diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b94cacd8..ae41054d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@tweenjs/tween.js",
-  "version": "17.3.5",
+  "version": "17.6.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index faee2a19..e46559a5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@tweenjs/tween.js",
   "description": "Super simple, fast and easy to use tweening engine which incorporates optimised Robert Penner's equations.",
-  "version": "17.3.5",
+  "version": "17.6.0",
   "main": "src/Tween.js",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/tweenjs/tween.js",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/src/Tween.js b/src/Tween.js
index 0c200a79..d1082bba 100644
--- a/src/Tween.js
+++ b/src/Tween.js
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ TWEEN.Tween.prototype = {
 
 	to: function (properties, duration) {
 
-		this._valuesEnd = Object.create(properties);
+		this._valuesEnd = properties;
 
 		if (duration !== undefined) {
 			this._duration = duration;
diff --git a/test/unit/tests.js b/test/unit/tests.js
index 605538a3..afbe043c 100644
--- a/test/unit/tests.js
+++ b/test/unit/tests.js
@@ -1380,20 +1380,27 @@
 
 			},
 
-			'Arrays in the object passed to to() are not modified by start().':
-			function(test) {
-
-				var start = {x: 10, y: 20};
-				var end = {x: 100, y: 200, values: ['a', 'b']};
-				var valuesArray = end.values;
-				new TWEEN.Tween(start).to(end).start();
-				test.equal(valuesArray, end.values);
-				test.equal(end.values.length, 2);
-				test.equal(end.values[0], 'a');
-				test.equal(end.values[1], 'b');
-				test.done();
-
-			},
+            /* 
+             * This test covered a feature that was a breaking change from
+             * v17.3.0 to v17.3.2 (v17.3.1 was never released). It has been
+             * reverted and published in v17.6.0 so that v17 can be considered
+             * fixed. v18 contains the new behavior. v19 will provide a new
+             * `dynamic` option to `to()` for choosing the desired behavior.
+             */
+			// 'Arrays in the object passed to to() are not modified by start().':
+			// function(test) {
+
+			// 	var start = {x: 10, y: 20};
+			// 	var end = {x: 100, y: 200, values: ['a', 'b']};
+			// 	var valuesArray = end.values;
+			// 	new TWEEN.Tween(start).to(end).start();
+			// 	test.equal(valuesArray, end.values);
+			// 	test.equal(end.values.length, 2);
+			// 	test.equal(end.values[0], 'a');
+			// 	test.equal(end.values[1], 'b');
+			// 	test.done();
+
+			// },
 
 
 		};