diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 84107f081..b08cdecae 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1326,10 +1326,9 @@ name = "data-pipeline-ffi"
 version = "14.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "build_common",
- "bytes",
  "data-pipeline",
  "ddcommon-ffi",
- "libc",
+ "tinybytes",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1852,7 +1851,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper-util",
  "lazy_static",
  "pin-project",
- "rustls 0.23.16",
+ "rustls 0.23.18",
  "rustls-native-certs 0.7.3",
  "serde",
  "tokio",
@@ -2831,7 +2830,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http 1.1.0",
  "hyper 1.5.0",
  "hyper-util",
- "rustls 0.23.16",
+ "rustls 0.23.18",
  "rustls-native-certs 0.8.0",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "tokio",
@@ -4314,7 +4313,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "quinn-proto",
  "quinn-udp",
  "rustc-hash 2.0.0",
- "rustls 0.23.16",
+ "rustls 0.23.18",
  "socket2",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
@@ -4331,7 +4330,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand",
  "ring 0.17.8",
  "rustc-hash 2.0.0",
- "rustls 0.23.16",
+ "rustls 0.23.18",
  "slab",
  "thiserror",
  "tinyvec",
@@ -4529,7 +4528,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "quinn",
- "rustls 0.23.16",
+ "rustls 0.23.18",
  "rustls-pemfile",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "serde",
@@ -4678,9 +4677,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls"
-version = "0.23.16"
+version = "0.23.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "eee87ff5d9b36712a58574e12e9f0ea80f915a5b0ac518d322b24a465617925e"
+checksum = "9c9cc1d47e243d655ace55ed38201c19ae02c148ae56412ab8750e8f0166ab7f"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-lc-rs",
  "once_cell",
@@ -5734,7 +5733,7 @@ version = "0.26.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0c7bc40d0e5a97695bb96e27995cd3a08538541b0a846f65bba7a359f36700d4"
 dependencies = [
- "rustls 0.23.16",
+ "rustls 0.23.18",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "tokio",
 ]
diff --git a/LICENSE-3rdparty.yml b/LICENSE-3rdparty.yml
index 61cea531f..65832f248 100644
--- a/LICENSE-3rdparty.yml
+++ b/LICENSE-3rdparty.yml
@@ -22948,7 +22948,7 @@ third_party_libraries:
       IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
       DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 - package_name: rustls
-  package_version: 0.23.16
+  package_version: 0.23.18
   repository: https://github.com/rustls/rustls
   license: Apache-2.0 OR ISC OR MIT
   licenses:
diff --git a/builder/src/builder.rs b/builder/src/builder.rs
index 92672adc6..08850dc78 100644
--- a/builder/src/builder.rs
+++ b/builder/src/builder.rs
@@ -139,7 +139,12 @@ impl Builder {
 
     pub fn add_cmake(&self) {
         let libs = arch::NATIVE_LIBS.to_owned();
-        let cmake_path: PathBuf = [&self.target_dir, "DatadogConfig.cmake"].iter().collect();
+        let cmake_dir: PathBuf = [&self.target_dir, "cmake"].iter().collect();
+        fs::create_dir_all(cmake_dir).expect("Failed to create cmake dir");
+
+        let cmake_path: PathBuf = [&self.target_dir, "cmake", "DatadogConfig.cmake"]
+            .iter()
+            .collect();
         let mut origin = project_root();
         origin.push("cmake");
         origin.push("DatadogConfig.cmake.in");
diff --git a/builder/src/crashtracker.rs b/builder/src/crashtracker.rs
index be2c7603b..489e9c173 100644
--- a/builder/src/crashtracker.rs
+++ b/builder/src/crashtracker.rs
@@ -22,11 +22,14 @@ pub struct CrashTracker {
 impl CrashTracker {
     fn gen_binaries(&self) -> Result<()> {
         if arch::BUILD_CRASHTRACKER {
+            let mut datadog_root = project_root();
+            datadog_root.push(self.target_dir.as_ref());
+
             let mut crashtracker_dir = project_root();
             crashtracker_dir.push("crashtracker");
             let _dst = cmake::Config::new(crashtracker_dir.to_str().unwrap())
-                .define("Datadog_ROOT", self.target_dir.as_ref())
-                .define("CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX", self.target_dir.as_ref())
+                .define("Datadog_ROOT", datadog_root.to_str().unwrap())
+                .define("CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX", self.target_dir.to_string())
                 .build();
         }
 
