diff --git a/taskfile/ast/graph.go b/taskfile/ast/graph.go
index 68f06f93..03e5c672 100644
--- a/taskfile/ast/graph.go
+++ b/taskfile/ast/graph.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (tfg *TaskfileGraph) Merge() (*Taskfile, error) {
 				}
 
 				// Get the merge options
-				include, ok := edge.Properties.Data.(Include)
+				include, ok := edge.Properties.Data.(*Include)
 				if !ok {
 					return fmt.Errorf("task: Failed to get merge options")
 				}
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (tfg *TaskfileGraph) Merge() (*Taskfile, error) {
 				// Merge the included Taskfile into the parent Taskfile
 				if err := vertex.Taskfile.Merge(
 					includedVertex.Taskfile,
-					&include,
+					include,
 				); err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
diff --git a/taskfile/ast/include.go b/taskfile/ast/include.go
index 2d999649..5b04bc27 100644
--- a/taskfile/ast/include.go
+++ b/taskfile/ast/include.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type Include struct {
 
 // Includes represents information about included tasksfiles
 type Includes struct {
-	omap.OrderedMap[string, Include]
+	omap.OrderedMap[string, *Include]
 }
 
 // UnmarshalYAML implements the yaml.Unmarshaler interface.
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (includes *Includes) UnmarshalYAML(node *yaml.Node) error {
 				return err
 			}
 			v.Namespace = keyNode.Value
-			includes.Set(keyNode.Value, v)
+			includes.Set(keyNode.Value, &v)
 		}
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (includes *Includes) Len() int {
 }
 
 // Wrapper around OrderedMap.Set to ensure we don't get nil pointer errors
-func (includes *Includes) Range(f func(k string, v Include) error) error {
+func (includes *Includes) Range(f func(k string, v *Include) error) error {
 	if includes == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/taskfile/reader.go b/taskfile/reader.go
index e9fa8b61..bb00590d 100644
--- a/taskfile/reader.go
+++ b/taskfile/reader.go
@@ -96,11 +96,11 @@ func (r *Reader) include(node Node) error {
 	var g errgroup.Group
 
 	// Loop over each included taskfile
-	_ = vertex.Taskfile.Includes.Range(func(namespace string, include ast.Include) error {
+	_ = vertex.Taskfile.Includes.Range(func(namespace string, include *ast.Include) error {
 		// Start a goroutine to process each included Taskfile
 		g.Go(func() error {
 			cache := &templater.Cache{Vars: vertex.Taskfile.Vars}
-			include = ast.Include{
+			include = &ast.Include{
 				Namespace:      include.Namespace,
 				Taskfile:       templater.Replace(include.Taskfile, cache),
 				Dir:            templater.Replace(include.Dir, cache),