diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/expression/MapAccessor.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/expression/MapAccessor.java
index e7374fe305f..fb51e880b14 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/expression/MapAccessor.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/expression/MapAccessor.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -37,6 +37,27 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  */
 public class MapAccessor implements CompilablePropertyAccessor {
 
+	private final boolean allowWrite;
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new map accessor for reading as well as writing.
+	 * @since 6.2
+	 * @see #MapAccessor(boolean)
+	 */
+	public MapAccessor() {
+		this(true);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new map accessor for reading and possibly also writing.
+	 * @param allowWrite whether to allow write operations on a target instance
+	 * @since 6.2
+	 * @see #canWrite
+	 */
+	public MapAccessor(boolean allowWrite) {
+		this.allowWrite = allowWrite;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public Class<?>[] getSpecificTargetClasses() {
 		return new Class<?>[] {Map.class};
@@ -60,7 +81,7 @@ public class MapAccessor implements CompilablePropertyAccessor {
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean canWrite(EvaluationContext context, @Nullable Object target, String name) throws AccessException {
-		return true;
+		return this.allowWrite;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/expression/MapAccessorTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/expression/MapAccessorTests.java
index 7266570b76c..8c7c63fd0f9 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/expression/MapAccessorTests.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/expression/MapAccessorTests.java
@@ -80,6 +80,16 @@ class MapAccessorTests {
 		assertThat(ex.getValue(sec,testMap)).isEqualTo("bar2");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void mapAccessorNotWritable() {
+		Map<String, Object> testMap = getSimpleTestMap();
+		StandardEvaluationContext sec = new StandardEvaluationContext();
+		sec.addPropertyAccessor(new MapAccessor(false));
+		SpelExpressionParser sep = new SpelExpressionParser();
+		Expression ex = sep.parseExpression("foo");
+		assertThat(ex.isWritable(sec, testMap)).isFalse();
+	}
+
 	public static class MapGetter {
 		Map<String,Object> map = new HashMap<>();