A catalytically competent Cu species has been immobilized within the framework of a Zr-based metal−organic framework with bipyridine units, Zr-MOF-bpy, by a simple post synthetic modification method from CuBr2 (Zr-MOF-bpy-CuBr2) and used for the selective oxidation of cyclooctene to cyclooctene oxide. Zr-MOF-bpy was synthesized by a simple solvothermal method and was shown to have a UiO-type structure. Diffuse reflectance UV-vis and XAFS measurements have revealed that the immobilized Cu species has a square planar geometry of two N atoms and two Br atoms. Zr-MOF-bpyCuBr2 catalyzed the selective oxidation of cyclooctene to cyclooctene oxide with high activity and selectivity in the presence of tert-butyl hydroperoxide as an oxidant. In addition, the catalytic ability of Zr-MOF-bpy-CuBr2 was demonstrated to be superior to that of the corresponding homogeneous catalyst ((bpy)CuBr2). It was also confirmed that Zr-MOF-bpy-CuBr2 can be reused as a heterogeneous catalyst without significant loss of its activity and selectivity.