diff --git a/adapters/adapterstest/test_json.go b/adapters/adapterstest/test_json.go
index 95319f1e328..35a5a57021a 100644
--- a/adapters/adapterstest/test_json.go
+++ b/adapters/adapterstest/test_json.go
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/mitchellh/copystructure"
 	"github.com/mxmCherry/openrtb/v15/openrtb2"
 	"github.com/prebid/prebid-server/adapters"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/yudai/gojsondiff"
 	"github.com/yudai/gojsondiff/formatter"
 
@@ -107,24 +109,10 @@ func runSpec(t *testing.T, filename string, spec *testSpec, bidder adapters.Bidd
 	} else if isVideoTest {
 		reqInfo.PbsEntryPoint = "video"
 	}
-	actualReqs, errs := bidder.MakeRequests(&spec.BidRequest, &reqInfo)
-	diffErrorLists(t, fmt.Sprintf("%s: MakeRequests", filename), errs, spec.MakeRequestErrors)
-	diffHttpRequestLists(t, filename, actualReqs, spec.HttpCalls)
 
-	bidResponses := make([]*adapters.BidderResponse, 0)
+	requests := testMakeRequestsImpl(t, filename, spec, bidder, &reqInfo)
 
-	var bidsErrs = make([]error, 0, len(spec.MakeBidsErrors))
-	for i := 0; i < len(actualReqs); i++ {
-		thisBidResponse, theseErrs := bidder.MakeBids(&spec.BidRequest, spec.HttpCalls[i].Request.ToRequestData(t), spec.HttpCalls[i].Response.ToResponseData(t))
-		bidsErrs = append(bidsErrs, theseErrs...)
-		bidResponses = append(bidResponses, thisBidResponse)
-	}
-
-	diffErrorLists(t, fmt.Sprintf("%s: MakeBids", filename), bidsErrs, spec.MakeBidsErrors)
-
-	for i := 0; i < len(spec.BidResponses); i++ {
-		diffBidLists(t, filename, bidResponses[i], spec.BidResponses[i].Bids)
-	}
+	testMakeBidsImpl(t, filename, spec, bidder, requests)
 }
 
 type testSpec struct {
@@ -194,8 +182,8 @@ type expectedBid struct {
 //
 // Marshalling the structs and then using a JSON-diff library isn't great either, since
 
-// diffHttpRequests compares the actual http requests to the expected ones.
-func diffHttpRequestLists(t *testing.T, filename string, actual []*adapters.RequestData, expected []httpCall) {
+// assertMakeRequestsOutput compares the actual http requests to the expected ones.
+func assertMakeRequestsOutput(t *testing.T, filename string, actual []*adapters.RequestData, expected []httpCall) {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	if len(expected) != len(actual) {
@@ -206,7 +194,7 @@ func diffHttpRequestLists(t *testing.T, filename string, actual []*adapters.Requ
 	}
 }
 
-func diffErrorLists(t *testing.T, description string, actual []error, expected []testSpecExpectedError) {
+func assertErrorList(t *testing.T, description string, actual []error, expected []testSpecExpectedError) {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	if len(expected) != len(actual) {
@@ -227,10 +215,10 @@ func diffErrorLists(t *testing.T, description string, actual []error, expected [
 	}
 }
 
-func diffBidLists(t *testing.T, filename string, response *adapters.BidderResponse, expected []expectedBid) {
+func assertMakeBidsOutput(t *testing.T, filename string, bidderResponse *adapters.BidderResponse, expected []expectedBid) {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	if (response == nil || len(response.Bids) == 0) != (len(expected) == 0) {
+	if (bidderResponse == nil || len(bidderResponse.Bids) == 0) != (len(expected) == 0) {
 		if len(expected) == 0 {
 			t.Fatalf("%s: expectedBidResponses indicated a nil response, but mockResponses supplied a non-nil response", filename)
 		}
@@ -239,17 +227,15 @@ func diffBidLists(t *testing.T, filename string, response *adapters.BidderRespon
 	}
 
 	// Expected nil response - give diffBids something to work with.
-	if response == nil {
-		response = new(adapters.BidderResponse)
+	if bidderResponse == nil {
+		bidderResponse = new(adapters.BidderResponse)
 	}
 
