diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-google-ads/metadata.yaml b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-google-ads/metadata.yaml
index 1b400b5b3355..0a883c85ae94 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-google-ads/metadata.yaml
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-google-ads/metadata.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ data:
   connectorSubtype: api
   connectorType: source
   definitionId: 253487c0-2246-43ba-a21f-5116b20a2c50
-  dockerImageTag: "4.1.0-rc.6"
+  dockerImageTag: "4.1.0-rc.7"
   dockerRepository: airbyte/source-google-ads
   documentationUrl: https://docs.airbyte.com/integrations/sources/google-ads
   githubIssueLabel: source-google-ads
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-google-ads/pyproject.toml b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-google-ads/pyproject.toml
index 706ea5baad24..0c0d6266af64 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-google-ads/pyproject.toml
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-google-ads/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires = [ "poetry-core>=1.0.0",]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.poetry]
-version = "4.1.0-rc.6"
+version = "4.1.0-rc.7"
 name = "source-google-ads"
 description = "Source implementation for Google Ads."
 authors = [ "Airbyte <contact@airbyte.io>",]
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-google-ads/source_google_ads/components.py b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-google-ads/source_google_ads/components.py
index e9822df10aa7..89e58676b9b8 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-google-ads/source_google_ads/components.py
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-google-ads/source_google_ads/components.py
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ def _read_pages(
 
             # Update the stream slice start time to the last record's cursor
             last_cursor = last_record[self.cursor_field]
-            cursor_slice = stream_slice.cursor_slice
+            cursor_slice = dict(stream_slice.cursor_slice)
             cursor_slice["start_time"] = last_cursor
             stream_slice = StreamSlice(
                 partition=stream_slice.partition,
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@ def _read_pages(
                             "deleted_at": ts,
                         },
                         stream_name=self.name,
+                        associated_slice=stream_slice,
                     )
                 else:
                     updated_ids.append(_id)
diff --git a/docs/integrations/sources/google-ads.md b/docs/integrations/sources/google-ads.md
index 26776be34341..12e6c635dbac 100644
--- a/docs/integrations/sources/google-ads.md
+++ b/docs/integrations/sources/google-ads.md
@@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ Due to a limitation in the Google Ads API which does not allow getting performan
 
 | Version     | Date       | Pull Request                                             | Subject                                                                                                                                                                |
 |:------------|:-----------|:---------------------------------------------------------|:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| 4.1.0-rc.7 | 2025-10-09 | [67591](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/67591) | Fix StreamSlice mutation causing cursor validation errors |
+
 | 4.1.0-rc.6 | 2025-09-25 | [66701](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/66701) | Enables progressive rollouts |
 | 4.1.0-rc.5 | 2025-09-25 | [66569](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/66569) | Bumps to CDK v7, adds retry/backoff logic to custom schema loader |
 | 4.1.0-rc.4 | 2025-09-18 | [66522](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/66522) | Revert to CDK v6.60.12 |