diff --git a/sphinx/environment/collectors/toctree.py b/sphinx/environment/collectors/toctree.py
index 772591e97..da9c45255 100644
--- a/sphinx/environment/collectors/toctree.py
+++ b/sphinx/environment/collectors/toctree.py
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class TocTreeCollector(EnvironmentCollector):
                     numstack[-1] += 1
                     reference = cast(nodes.reference, subnode[0])
                     if depth > 0:
-                        number = list(numstack)
+                        number = numstack.copy()
                         secnums[reference['anchorname']] = tuple(numstack)
                     else:
                         number = None
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/autodoc/importer.py b/sphinx/ext/autodoc/importer.py
index 84bfee58e..3e36ff741 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/autodoc/importer.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/autodoc/importer.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def import_object(modname: str, objpath: list[str], objtype: str = '',
     try:
         module = None
         exc_on_importing = None
-        objpath = list(objpath)
+        objpath = objpath.copy()
         while module is None:
             try:
                 original_module_names = frozenset(sys.modules)
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/napoleon/docstring.py b/sphinx/ext/napoleon/docstring.py
index ea8a85f04..df2ccdfd8 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/napoleon/docstring.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/napoleon/docstring.py
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ class NumpyDocstring(GoogleDocstring):
             if not name:
                 return
             name, role = parse_item_name(name)
-            items.append((name, list(rest), role))
+            items.append((name, rest.copy(), role))
             del rest[:]
 
         def translate(func, description, role):
diff --git a/sphinx/jinja2glue.py b/sphinx/jinja2glue.py
index cfe92b075..fba394ab1 100644
--- a/sphinx/jinja2glue.py
+++ b/sphinx/jinja2glue.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def _todim(val: int | str) -> str:
 
 
 def _slice_index(values: list, slices: int) -> Iterator[list]:
-    seq = list(values)
+    seq = values.copy()
     length = 0
     for value in values:
         length += 1 + len(value[1][1])  # count includes subitems