-	actual := response.Bids
-
-	if len(actual) != len(expected) {
-		t.Fatalf("%s: MakeBids returned wrong bid count. Expected %d, got %d", filename, len(expected), len(actual))
+	if len(bidderResponse.Bids) != len(expected) {
+		t.Fatalf("%s: MakeBids returned wrong bid count. Expected %d, got %d", filename, len(expected), len(bidderResponse.Bids))
 	}
-	for i := 0; i < len(actual); i++ {
-		diffBids(t, fmt.Sprintf("%s:  typedBid[%d]", filename, i), actual[i], &(expected[i]))
+	for i := 0; i < len(bidderResponse.Bids); i++ {
+		diffBids(t, fmt.Sprintf("%s:  typedBid[%d]", filename, i), bidderResponse.Bids[i], &(expected[i]))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -331,3 +317,78 @@ func diffJson(t *testing.T, description string, actual []byte, expected []byte)
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// testMakeRequestsImpl asserts the resulting values of the bidder's `MakeRequests()` implementation
+// against the expected JSON-defined results and ensures we do not encounter data races in the process.
+// To assert no data races happen we make use of:
+//  1) A shallow copy of the unmarshalled openrtb2.BidRequest that will provide reference values to
+//     shared memory that we don't want the adapters' implementation of `MakeRequests()` to modify.
+//  2) A deep copy that will preserve the original values of all the fields. This copy remains untouched
+//     by the adapters' processes and serves as reference of what the shared memory values should still
+//     be after the `MakeRequests()` call.
+func testMakeRequestsImpl(t *testing.T, filename string, spec *testSpec, bidder adapters.Bidder, reqInfo *adapters.ExtraRequestInfo) []*adapters.RequestData {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	deepBidReqCopy, shallowBidReqCopy, err := getDataRaceTestCopies(&spec.BidRequest)
+	assert.NoError(t, err, "Could not create request copies. %s", filename)
+
+	// Run MakeRequests
+	requests, errs := bidder.MakeRequests(&spec.BidRequest, reqInfo)
+
+	// Compare MakeRequests actual output versus expected values found in JSON file
+	assertErrorList(t, fmt.Sprintf("%s: MakeRequests", filename), errs, spec.MakeRequestErrors)
+	assertMakeRequestsOutput(t, filename, requests, spec.HttpCalls)
+
+	// Assert no data races occur using original bidRequest copies of references and values
+	assert.Equal(t, deepBidReqCopy, shallowBidReqCopy, "Data race found. Test: %s", filename)
+
+	return requests
+}
+
+// getDataRaceTestCopies returns a deep copy and a shallow copy of the original bidRequest that will get
+// compared to verify no data races occur.
+func getDataRaceTestCopies(original *openrtb2.BidRequest) (*openrtb2.BidRequest, *openrtb2.BidRequest, error) {
+	cpy, err := copystructure.Copy(original)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	deepReqCopy := cpy.(*openrtb2.BidRequest)
+
+	shallowReqCopy := *original
+
+	// Prebid Server core makes shallow copies of imp elements and adapters are allowed to make changes
+	// to them. Therefore, we need shallow copies of Imp elements here so our test replicates that
+	// functionality and only fail when actual shared momory gets modified.
+	if original.Imp != nil {
+		shallowReqCopy.Imp = make([]openrtb2.Imp, len(original.Imp))
+		copy(shallowReqCopy.Imp, original.Imp)
+	}
+
+	return deepReqCopy, &shallowReqCopy, nil
+}
+
+// testMakeBidsImpl asserts the results of the bidder MakeBids implementation against the expected JSON-defined results
+func testMakeBidsImpl(t *testing.T, filename string, spec *testSpec, bidder adapters.Bidder, makeRequestsOut []*adapters.RequestData) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	bidResponses := make([]*adapters.BidderResponse, 0)
+	var bidsErrs = make([]error, 0, len(spec.MakeBidsErrors))
+
+	// We should have as many bids as number of adapters.RequestData found in MakeRequests output
+	for i := 0; i < len(makeRequestsOut); i++ {
+		// Run MakeBids with JSON refined spec.HttpCalls info that was asserted to match MakeRequests
+		// output inside testMakeRequestsImpl
+		thisBidResponse, theseErrs := bidder.MakeBids(&spec.BidRequest, spec.HttpCalls[i].Request.ToRequestData(t), spec.HttpCalls[i].Response.ToResponseData(t))
+
+		bidsErrs = append(bidsErrs, theseErrs...)
+		bidResponses = append(bidResponses, thisBidResponse)
+	}
+
+	// Assert actual errors thrown by MakeBids implementation versus expected JSON-defined spec.MakeBidsErrors
+	assertErrorList(t, fmt.Sprintf("%s: MakeBids", filename), bidsErrs, spec.MakeBidsErrors)
+
+	// Assert MakeBids implementation BidResponses with expected JSON-defined spec.BidResponses[i].Bids
+	for i := 0; i < len(spec.BidResponses); i++ {
+		assertMakeBidsOutput(t, filename, bidResponses[i], spec.BidResponses[i].Bids)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 585798cbe66..b7fab89fba1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.0
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.1.2
