diff --git a/.changeset/thirty-guests-flow.md b/.changeset/thirty-guests-flow.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7eccdb0832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/thirty-guests-flow.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: make each items reassignable
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/server/transform-server.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/server/transform-server.js
index 5b0f16db9d..38d986e672 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/server/transform-server.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/server/transform-server.js
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ const template_visitors = {
 		state.init.push(b.const(array_id, b.call('$.ensure_array_like', collection)));
 
 		/** @type {import('estree').Statement[]} */
-		const each = [b.const(item, b.member(array_id, index, true))];
+		const each = [b.let(item, b.member(array_id, index, true))];
 
 		if (node.context.type !== 'Identifier') {
 			each.push(b.const(/** @type {import('estree').Pattern} */ (node.context), item));