diff --git a/docs/src/interface.md b/docs/src/interface.md
index 0f093549..81eeb012 100644
--- a/docs/src/interface.md
+++ b/docs/src/interface.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ using SciMLOperators
 
 γ = ScalarOperator(0.0;
     update_func = (a, u, p, t; my_special_scaling) -> my_special_scaling,
-    accepted_kwargs = (:my_special_scaling,))
+    accepted_kwargs = Val((:my_special_scaling,)))
 
 # Update coefficients, then apply operator
 update_coefficients!(γ, nothing, nothing, nothing; my_special_scaling = 7.0)
diff --git a/src/func.jl b/src/func.jl
index 841ac652..0904efb7 100644
--- a/src/func.jl
+++ b/src/func.jl
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ uniform across `op`, `op_adjoint`, `op_inverse`, `op_adjoint_inverse`.
   - `u` - Prototype of the state struct passed to the operator during evaluation, i.e. `L(u, p, t)`. `u` is set to `nothing` if no value is provided.
   - `p` - Prototype of parameter struct passed to the operator during evaluation, i.e. `L(u, p, t)`. `p` is set to `nothing` if no value is provided.
   - `t` - Protype of scalar time variable passed to the operator during evaluation. `t` is set to `zero(T)` if no value is provided.
-  - `accepted_kwargs` - `Tuple` of `Symbol`s corresponding to the keyword arguments accepted by `op*`, and `update_coefficients[!]`. For example, if `op` accepts kwarg `scale`, as in `op(u, p, t; scale)`, then `accepted_kwargs = (:scale,)`.
+  - `accepted_kwargs` - `Val` of a `Tuple` of `Symbol`s for zero-allocation kwarg filtering. Corresponds to the keyword arguments accepted by `op*`, and `update_coefficients[!]`. For example, if `op` accepts kwarg `scale`, as in `op(u, p, t; scale)`, then `accepted_kwargs = Val((:scale,))`. Plain tuples like `(:scale,)` are deprecated but still supported.
   - `T` - `eltype` of the operator. If no value is provided, the constructor inferrs the value from types of `input`, and `output`
   - `isinplace` - `true` if the operator can be used is a mutating way with in-place allocations. This trait is inferred if no value is provided.
   - `outofplace` - `true` if the operator can be used is a non-mutating way with in-place allocations. This trait is inferred if no value is provided.
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ function Base.copy(L::FunctionOperator)
         isdefined(L, :p) && L.p !== nothing ? deepcopy(L.p) : nothing,
         L.t,
         L.cache === nothing ? nothing : deepcopy(L.cache),
-        typeof(L).parameters[end-1],  # iType
+        typeof(L).parameters[end - 1],  # iType
         typeof(L).parameters[end]      # oType
     )
 end
diff --git a/src/matrix.jl b/src/matrix.jl
index d71eb3fc..3fe6a1c0 100644
--- a/src/matrix.jl
+++ b/src/matrix.jl
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ or
 
     update_func!(A::AbstractMatrix, u, p, t; <accepted kwargs>) -> [modifies A]
 
-The set of keyword-arguments accepted by `update_func[!]` must be provided
-to `MatrixOperator` via the kwarg `accepted_kwargs` as a tuple of `Symbol`s.
+The set of keyword-arguments accepted by `update_func[!]` should be provided
+to `MatrixOperator` via the kwarg `accepted_kwargs` as a `Val` of a tuple of `Symbol`s
+for zero-allocation kwarg filtering. For example, `accepted_kwargs = Val((:dtgamma,))`.
+Plain tuples like `(:dtgamma,)` are deprecated but still supported.
 `kwargs` cannot be passed down to `update_func[!]` if `accepted_kwargs`
 are not provided.
 
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ p = rand(4, 4)
 t = rand()
 
 mat_update = (A, u, p, t; scale = 0.0) -> t * p
-M = MatrixOperator(0.0; update_func = mat_update, accepted_kwargs = (:scale,))
+M = MatrixOperator(0.0; update_func = mat_update, accepted_kwargs = Val((:scale,)))
 
 L = M * M + 3I
 L = cache_operator(L, v)
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ p = rand(4) # Must be non-nothing
 t = rand()
 
 mat_update! = (A, u, p, t; scale = 0.0) -> (A .= t * p * u' * scale)
-M = MatrixOperator(zeros(4, 4); update_func! = mat_update!, accepted_kwargs = (:scale,))
+M = MatrixOperator(zeros(4, 4); update_func! = mat_update!, accepted_kwargs = Val((:scale,)))
 L = M * M + 3I
 L = cache_operator(L, v) 
 
@@ -291,8 +293,10 @@ or
 
     update_func!(diag::AbstractVecOrMat, u, p, t; <accepted kwargs>) -> [modifies diag]
 
-The set of keyword-arguments accepted by `update_func[!]` must be provided
-to `MatrixOperator` via the kwarg `accepted_kwargs` as a tuple of `Symbol`s.
+The set of keyword-arguments accepted by `update_func[!]` should be provided
+to `DiagonalOperator` via the kwarg `accepted_kwargs` as a `Val` of a tuple of `Symbol`s
+for zero-allocation kwarg filtering. For example, `accepted_kwargs = Val((:dtgamma,))`.
+Plain tuples like `(:dtgamma,)` are deprecated but still supported.
 `kwargs` cannot be passed down to `update_func[!]` if `accepted_kwargs`
 are not provided.
 
