/lib/ts.ts b/packages/openapi-typescript/src/lib/ts.ts
index 6c8792567..6084744b0 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-typescript/src/lib/ts.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi-typescript/src/lib/ts.ts
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ export function tsEnum(
   name: string,
   members: (string | number)[],
   metadata?: { name?: string; description?: string }[],
-  options?: { readonly?: boolean; export?: boolean },
+  options?: { export?: boolean },
 ) {
   let enumName = name.replace(JS_ENUM_INVALID_CHARS_RE, (c) => {
     const last = c[c.length - 1];
@@ -244,10 +244,7 @@ export function tsEnum(
   enumName = `${enumName[0].toUpperCase()}${enumName.substring(1)}`;
   return ts.factory.createEnumDeclaration(
     /* modifiers */ options
-      ? tsModifiers({
-          readonly: options.readonly ?? false,
-          export: options.export ?? false,
-        })
+      ? tsModifiers({ export: options.export ?? false })
       : undefined,
     /* name      */ enumName,
     /* members   */ members.map((value, i) =>
diff --git a/packages/openapi-typescript/src/transform/schema-object.ts b/packages/openapi-typescript/src/transform/schema-object.ts
index 0b6892249..fc68bd737 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-typescript/src/transform/schema-object.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi-typescript/src/transform/schema-object.ts
@@ -126,7 +126,11 @@ export function transformSchemaObjectWithComposition(
         enumName,
         schemaObject.enum as (string | number)[],
         metadata,
-        { export: true, readonly: options.ctx.immutable },
+
+        {
+          export: true,
+          // readonly: TS enum do not support the readonly modifier
+        },
       );
       options.ctx.injectFooter.push(enumType);
       return ts.factory.createTypeReferenceNode(enumType.name);
diff --git a/packages/openapi-typescript/test/lib/ts.test.ts b/packages/openapi-typescript/test/lib/ts.test.ts
index d48654fd1..f647cab9f 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-typescript/test/lib/ts.test.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi-typescript/test/lib/ts.test.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,20 @@ describe("tsEnum", () => {
 }`);
   });
 
+  test("with setting: export", () => {
+    expect(
+      astToString(
+        tsEnum("-my-color-", ["green", "red", "blue"], undefined, {
+          export: true,
+        }),
+      ).trim(),
+    ).toBe(`export enum MyColor {
+    green = "green",
+    red = "red",
+    blue = "blue"
+}`);
+  });
+
   test("name from path", () => {
     expect(
       astToString(