diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/Common/Proxy/ProxyGenerator.php b/lib/Doctrine/Common/Proxy/ProxyGenerator.php
index 89a945b53..35a6dbc96 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/Common/Proxy/ProxyGenerator.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/Common/Proxy/ProxyGenerator.php
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ public function __construct(?\Closure $initializer = null, ?\Closure $cloner = n
 
         $toUnset = array_map(static function (string $name): string {
             return '$this->' . $name;
-        }, $this->getLazyLoadedPublicPropertiesNames($class));
+        }, $this->getWriteableLazyLoadedPublicPropertiesNames($class));
 
         return $constructorImpl . ($toUnset === [] ? '' : '        unset(' . implode(', ', $toUnset) . ");\n")
             . <<<'EOT'
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ public function {$returnReference}__get($parametersString)$returnTypeHint
      */
     private function generateMagicSet(ClassMetadata $class)
     {
-        $lazyPublicProperties = $this->getLazyLoadedPublicPropertiesNames($class);
+        $lazyPublicProperties = $this->getWriteableLazyLoadedPublicPropertiesNames($class);
         $reflectionClass      = $class->getReflectionClass();
         $hasParentSet         = false;
         $inheritDoc           = '';
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ private function generateWakeupImpl(ClassMetadata $class)
         $hasParentWakeup = $reflectionClass->hasMethod('__wakeup');
 
         $unsetPublicProperties = [];
-        foreach ($this->getLazyLoadedPublicPropertiesNames($class) as $lazyPublicProperty) {
+        foreach ($this->getWriteableLazyLoadedPublicPropertiesNames($class) as $lazyPublicProperty) {
             $unsetPublicProperties[] = '$this->' . $lazyPublicProperty;
         }
 
@@ -1005,6 +1005,32 @@ private function isShortIdentifierGetter($method, ClassMetadata $class)
         return false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Generates the list of public properties to be lazy loaded, that are writable.
+     *
+     * @return list<string>
+     */
+    public function getWriteableLazyLoadedPublicPropertiesNames(ClassMetadata $class): array
+    {
+        $properties = [];
+
+        foreach ($class->getReflectionClass()->getProperties(ReflectionProperty::IS_PUBLIC) as $property) {
+            $name = $property->getName();
+
+            if (
+                (! $class->hasField($name) && ! $class->hasAssociation($name))
+                || $class->isIdentifier($name)
+                || (method_exists($property, 'isReadOnly') && $property->isReadOnly())
+            ) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $properties[] = $name;
+        }
+
+        return $properties;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Generates the list of public properties to be lazy loaded.
      *
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Proxy/Php81ReadonlyPublicPropertyType.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Proxy/Php81ReadonlyPublicPropertyType.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..666824c16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Proxy/Php81ReadonlyPublicPropertyType.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\Common\Proxy;
+
+class Php81ReadonlyPublicPropertyType
+{
+    public readonly string $readable;
+    public string $writeable = 'default';
+
+    public function __construct(
+        public readonly string $id,
+        string $readable = 'readable-default'
+    ) {
+        $this->readable = $readable;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Proxy/ProxyGeneratorTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Proxy/ProxyGeneratorTest.php
index 1d2841cdd..06bd0360a 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Proxy/ProxyGeneratorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Proxy/ProxyGeneratorTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use Doctrine\Common\Proxy\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 use Doctrine\Common\Proxy\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
+use Doctrine\Common\Proxy\Proxy;
 use Doctrine\Common\Proxy\ProxyGenerator;
 use Doctrine\Persistence\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject;
@@ -525,6 +526,67 @@ public function testPhp81NeverType()
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @requires PHP >= 8.1.0
+     */
+    public function testPhp81ReadonlyPublicProperties()
+    {
+        $className = Php81ReadonlyPublicPropertyType::class;
+        $proxyClassName = 'Doctrine\Tests\Common\ProxyProxy\__CG__\\' . $className;
+        $initializationData = [
+            'id' => 'c0b5cb93-f01b-43f8-bc66-bc943b1ebcfd',
+            'readable' => 'This field is read-only.',
+            'writeable' => 'This field is writeable.',
+        ];
+
+        if ( ! class_exists($proxyClassName, false)) {
+            $metadata = $this->createClassMetadata($className, ['id']);
+
+            $metadata
+                ->method('hasField')
+                ->will($this->returnCallback(static function (string $fieldName) use ($initializationData): bool {
+                    return in_array($fieldName, array_keys($initializationData));
+                }));
+
+            $proxyGenerator = new ProxyGenerator(__DIR__ . '/generated', __NAMESPACE__ . 'Proxy');
+            $this->generateAndRequire($proxyGenerator, $metadata);
+        }
+
+        // Readonly properties are removed from unset.
+        self::assertStringContainsString(
+            'unset($this->writeable);',
+            file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/generated/__CG__DoctrineTestsCommonProxyPhp81ReadonlyPublicPropertyType.php')
+        );
+
+        $proxy = new $proxyClassName(static function (Proxy $proxy, $method, $params) use (&$counter, $initializationData) {
+            if (!in_array($params[0], array_keys($initializationData))) {
+                throw new InvalidArgumentException(
+                    sprintf('Should not be initialized when checking isset("%s")', $params[0])
+                );
+            }
+            $initializer = $proxy->__getInitializer();
+            $proxy->__setInitializer(null);
+            isset($this->{$params[0]}) || $this->{$params[0]} = $initializationData[$params[0]];
+            $counter += 1;
+            $proxy->__setInitializer($initializer);
+        });
+
+        self::assertTrue(isset($proxy->id));
+        self::assertTrue(isset($proxy->readable));
+        self::assertTrue(isset($proxy->writeable));
+        self::assertFalse(isset($proxy->nonExisting));
+
+        self::assertSame('c0b5cb93-f01b-43f8-bc66-bc943b1ebcfd', $proxy->id);
+        self::assertSame('This field is writeable.', $proxy->writeable);
+        $proxy->writeable = 'Updated string contents.';
+        self::assertSame('Updated string contents.', $proxy->writeable);
+
+        self::assertSame(3, $counter);
+
+        self::expectError();
+        $proxy->readable = 'Invalid';
+    }
+
     /**
      * @requires PHP >= 8.1.0
      */