diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 0c2727b..93c4bde 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -3,28 +3,31 @@
 # Contributors listed in alphabetical order.
 
 Ali Salesi <ali_sal1381@yahoo.com>
+Amit Jimiwal <amitjimiwal45@gmail.com>
 Athan Reines <kgryte@gmail.com>
 Brendan Graetz <bguiz@users.noreply.github.com>
 Bruno Fenzl <brunofenzl@gmail.com>
 Christopher Dambamuromo <chridam@gmail.com>
+Dan Rose <danoftheroses@gmail.com>
 Dominik Moritz <domoritz@gmail.com>
+Dorrin Sotoudeh <dorrinsotoudeh123@gmail.com>
 Frank Kovacs <fran70kk@gmail.com>
-Harshita Kalani <95532771+HarshitaKalani@users.noreply.github.com>
-James <jdgelok@gmail.com>
+Harshita Kalani <harshitakalani02@gmail.com>
+James Gelok <jdgelok@gmail.com>
 Jithin KS <jithinks112@gmail.com>
 Joey Reed <joeyrreed@gmail.com>
-Jordan-Gallivan <115050475+Jordan-Gallivan@users.noreply.github.com>
+Jordan Gallivan <115050475+Jordan-Gallivan@users.noreply.github.com>
 Joris Labie <joris.labie1@gmail.com>
 Justin Dennison <justin1dennison@gmail.com>
-KATTA NAGA NITHIN <88046362+nithinkatta@users.noreply.github.com>
-Marcus <mfantham@users.noreply.github.com>
+Marcus Fantham <mfantham@users.noreply.github.com>
 Matt Cochrane <matthew.cochrane.eng@gmail.com>
 Milan Raj <rajsite@users.noreply.github.com>
 Momtchil Momtchev <momtchil@momtchev.com>
-Naresh Jagadeesan <37257700+Infinage@users.noreply.github.com>
+Naresh Jagadeesan <naresh.naresh000@gmail.com>
+Nithin Katta <88046362+nithinkatta@users.noreply.github.com>
 Ognjen Jevremović <ognjenjevremovic@users.noreply.github.com>
 Philipp Burckhardt <pburckhardt@outlook.com>
-Pranav <85227306+Pranavchiku@users.noreply.github.com>
+Pranav Goswami <goswami.4@iitj.ac.in>
 Ricky Reusser <rsreusser@gmail.com>
 Roman Stetsyk <25715951+romanstetsyk@users.noreply.github.com>
 Ryan Seal <splrk@users.noreply.github.com>
@@ -32,7 +35,5 @@ Seyyed Parsa Neshaei <spneshaei@users.noreply.github.com>
 Shraddheya Shendre <shendreshraddheya@gmail.com>
 Stephannie Jiménez Gacha <steff456@hotmail.com>
 Yernar Yergaziyev <yernar.yergaziyev@erg.kz>
-dorrin-sot <59933477+dorrin-sot@users.noreply.github.com>
-drunken_devv <90555965+amitjimiwal@users.noreply.github.com>
 orimiles5 <97595296+orimiles5@users.noreply.github.com>
-rei2hu <rei2hu@users.noreply.github.com>
+rei2hu <reimu@reimu.ws>
diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index 5fd36bb..3526548 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var setReadOnlyAccessor = require( '@stdlib/utils-define-nonenumerable-read-only
 var setReadWriteAccessor = require( '@stdlib/utils-define-nonenumerable-read-write-accessor' );
 var constantFunction = require( '@stdlib/utils-constant-function' );
 var noop = require( '@stdlib/utils-noop' );
-var copy = require( '@stdlib/utils-copy' );
+var assign = require( '@stdlib/object-assign' );
 var isNumber = require( '@stdlib/assert-is-number' ).isPrimitive;
 var isnan = require( '@stdlib/math-base-assert-is-nan' );
 var isObject = require( '@stdlib/assert-is-plain-object' );
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function iterator( mu, sigma, options ) {
 		if ( !isObject( options ) ) {
 			throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid argument. Options argument must be an object. Value: `%s`.', options ) );
 		}
-		opts = copy( options, 1 );
+		opts = assign( {}, options );
 		if ( hasOwnProp( opts, 'iter' ) ) {
 			if ( !isNonNegativeInteger( opts.iter ) ) {
 				throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid option. `%s` option must be a nonnegative integer. Option: `%s`.', 'iter', opts.iter ) );
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5e0b239..bc02a1a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@
     "@stdlib/assert-is-positive-number": "^0.0.7",
     "@stdlib/constants-float64-max": "^0.0.8",
     "@stdlib/math-base-assert-is-nan": "^0.0.8",
+    "@stdlib/object-assign": "github:stdlib-js/object-assign#main",
     "@stdlib/random-base-lognormal": "^0.0.6",
     "@stdlib/string-format": "^0.0.3",
     "@stdlib/symbol-iterator": "^0.0.7",
     "@stdlib/types": "^0.0.14",
     "@stdlib/utils-constant-function": "^0.0.8",
-    "@stdlib/utils-copy": "^0.0.7",
     "@stdlib/utils-define-nonenumerable-read-only-accessor": "^0.0.7",
     "@stdlib/utils-define-nonenumerable-read-only-property": "^0.0.7",
     "@stdlib/utils-define-nonenumerable-read-write-accessor": "^0.0.7",