diff --git a/src/Particular.LicensingComponent.UnitTests/ThroughputCollector/ThroughputCollector_Report_BrokerMetadata_Tests.cs b/src/Particular.LicensingComponent.UnitTests/ThroughputCollector/ThroughputCollector_Report_BrokerMetadata_Tests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bcdb41edc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Particular.LicensingComponent.UnitTests/ThroughputCollector/ThroughputCollector_Report_BrokerMetadata_Tests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+namespace Particular.LicensingComponent.UnitTests;
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using Particular.LicensingComponent.Contracts;
+using Particular.LicensingComponent.UnitTests.Infrastructure;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// The report adds its environment data to the broker data. The data store can return a shared
+/// instance, so the report must not change the broker data that the store holds. Otherwise two
+/// reports that are generated at the same time write into the same dictionary.
+/// </summary>
+[TestFixture]
+class ThroughputCollector_Report_BrokerMetadata_Tests : ThroughputCollectorTestFixture
+{
+    [Test]
+    public async Task Should_not_change_the_stored_broker_data()
+    {
+        await DataStore.SaveBrokerMetadata(new BrokerMetadata("scope", new Dictionary<string, string> { ["Broker.Key"] = "value" }));
+
+        var report = await ThroughputCollector.GenerateThroughputReport("1.2.3", null);
+
+        var stored = await DataStore.GetBrokerMetadata();
+
+        using (Assert.EnterMultipleScope())
+        {
+            Assert.That(report.ReportData.EnvironmentInformation.EnvironmentData, Does.ContainKey("Broker.Key"), "The report includes the broker data");
+            Assert.That(report.ReportData.EnvironmentInformation.EnvironmentData, Does.ContainKey(EnvironmentDataType.ServicePulseVersion.ToString()));
+            Assert.That(stored.Data.Keys, Is.EquivalentTo(new[] { "Broker.Key" }), "The report must not add its keys to the stored broker data");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Particular.LicensingComponent/ThroughputCollector.cs b/src/Particular.LicensingComponent/ThroughputCollector.cs
index e2186f6dda..31bc9744fd 100644
--- a/src/Particular.LicensingComponent/ThroughputCollector.cs
+++ b/src/Particular.LicensingComponent/ThroughputCollector.cs
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ public async Task<SignedReport> GenerateThroughputReport(string spVersion, DateT
             IgnoredQueues = [.. ignoredQueueNames],
             Queues = [.. queueThroughputs],
             TotalQueues = queueThroughputs.Count,
-            EnvironmentInformation = new EnvironmentInformation { AuditServicesData = new AuditServicesData(auditServiceMetadata.Versions, auditServiceMetadata.Transports), EnvironmentData = brokerMetaData.Data }
+            // A copy, because the report adds its own keys. The data store can return a shared instance.
+            EnvironmentInformation = new EnvironmentInformation { AuditServicesData = new AuditServicesData(auditServiceMetadata.Versions, auditServiceMetadata.Transports), EnvironmentData = new Dictionary<string, string>(brokerMetaData.Data) }
         };
 
         var auditThroughput = queueThroughputs.SelectMany(w => w.DailyThroughputFromAudit);
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Persistence.EFCore/Implementation/LicensingDataStore.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Persistence.EFCore/Implementation/LicensingDataStore.cs
index 2683c5069c..ba4d6ec45a 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Persistence.EFCore/Implementation/LicensingDataStore.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Persistence.EFCore/Implementation/LicensingDataStore.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ class LicensingDataStore(IServiceScopeFactory scopeFactory, TimeProvider timePro
 {
     static readonly string PlatformEndpointIndicator = EndpointIndicator.PlatformEndpoint.ToString();
     static readonly AuditServiceMetadata DefaultAuditServiceMetadata = new([], []);
-    static readonly BrokerMetadata DefaultBrokerMetadata = new(null, []);
 
     public Task<IEnumerable<Endpoint>> GetAllEndpoints(bool includePlatformEndpoints, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) =>
         ExecuteWithDbContext(async (context, token) =>
@@ -291,7 +290,7 @@ Task<bool> IsThereThroughput(int days, ThroughputSource? throughputSource, bool
 
     public Task<BrokerMetadata> GetBrokerMetadata(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) =>
         ExecuteWithDbContext(async (context, token) =>
-            await context.GetSetting<BrokerMetadata>(SettingKeys.BrokerMetadata, token) ?? DefaultBrokerMetadata, cancellationToken);
+            await context.GetSetting<BrokerMetadata>(SettingKeys.BrokerMetadata, token) ?? new BrokerMetadata(null, []), cancellationToken);
 
     public Task SaveBrokerMetadata(BrokerMetadata brokerMetadata, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) =>
         ExecuteWithDbContext((context, token) => context.StoreSetting(SettingKeys.BrokerMetadata, brokerMetadata, token), cancellationToken);
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Persistence.RavenDB/Throughput/LicensingDataStore.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Persistence.RavenDB/Throughput/LicensingDataStore.cs
index 6e14a20845..ad0a9e2b64 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Persistence.RavenDB/Throughput/LicensingDataStore.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Persistence.RavenDB/Throughput/LicensingDataStore.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ class LicensingDataStore(
     const string LicencedEndpointDetailsDocumentId = "LicensedEndpointDetails";
 
     static readonly AuditServiceMetadata DefaultAuditServiceMetadata = new([], []);
-    static readonly BrokerMetadata DefaultBrokerMetadata = new(null, []);
     static readonly ReportConfigurationDocument DefaultReportConfiguration = new();
 
     public async Task<IEnumerable<Endpoint>> GetAllEndpoints(bool includePlatformEndpoints, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
@@ -289,7 +288,7 @@ public async Task<BrokerMetadata> GetBrokerMetadata(CancellationToken cancellati
         var store = await storeProvider.GetDocumentStore(cancellationToken);
         using IAsyncDocumentSession session = store.OpenAsyncSession(databaseConfiguration.Name);
 
-        return await session.LoadAsync<BrokerMetadata>(BrokerMetadataDocumentId, cancellationToken) ?? DefaultBrokerMetadata;
+        return await session.LoadAsync<BrokerMetadata>(BrokerMetadataDocumentId, cancellationToken) ?? new BrokerMetadata(null, []);
     }
 
     public async Task SaveBrokerMetadata(BrokerMetadata brokerMetadata, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)