diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/main/java/com/datadog/crashtracking/CrashUploaderScriptInitializer.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/main/java/com/datadog/crashtracking/CrashUploaderScriptInitializer.java
index baf99051509..6579c151f74 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/main/java/com/datadog/crashtracking/CrashUploaderScriptInitializer.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/main/java/com/datadog/crashtracking/CrashUploaderScriptInitializer.java
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ private static void writeCrashUploaderScript(
 
   private static String template(String line, String execClass, String crashFile) {
     line = Strings.replace(line, "!AGENT_JAR!", execClass);
+    line = Strings.replace(line, "!JAVA_HOME!", System.getProperty("java.home"));
     if (crashFile != null) {
       line = Strings.replace(line, "!JAVA_ERROR_FILE!", crashFile);
     }
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/main/java/com/datadog/crashtracking/ScriptInitializer.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/main/java/com/datadog/crashtracking/ScriptInitializer.java
index 7d845efea83..e07be4b7e3f 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/main/java/com/datadog/crashtracking/ScriptInitializer.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/main/java/com/datadog/crashtracking/ScriptInitializer.java
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ static void writeConfig(Path scriptPath, String... entries) {
         bw.write(entries[i + 1]);
         bw.newLine();
       }
+      bw.write("java_home=" + System.getProperty("java.home"));
+      bw.newLine();
+
       Runtime.getRuntime()
           .addShutdownHook(
               new Thread(
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/main/resources/com/datadog/crashtracking/notify_oome.bat b/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/main/resources/com/datadog/crashtracking/notify_oome.bat
index 00658a95e6f..b0d8b5bdbb4 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/main/resources/com/datadog/crashtracking/notify_oome.bat
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/main/resources/com/datadog/crashtracking/notify_oome.bat
@@ -31,10 +31,11 @@ for /f "tokens=1,2 delims=: " %%a in (%configFile%.cfg) do (
 :: Debug: Print the loaded values (Optional)
 echo Agent Jar: %agent%
 echo Tags: %tags%
+echo JAVA_HOME: %java_home%
 echo PID: %PID%
 
 :: Execute the Java command with the loaded values
-java -Ddd.dogstatsd.start-delay=0 -jar "%agent%" sendOomeEvent "%tags%"
+"%java_home%\bin\java" -Ddd.dogstatsd.start-delay=0 -jar "%agent%" sendOomeEvent "%tags%"
 set RC=%ERRORLEVEL%
 del "%configFile%" :: Clean up the configuration file
 if %RC% EQU 0 (
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/main/resources/com/datadog/crashtracking/notify_oome.sh b/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/main/resources/com/datadog/crashtracking/notify_oome.sh
index 85ee5ef08ca..c2ee9ecf6df 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/main/resources/com/datadog/crashtracking/notify_oome.sh
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/main/resources/com/datadog/crashtracking/notify_oome.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ while IFS="=" read -r key value; do
 done < "$configFile"
 
 # Exiting early if configuration is missing
-if [ -z "${config_agent}" ] || [ -z "${config_tags}" ]; then
+if [ -z "${config_agent}" ] || [ -z "${config_tags}" ] || [ -z "${config_java_home}" ]; then
     echo "Error: Missing configuration"
     exit 1
 fi
@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@ fi
 # Debug: Print the loaded values (Optional)
 echo "Agent Jar: ${config_agent}"
 echo "Tags: ${config_tags}"
+echo "JAVA_HOME: ${config_java_home}"
 echo "PID: $PID"
 
 # Execute the Java command with the loaded values
-java -Ddd.dogstatsd.start-delay=0 -jar "${config_agent}" sendOomeEvent "${config_tags}"
+"${config_java_home}/bin/java" -Ddd.dogstatsd.start-delay=0 -jar "${config_agent}" sendOomeEvent "${config_tags}"
 RC=$?
 rm -f "${configFile}" # Remove the configuration file
 
