diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0013f5d..b195f11 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+<a name="3.0.5"></a>
+# [3.0.5](https://github.com/atomastic/arrays) (2021-08-02)
+* fix except() method.
+
 <a name="3.0.4"></a>
 # [3.0.4](https://github.com/atomastic/arrays) (2021-07-09)
 * fix PHPstan tests
diff --git a/src/Arrays.php b/src/Arrays.php
index 40118c3..142378f 100644
--- a/src/Arrays.php
+++ b/src/Arrays.php
@@ -1291,7 +1291,9 @@ public function only(array $keys): self
      */
     public function except(array $keys): self
     {
-        return $this->copy()->delete($keys);
+        $this->items = $this->delete($keys)->toArray();
+        
+        return $this;
     }
 
     /**