diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index c0b801fb..10afd1ec 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "RecursiveArrayTools"
 uuid = "731186ca-8d62-57ce-b412-fbd966d074cd"
 authors = ["Chris Rackauckas <accounts@chrisrackauckas.com>"]
-version = "3.27.2"
+version = "3.27.3"
 
 [deps]
 Adapt = "79e6a3ab-5dfb-504d-930d-738a2a938a0e"
diff --git a/src/vector_of_array.jl b/src/vector_of_array.jl
index 95a2a930..fc2fce0b 100644
--- a/src/vector_of_array.jl
+++ b/src/vector_of_array.jl
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ end
 
 function Base.zero(VA::AbstractVectorOfArray)
     val = copy(VA)
-    val.u = zero.(VA.u)
+    val.u .= zero.(VA.u)
     return val
 end
 
diff --git a/test/interface_tests.jl b/test/interface_tests.jl
index f370e21d..a1266082 100644
--- a/test/interface_tests.jl
+++ b/test/interface_tests.jl
@@ -269,3 +269,13 @@ end
 f3!(z, zz)
 @test z == VectorOfArray([fill(4, SVector{2, Float64}), fill(2, SVector{2, Float64})])
 @test (@allocated f3!(z, zz)) == 0
+
+struct ImmutableVectorOfArray{T, N, A} <: AbstractVectorOfArray{T, N, A}
+    u::A # A <: AbstractArray{<: AbstractArray{T, N - 1}}
+end
+
+@testset "Base.zero does not assume mutable struct" begin
+    voa = ImmutableVectorOfArray{Float64, 2, Vector{Vector{Float64}}}([ones(3), 2ones(3)])
+    zvoa = zero(voa)
+    @test zvoa.u[1] == zvoa.u[2] == zeros(3)
+end
diff --git a/test/linalg.jl b/test/linalg.jl
index 23fedffb..33a8c4ec 100644
--- a/test/linalg.jl
+++ b/test/linalg.jl
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ mat = Array(va)
 @test all(va'[i] == mat'[i] for i in eachindex(mat'))
 @test Array(va') == mat'
 
-@test !ArrayInterface.issingular(VectorOfArray([rand(2),rand(2)]))
+@test !ArrayInterface.issingular(VectorOfArray([rand(2), rand(2)]))
diff --git a/test/partitions_test.jl b/test/partitions_test.jl
index 2625941e..d444a4ff 100644
--- a/test/partitions_test.jl
+++ b/test/partitions_test.jl
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ _scalar_op(y) = y + 1
 _broadcast_wrapper(y) = _scalar_op.(y)
 # Issue #8
 @inferred _broadcast_wrapper(x)
-@test_broken @inferred _broadcast_wrapper(y)
 
 # Testing map
 @test map(x -> x^2, x) == ArrayPartition(x.x[1] .^ 2, x.x[2] .^ 2)