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/main/resources/com/datadog/crashtracking/upload_crash.bat b/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/main/resources/com/datadog/crashtracking/upload_crash.bat
index 588430e683b..340817c6461 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/main/resources/com/datadog/crashtracking/upload_crash.bat
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/main/resources/com/datadog/crashtracking/upload_crash.bat
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
 :: Check if PID is provided
 if "%1"=="" (
     echo "Error: No PID provided. Running in legacy mode."
-    java -jar "!AGENT_JAR!" uploadCrash "!JAVA_ERROR_FILE!"
+    call :ensureJava "!JAVA_ERROR_FILE!"
+    "!JAVA_HOME!\bin\java" -jar "!AGENT_JAR!" uploadCrash "!JAVA_ERROR_FILE!"
     if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 (
         echo "Uploaded error file \"!JAVA_ERROR_FILE!\""
     ) else (
@@ -38,10 +39,11 @@ for /f "tokens=1,2 delims=: " %%a in (%configFile%.cfg) do (
 :: Debug: Print the loaded values (Optional)
 echo Agent Jar: %agent%
 echo Error Log: %hs_err%
+echo JAVA_HOME: %java_home%
 echo PID: %PID%
 
 :: Execute the Java command with the loaded values
-java -jar "%agent%" uploadCrash "%hs_err%"
+"%java_home%\bin\java" -jar "%agent%" uploadCrash "%hs_err%"
 set RC=%ERRORLEVEL%
 del "%configFile%" :: Clean up the configuration file
 if %RC% EQU 0 (
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/main/resources/com/datadog/crashtracking/upload_crash.sh b/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/main/resources/com/datadog/crashtracking/upload_crash.sh
index 7b417dcc1be..e2d0f378797 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/main/resources/com/datadog/crashtracking/upload_crash.sh
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/main/resources/com/datadog/crashtracking/upload_crash.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ set +e # Disable exit on error
 # Check if PID is provided
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then
   echo "Warn: No PID provided. Running in legacy mode."
-  java -jar "!AGENT_JAR!" uploadCrash "!JAVA_ERROR_FILE!"
+
+  "!JAVA_HOME!/bin/java" -jar "!AGENT_JAR!" uploadCrash "!JAVA_ERROR_FILE!"
   if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
     echo "Error file !JAVA_ERROR_FILE! was uploaded successfully"
   else
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ while IFS="=" read -r key value; do
 done < "$configFile"
 
 # Exiting early if configuration is missing
-if [ -z "${config_agent}" ] || [ -z "${config_hs_err}" ]; then
+if [ -z "${config_agent}" ] || [ -z "${config_hs_err}" ] || [ -z "${config_java_home}" ]; then
     echo "Error: Missing configuration"
     exit 1
 fi
@@ -43,10 +44,11 @@ fi
 # Debug: Print the loaded values (Optional)
 echo "Agent Jar: ${config_agent}"
 echo "Error Log: ${config_hs_err}"
+echo "JAVA_HOME: ${config_java_home}"
 echo "PID: $PID"
 
 # Execute the Java command with the loaded values
-java -jar "${config_agent}" uploadCrash "${config_hs_err}"
+"${config_java_home}/bin/java" -jar "${config_agent}" uploadCrash "${config_hs_err}"
 RC=$?
 rm -f "${configFile}" # Remove the configuration file
 
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/test/java/com/datadog/crashtracking/ScriptInitializerTest.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/test/java/com/datadog/crashtracking/ScriptInitializerTest.java
index d33b5ff2539..0c7ffabe7c7 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/test/java/com/datadog/crashtracking/ScriptInitializerTest.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-crashtracking/src/test/java/com/datadog/crashtracking/ScriptInitializerTest.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermissions;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
@@ -63,8 +64,13 @@ void testCrashUploaderInitializationSuccess(String target, String pidArg)
     assertTrue(Files.exists(file), "File " + file + " should have been created");
     List<String> lines = Files.readAllLines(file);
     assertFalse(lines.isEmpty(), "File " + file + " is expected to be non-empty");
+    // sanity check to see if no placeholders are left
+    Pattern placeholder = Pattern.compile("![A-Z_]+!");
+    assertFalse(lines.stream().anyMatch(l -> placeholder.matcher(l).find()));
     // sanity to check the crash log file was properly replaced in the script
     assertTrue(lines.stream().anyMatch(l -> l.contains(hsErrFile)));
+    // sanity to check the java home was properly captured
+    assertTrue(lines.stream().anyMatch(l -> l.contains("java_home")));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -96,6 +102,8 @@ void testOomeNotifierInitializationSuccess(String target) throws IOException {
     assertFalse(lines.isEmpty(), "File " + file + " is expected to be non-empty");
     // sanity to check the placeholder was properly replaced
     assertTrue(lines.stream().anyMatch(l -> !l.contains("!TAGS!")));
+    // sanity to check the java home was properly captured
+    assertTrue(lines.stream().anyMatch(l -> l.contains("java_home")));
   }
 
   @Test