diff --git a/.chloggen/fix-dd-memory-leak.yaml b/.chloggen/fix-dd-memory-leak.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8fac87d8fa34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/fix-dd-memory-leak.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: bug_fix
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: datadogexporter
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Fixes a memory leak in the Datadog exporter caused by an uninitialized logger.
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [39959]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [user]
diff --git a/exporter/datadogexporter/factory.go b/exporter/datadogexporter/factory.go
index 1e689ee05265..81cd5ecf7539 100644
--- a/exporter/datadogexporter/factory.go
+++ b/exporter/datadogexporter/factory.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/trace/telemetry"
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/trace/timing"
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/trace/writer"
+	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/util/log"
 	"github.com/DataDog/opentelemetry-mapping-go/pkg/inframetadata"
 	"github.com/DataDog/opentelemetry-mapping-go/pkg/otlp/attributes"
 	"github.com/DataDog/opentelemetry-mapping-go/pkg/otlp/attributes/source"
@@ -68,6 +69,10 @@ var metricExportSerializerClientFeatureGate = featuregate.GlobalRegistry().MustR
 	featuregate.WithRegisterDescription("When enabled, metric export in datadogexporter uses the serializer exporter from the Datadog Agent."),
 )
 
+func init() {
+	log.SetupLogger(log.Disabled(), "off")
+}
+
 // isMetricExportV2Enabled returns true if metric export in datadogexporter uses native Datadog client APIs, false if it uses Zorkian APIs
 func isMetricExportV2Enabled() bool {
 	return metricExportNativeClientFeatureGate.IsEnabled()
diff --git a/exporter/datadogexporter/go.mod b/exporter/datadogexporter/go.mod
index 50ceb7c856e4..4e417e6479f8 100644
--- a/exporter/datadogexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/datadogexporter/go.mod
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/comp/otelcol/otlp/components/exporter/serializerexporter v0.67.0-devel.0.20250428143048-1cb2fe523d83
 	github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/comp/serializer/logscompression v0.66.0-devel.0.20250407180930-ebfcfa2817ce
 	github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/config/viperconfig v0.66.0-devel.0.20250407180930-ebfcfa2817ce
+	github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/util/log v0.66.0-devel.0.20250407180930-ebfcfa2817ce
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/datadogconnector v0.125.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/datadog v0.125.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/datadog v0.125.0
@@ -159,7 +160,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/util/fxutil v0.66.0-devel.0.20250407180930-ebfcfa2817ce // indirect
 	github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/util/http v0.66.0-devel.0.20250407180930-ebfcfa2817ce // indirect
 	github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/util/json v0.66.0-devel.0.20250407180930-ebfcfa2817ce // indirect
-	github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/util/log v0.66.0-devel.0.20250407180930-ebfcfa2817ce // indirect
 	github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/util/option v0.66.0-devel.0.20250407180930-ebfcfa2817ce // indirect
 	github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/util/otel v0.66.0-devel // indirect
 	github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/util/pointer v0.66.0-devel.0.20250407180930-ebfcfa2817ce // indirect