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mxmCherry/openrtb/v15 v15.0.0
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.2.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7a38c2f1dd5..3ddeaa2f8cc 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -73,8 +73,12 @@ github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.8 h1:HLtExJ+uU2HOZ+wI0Tt5DtUDrx8yhUqDcp7fYERX4CE
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.8/go.mod h1:Iq45c/XA43vh69/j3iqttzPXn0bhXyGjM0Hdxcsrc5s=
 github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1 h1:4hp9jkHxhMHkqkrB3Ix0jegS5sx/RkqARlsWZ6pIwiU=
 github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1/go.mod h1:D8He9yQNgCq6Z5Ld7szi9bcBfOoFv/3dc6xSMkL2PC0=
+github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.1.2 h1:Th2TIvG1+6ma3e/0/bopBKohOTY7s4dA8V2q4EUcBJ0=
+github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.1.2/go.mod h1:EBArHfARyrSWO/+Wyr9zwEkc6XMFB9XyNgFNmRkZZU4=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.0.0 h1:vVpGvMXJPqSDh2VYHF7gsfQj8Ncx+Xw5Y1KHeTRY+7I=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.0.0/go.mod h1:FVVH3fgwuzCH5S8UJGiWEs2h04kUh9fWfEaFds41c1Y=
+github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.1 h1:FVzMWA5RllMAKIdUSC8mdWo3XtwoecrH79BY70sEEpE=
+github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.1/go.mod h1:mSTlrgnPZtwu0c4WaC2kGObEpuNDbx0jmZXqmk4esnw=
 github.com/mxmCherry/openrtb/v15 v15.0.0 h1:inLuQ3Bsima9HLB2v6WjbtEFF69SWOT5Dux4QZtYdrw=
 github.com/mxmCherry/openrtb/v15 v15.0.0/go.mod h1:TVgncsz6MOzbL7lhun1lNuUBzVBlVDbxf9Fyy1TyhZA=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.4/go.mod h1:kenIhsEOeOJmVchQTgglprH7qJGnHDVpk1VPCcaMI8A=
@@ -123,7 +127,6 @@ github.com/spf13/viper v1.1.0/go.mod h1:A8kyI5cUJhb8N+3pkfONlcEcZbueH6nhAm0Fq7Sr
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1 h1:2vfRuCMp5sSVIDSqO8oNnWJq7mPa6KVP3iPIwFBuy8A=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0 h1:TivCn/peBQ7UY8ooIcPgZFpTNSz0Q2U6UrFlUfqbe0Q=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1 h1:nOGnQDM7FYENwehXlg/kFVnos3rEvtKTjRvOWSzb6H4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5cxcmMvtA=
@@ -146,7 +149,6 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACk
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.3.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180906233101-161cd47e91fd h1:nTDtHvHSdCn1m6ITfMRqtOd/9+7a3s8RBNOZ3eYZzJA=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180906233101-161cd47e91fd/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
@@ -157,10 +159,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201202161906-c7110b5ffcbb/go.mod h1:sp8m0HH+o8qH0wwXwY
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20180314180146-1d60e4601c6f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20201020160332-67f06af15bc9/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180909124046-d0be0721c37e h1:o3PsSEY8E4eXWkXrIP9YJALUkVZqzHJT5DOasTyn8Vs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180909124046-d0be0721c37e/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190222072716-a9d3bda3a223 h1:DH4skfRX4EBpamg7iV4ZlCpblAHI6s6TDM39bFZumv8=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190222072716-a9d3bda3a223/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190904154756-749cb33beabd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200323222414-85ca7c5b95cd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200930185726-fdedc70b468f/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210112080510-489259a85091 h1:DMyOG0U+gKfu8JZzg2UQe9MeaC1X+xQWlAKcRnjxjCw=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210112080510-489259a85091/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.0 h1:g61tztE5qeGQ89tm6NTjjM9VPIm088od1l6aSorWRWg=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3 h1:cokOdA+Jmi5PJGXLlLllQSgYigAEfHXJAERHVMaCc2k=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
@@ -191,11 +190,9 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.23.0 h1:4MY060fB1DLGMB/7MBTLnwQUY6+F09GEiz6SsrNqyz
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.23.0/go.mod h1:EGpADcykh3NcUnDUJcl1+ZksZNG86OlYog2l/sGQquU=
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 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
-gopkg.in/fsnotify.v1 v1.4.7 h1:xOHLXZwVvI9hhs+cLKq5+I5onOuwQLhQwiu63xxlHs4=
 gopkg.in/fsnotify.v1 v1.4.7/go.mod h1:Tz8NjZHkW78fSQdbUxIjBTcgA1z1m8ZHf0WmKUhAMys=
 gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7 h1:uRGJdciOHaEIrze2W8Q3AKkepLTh2hOroT7a+7czfdQ=
 gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7/go.mod h1:dt/ZhP58zS4L8KSrWDmTeBkI65Dw0HsyUHuEVlX15mw=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2 h1:ZCJp+EgiOT7lHqUV2J862kp8Qj64Jo6az82+3Td9dZw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.4/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=