diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 63ca9544e..4780d9f4c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 * [#2977](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/2977): Stop copying the query params of a request whose params builder builds a new object - [@ericproulx](https://github.com/ericproulx).
 * [#2974](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/2974): Run every endpoint's Rack stack through one shared lambda instead of one allocated per endpoint, and make `Grape::Endpoint#run` public - [@ericproulx](https://github.com/ericproulx).
 * [#2975](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/2975): Hold a static `values` or `except_values` collection as it came instead of behind a lambda that only hands it back - [@ericproulx](https://github.com/ericproulx).
+* [#2976](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/2976): Replace a registry on registration instead of writing into it, so a registered formatter, parser, params builder, validator or versioner cannot be changed underneath a reader - [@ericproulx](https://github.com/ericproulx).
 * Your contribution here.
 
 ### 4.0.1 (2026-09-15)
diff --git a/lib/grape/util/registry.rb b/lib/grape/util/registry.rb
index be87c04a8..5a025b317 100644
--- a/lib/grape/util/registry.rb
+++ b/lib/grape/util/registry.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def register(klass)
         return if short_name.nil?
 
         warn "#{short_name} is already registered with class #{registry[short_name]}. It will be overridden globally with the following: #{klass.name}" if registry.key?(short_name)
-        registry[short_name] = registry[short_name.to_sym] = klass
+        @registry = registry.merge(short_name => klass, short_name.to_sym => klass).freeze
       end
 
       private
@@ -29,8 +29,15 @@ def build_short_name(klass)
       #
       # +register+ derives the short name as a String, so the Symbol is the
       # alias.
+      #
+      # Registration replaces the Hash instead of writing into it, and freezes
+      # the replacement: a registry is written when a formatter, parser,
+      # params builder, validator or versioner class is defined, and from then
+      # on it is only ever looked up -- on the request path, at that. Nothing
+      # holding a registry can find it changed underneath, and nothing can
+      # write to one without going through +register+.
       def registry
-        @registry ||= {}
+        @registry ||= {}.freeze
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/grape/util/registry_spec.rb b/spec/grape/util/registry_spec.rb
index 87e9d8cf2..ec0aa7b27 100644
--- a/spec/grape/util/registry_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/grape/util/registry_spec.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ def registry_empty?
       def registry_get(key)
         registry[key]
       end
+
+      def registry_frozen?
+        registry.frozen?
+      end
     end
   end
 
@@ -83,6 +87,15 @@ def self.name
         expect(subject.registry_get(:test_class)).to eq(test_class)
         expect(subject.registry_get('test_class')).to eq(test_class)
       end
+
+      it 'hands out a frozen registry before anything is registered' do
+        expect(subject.registry_frozen?).to be true
+      end
+
+      it 'hands out a frozen registry after registering' do
+        subject.register(test_class)
+        expect(subject.registry_frozen?).to be true
+      end
     end
 
     context 'with invalid class names' do
diff --git a/spec/support/deregister.rb b/spec/support/deregister.rb
index 992e64571..fa4a008a5 100644
--- a/spec/support/deregister.rb
+++ b/spec/support/deregister.rb
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 module Deregister
   # A registration lives under both its String and its Symbol spelling
   # (see Grape::Util::Registry#register), so undoing one takes both.
+  # Registration replaces the registry rather than writing into it, and the
+  # replacement is frozen, so undoing one replaces it in turn.
   def deregister(key)
-    registry.delete(key.to_s)
-    registry.delete(key.to_sym)
+    @registry = registry.except(key.to_s, key.to_sym).freeze
   end
 end