@@ -501,8 +505,10 @@ and `B`, `b` are expected to have an appropriate size so that
 `A * v + B * b` makes sense. Specifically, `size(A, 1) == size(B, 1)`, and
 `size(v, 2) == size(b, 2)`.
 
-The set of keyword-arguments accepted by `update_func[!]` must be provided
-to `AffineOperator` via the kwarg `accepted_kwargs` as a tuple of `Symbol`s.
+The set of keyword-arguments accepted by `update_func[!]` should be provided
+to `AffineOperator` via the kwarg `accepted_kwargs` as a `Val` of a tuple of `Symbol`s
+for zero-allocation kwarg filtering. For example, `accepted_kwargs = Val((:dtgamma,))`.
+Plain tuples like `(:dtgamma,)` are deprecated but still supported.
 `kwargs` cannot be passed down to `update_func[!]` if `accepted_kwargs`
 are not provided.
 
diff --git a/src/utils.jl b/src/utils.jl
index 632792a1..a1adf802 100644
--- a/src/utils.jl
+++ b/src/utils.jl
@@ -14,7 +14,19 @@ arguments. Required in implementation of lazy `Base.adjoint`,
 struct NoKwargFilter end
 
 function preprocess_update_func(update_func, accepted_kwargs)
-    _accepted_kwargs = (accepted_kwargs === nothing) ? () : accepted_kwargs
+    # Convert accepted_kwargs to Val for compile-time kwarg filtering to avoid allocations
+    _accepted_kwargs = if accepted_kwargs === nothing
+        Val(())
+    elseif accepted_kwargs isa Tuple
+        # Deprecation: Encourage users to use Val((...)) directly for better performance
+        @warn """Passing accepted_kwargs as a plain Tuple is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.
+                 Please use Val((...)) instead for zero-allocation kwarg filtering.
+                 Example: accepted_kwargs = Val((:dtgamma,)) instead of accepted_kwargs = (:dtgamma,)
+                 This message will only be shown once per session.""" maxlog=1
+        Val(accepted_kwargs)
+    else
+        accepted_kwargs  # Already a Val or NoKwargFilter
+    end
     # accepted_kwargs can be passed as nothing to indicate that we should not filter
     # (e.g. if the function already accepts all kwargs...).
     return (_accepted_kwargs isa NoKwargFilter) ? update_func :
@@ -46,7 +58,9 @@ end
 function get_filtered_kwargs(kwargs::Union{AbstractDict, NamedTuple},
         ::Val{accepted_kwargs}) where {accepted_kwargs}
     kwargs_nt = NamedTuple(kwargs)
-    return NamedTuple{accepted_kwargs}(kwargs_nt)  # This creates a new NamedTuple with keys specified by `accepted_kwargs`
+    # Only extract keys that exist in kwargs_nt to avoid errors
+    filtered_keys = filter(k -> haskey(kwargs_nt, k), accepted_kwargs)
+    return NamedTuple{filtered_keys}(kwargs_nt)
 end
 
 function (f::FilterKwargs)(args...; kwargs...)
diff --git a/test/scalar.jl b/test/scalar.jl
index c4a8bc35..6625fff6 100644
--- a/test/scalar.jl
+++ b/test/scalar.jl
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ end
 
     # Test with keyword arguments
     γ = ScalarOperator(0.0; update_func = (args...; dtgamma) -> dtgamma,
-        accepted_kwargs = (:dtgamma,))
+        accepted_kwargs = Val((:dtgamma,)))
 
     dtgamma = rand()
     # Original tests
diff --git a/test/total.jl b/test/total.jl
index ca513458..860b8880 100644
--- a/test/total.jl
+++ b/test/total.jl
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ end
     # Introduce update function for D dependent on kwarg "matrix"
     D = MatrixOperator(zeros(N, N);
         update_func! = (A, u, p, t; matrix) -> (A .= p * t * matrix),
-        accepted_kwargs = (:matrix,))
+        accepted_kwargs = Val((:matrix,)))
 
     matrix = rand(N, N)
     diag = rand(N2)
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ end
     D1 = DiagonalOperator(zeros(N2); update_func! = (d, u, p, t) -> d .= p)
     D2 = DiagonalOperator(
         zeros(N2); update_func! = (d, u, p, t; diag) -> d .= p * t * diag,
-        accepted_kwargs = (:diag,))
+        accepted_kwargs = Val((:diag,)))
 
     TT = [T1, T2]
     DD = Diagonal([D1, D2])