diff --git a/core/packages/google-auth-library-nodejs/src/auth/oauth2common.ts b/core/packages/google-auth-library-nodejs/src/auth/oauth2common.ts
index 3b1de4419e11..e8e02e2cc124 100644
--- a/core/packages/google-auth-library-nodejs/src/auth/oauth2common.ts
+++ b/core/packages/google-auth-library-nodejs/src/auth/oauth2common.ts
@@ -255,8 +255,11 @@ export function getErrorFromOAuthErrorResponse(
       if (key !== 'message') {
         Object.defineProperty(newError, key, {
           value: (err as {} as {[index: string]: string})[key],
-          writable: false,
-          enumerable: true,
+          // Keep stack writable, configurable and non-enumerable, as on a
+          // regular Error, so callers can still append context to it.
+          writable: key === 'stack',
+          enumerable: key !== 'stack',
+          configurable: key === 'stack',
         });
       }
     });
diff --git a/core/packages/google-auth-library-nodejs/test/test.oauth2common.ts b/core/packages/google-auth-library-nodejs/test/test.oauth2common.ts
index c722b9c91646..c4d3226928f8 100644
--- a/core/packages/google-auth-library-nodejs/test/test.oauth2common.ts
+++ b/core/packages/google-auth-library-nodejs/test/test.oauth2common.ts
@@ -500,4 +500,24 @@ describe('getErrorFromOAuthErrorResponse', () => {
     assert.strictEqual(actualError.name, expectedError.name);
     assert.strictEqual(actualError.stack, expectedError.stack);
   });
+
+  it('should keep the copied stack writable, configurable and non-enumerable', () => {
+    const originalError = new Error('Original error message');
+    const resp = {
+      error: 'invalid_grant',
+      error_description: 'ID Token is stale to sign-in.',
+    };
+
+    const actualError = getErrorFromOAuthErrorResponse(resp, originalError);
+    const descriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(actualError, 'stack');
+    assert.strictEqual(descriptor?.writable, true);
+    assert.strictEqual(descriptor?.enumerable, false);
+    assert.strictEqual(descriptor?.configurable, true);
+    // Consumers append causal context to error.stack; in strict mode that
+    // throws a TypeError when the property is read-only.
+    assert.doesNotThrow(() => {
+      actualError.stack += '\nCaused by: wrapped error';
+    });
+    assert.ok(actualError.stack?.endsWith('\nCaused by: wrapped error'));
+  });
 });