diff --git a/t/t0611-reftable-httpd.sh b/t/t0611-reftable-httpd.sh
index 5e05b9c1f2..2805995cc8 100755
--- a/t/t0611-reftable-httpd.sh
+++ b/t/t0611-reftable-httpd.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 test_description='reftable HTTPD tests'
 
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-httpd.sh
 
diff --git a/t/t5563-simple-http-auth.sh b/t/t5563-simple-http-auth.sh
index 5d5caa3f58..4af796de67 100755
--- a/t/t5563-simple-http-auth.sh
+++ b/t/t5563-simple-http-auth.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 test_description='test http auth header and credential helper interop'
 
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-httpd.sh
 
diff --git a/t/t5564-http-proxy.sh b/t/t5564-http-proxy.sh
index 9da5134614..bb35b87071 100755
--- a/t/t5564-http-proxy.sh
+++ b/t/t5564-http-proxy.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 test_description="test fetching through http proxy"
 
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-httpd.sh
 
diff --git a/t/t5581-http-curl-verbose.sh b/t/t5581-http-curl-verbose.sh
index cded79c16b..724f610054 100755
--- a/t/t5581-http-curl-verbose.sh
+++ b/t/t5581-http-curl-verbose.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ test_description='test GIT_CURL_VERBOSE'
 GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME=main
 export GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME
 
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-httpd.sh
 start_httpd
diff --git a/transport-helper.c b/transport-helper.c
index 780fcaf529..9820947ab2 100644
--- a/transport-helper.c
+++ b/transport-helper.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 static int debug;
 
 struct helper_data {
-	const char *name;
+	char *name;
 	struct child_process *helper;
 	FILE *out;
 	unsigned fetch : 1,
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ static void do_take_over(struct transport *transport)
 	data = (struct helper_data *)transport->data;
 	transport_take_over(transport, data->helper);
 	fclose(data->out);
+	free(data->name);
 	free(data);
 }
 
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ static int disconnect_helper(struct transport *transport)
 		close(data->helper->out);
 		fclose(data->out);
 		res = finish_command(data->helper);
+		FREE_AND_NULL(data->name);
 		FREE_AND_NULL(data->helper);
 	}
 	return res;
@@ -1297,7 +1299,7 @@ static struct transport_vtable vtable = {
 int transport_helper_init(struct transport *transport, const char *name)
 {
 	struct helper_data *data = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*data));
-	data->name = name;
+	data->name = xstrdup(name);
 
 	transport_check_allowed(name);
 
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index 0ad04b77fd..83ddea8fbc 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -1176,6 +1176,7 @@ struct transport *transport_get(struct remote *remote, const char *url)
 		int len = external_specification_len(url);
 		char *handler = xmemdupz(url, len);
 		transport_helper_init(ret, handler);
+		free(handler);
 	}
 
 	if (ret->smart_options) {