diff --git a/data-pipeline-ffi/Cargo.toml b/data-pipeline-ffi/Cargo.toml
index 8d5f4b6a0..f3fb0bc63 100644
--- a/data-pipeline-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/data-pipeline-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,5 +24,4 @@ build_common = { path = "../build-common" }
 [dependencies]
 data-pipeline = { path = "../data-pipeline" }
 ddcommon-ffi = { path = "../ddcommon-ffi", default-features = false }
-bytes = "1.4"
-libc = "0.2.153"
+tinybytes = { path = "../tinybytes" }
diff --git a/data-pipeline-ffi/src/trace_exporter.rs b/data-pipeline-ffi/src/trace_exporter.rs
index b3cdbe365..0b1854f30 100644
--- a/data-pipeline-ffi/src/trace_exporter.rs
+++ b/data-pipeline-ffi/src/trace_exporter.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn ddog_trace_exporter_free(handle: Box<TraceExporter>) {
 ///
 /// * `handle` - The handle to the TraceExporter instance.
 /// * `trace` - The traces to send to the Datadog Agent in the input format used to create the
-///   TraceExporter.
+///   TraceExporter. The memory for the trace must be valid for the life of the call to this
+///   function.
 /// * `trace_count` - The number of traces to send to the Datadog Agent.
 #[no_mangle]
 pub unsafe extern "C" fn ddog_trace_exporter_send(
@@ -110,9 +111,18 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn ddog_trace_exporter_send(
     trace: ByteSlice,
     trace_count: usize,
 ) -> MaybeError {
-    // TODO - handle errors - https://datadoghq.atlassian.net/browse/APMSP-1095
+    // necessary that the trace be static for the life of the FFI function call as the caller
+    // currently owns the memory.
+    //APMSP-1621 - Properly fix this sharp-edge by allocating memory on the Rust side
+    let static_trace: ByteSlice<'static> = std::mem::transmute(trace);
+
+    // TODO: APMSP-1095 - properly handle errors from the send call
     handle
-        .send(trace.as_bytes(), trace_count)
+        .send(
+            tinybytes::Bytes::from_static(static_trace.as_slice()),
+            trace_count,
+        )
         .unwrap_or(String::from(""));
+
     MaybeError::None
 }
diff --git a/data-pipeline/examples/send-traces-with-stats.rs b/data-pipeline/examples/send-traces-with-stats.rs
index be58c1712..095c02528 100644
--- a/data-pipeline/examples/send-traces-with-stats.rs
+++ b/data-pipeline/examples/send-traces-with-stats.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ fn main() {
         traces.push(trace);
     }
     let data = rmp_serde::to_vec_named(&traces).unwrap();
-    exporter.send(&data, 100).unwrap();
+    let data_as_bytes = tinybytes::Bytes::from(data);
+
+    exporter.send(data_as_bytes, 100).unwrap();
     exporter.shutdown(None).unwrap();
 }
diff --git a/data-pipeline/src/trace_exporter.rs b/data-pipeline/src/trace_exporter.rs
index c4f9684c6..6725446a7 100644
--- a/data-pipeline/src/trace_exporter.rs
+++ b/data-pipeline/src/trace_exporter.rs
@@ -254,15 +254,11 @@ impl TraceExporter {
 
     /// Send msgpack serialized traces to the agent
     #[allow(missing_docs)]
-    pub fn send(&self, data: &[u8], trace_count: usize) -> Result<String, String> {
+    pub fn send(&self, data: tinybytes::Bytes, trace_count: usize) -> Result<String, String> {
         self.check_agent_info();
         match self.input_format {
-            TraceExporterInputFormat::Proxy => self.send_proxy(data, trace_count),
-            TraceExporterInputFormat::V04 => {
-                self.send_deser_ser(tinybytes::Bytes::copy_from_slice(data))
-                // TODO: APMSP-1582 - Refactor data-pipeline-ffi so we can leverage a type that
-                // implements tinybytes::UnderlyingBytes trait to avoid copying
-            }
+            TraceExporterInputFormat::Proxy => self.send_proxy(data.as_ref(), trace_count),
+            TraceExporterInputFormat::V04 => self.send_deser_ser(data),
         }
     }
 
@@ -1188,7 +1184,7 @@ mod tests {
             ..Default::default()
         }];
 
-        let data = rmp_serde::to_vec_named(&vec![trace_chunk]).unwrap();
+        let data = tinybytes::Bytes::from(rmp_serde::to_vec_named(&vec![trace_chunk]).unwrap());
 
         // Wait for the info fetcher to get the config
         while mock_info.hits() == 0 {
@@ -1197,7 +1193,7 @@ mod tests {
             })
         }
 
-        exporter.send(data.as_slice(), 1).unwrap();
+        exporter.send(data, 1).unwrap();
         exporter.shutdown(None).unwrap();
 
         mock_traces.assert();
@@ -1315,8 +1311,10 @@ mod tests {
                 ..Default::default()
             }],
         ];
-        let bytes = rmp_serde::to_vec_named(&traces).expect("failed to serialize static trace");
-        let _result = exporter.send(&bytes, 1).expect("failed to send trace");
+        let bytes = tinybytes::Bytes::from(
+            rmp_serde::to_vec_named(&traces).expect("failed to serialize static trace"),
+        );
+        let _result = exporter.send(bytes, 1).expect("failed to send trace");
 
         assert_eq!(
             &format!(
@@ -1347,9 +1345,8 @@ mod tests {
             stats_socket.local_addr().unwrap().to_string(),
         );
 
-        let _result = exporter
-            .send(b"some_bad_payload", 1)
-            .expect("failed to send trace");
+        let bad_payload = tinybytes::Bytes::copy_from_slice(b"some_bad_payload".as_ref());
+        let _result = exporter.send(bad_payload, 1).expect("failed to send trace");
 
         assert_eq!(
             &format!(
@@ -1382,8 +1379,10 @@ mod tests {
             name: BytesString::from_slice(b"test").unwrap(),
             ..Default::default()
         }]];
-        let bytes = rmp_serde::to_vec_named(&traces).expect("failed to serialize static trace");
-        let _result = exporter.send(&bytes, 1).expect("failed to send trace");
+        let bytes = tinybytes::Bytes::from(
+            rmp_serde::to_vec_named(&traces).expect("failed to serialize static trace"),
+        );
+        let _result = exporter.send(bytes, 1).expect("failed to send trace");
 
         assert_eq!(
             &format!(