diff --git a/ruby/ext/google/protobuf_c/message.c b/ruby/ext/google/protobuf_c/message.c
index 31d7dbbb4470..fd83dc1c49b9 100644
--- a/ruby/ext/google/protobuf_c/message.c
+++ b/ruby/ext/google/protobuf_c/message.c
@@ -1290,7 +1290,9 @@ VALUE build_module_from_enumdesc(VALUE _enumdesc) {
   int n = upb_EnumDef_ValueCount(e);
   for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
     const upb_EnumValueDef* ev = upb_EnumDef_Value(e, i);
-    char* name = strdup(upb_EnumValueDef_Name(ev));
+    upb_Arena* arena = upb_Arena_New();
+    const char* src_name = upb_EnumValueDef_Name(ev);
+    char* name = upb_strdup2(src_name, strlen(src_name), arena);
     int32_t value = upb_EnumValueDef_Number(ev);
     if (name[0] < 'A' || name[0] > 'Z') {
       if (name[0] >= 'a' && name[0] <= 'z') {
@@ -1303,7 +1305,7 @@ VALUE build_module_from_enumdesc(VALUE _enumdesc) {
       }
     }
     rb_define_const(mod, name, INT2NUM(value));
-    free(name);
+    upb_Arena_Free(arena);
   }
 
   rb_define_singleton_method(mod, "lookup", enum_lookup, 1);