diff --git a/docs/main/changelog.rst b/docs/main/changelog.rst
index 753cae69..7750d856 100644
--- a/docs/main/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/main/changelog.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ that were made in every particular version.
 From version 0.7.6 *Dependency Injector* framework strictly 
 follows `Semantic versioning`_
 
+Development version
+-------------------
+- Hotfix for version ``4.8.0``: fix side effect in ``Container`` provider overriding.
+
 4.8.1
 -----
 - Fix declarative container multi-level inheritance issue.
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diff --git a/src/dependency_injector/providers.pyx b/src/dependency_injector/providers.pyx
index 831fab31..3023482c 100644
--- a/src/dependency_injector/providers.pyx
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     cpdef object _provide(self, tuple args, dict kwargs):