diff --git a/lib/std/Build/Step.zig b/lib/std/Build/Step.zig
index 78c1e3343c23acec72985f2b9d357e52dc3b977f..a4d6987126ac87113fb73ce63dca3b75c89ffe9b 100644
--- a/lib/std/Build/Step.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Build/Step.zig
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ pub fn init(options: StepOptions) Step {
 
     return .{
         .tag = options.tag,
-        .name = arena.dupe(u8, options.name) catch @panic("OOM"),
+        .name = options.owner.graph.dupeString(options.name),
         .owner = options.owner,
         .dependencies = .empty,
         .max_rss = options.max_rss,
diff --git a/lib/std/Build/Step/CheckFile.zig b/lib/std/Build/Step/CheckFile.zig
index 21ebbd4621c51319de1cc69579c0c59a4ec1df0d..44c0494c1e544eb9a92c36bdadfc06b9a75ed45f 100644
--- a/lib/std/Build/Step/CheckFile.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Build/Step/CheckFile.zig
@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@ pub fn create(owner: *std.Build, file: std.Build.LazyPath, options: Options) *Ch
 }
 
 pub fn setName(check_file: *CheckFile, name: []const u8) void {
-    check_file.step.name = name;
+    check_file.step.name = check_file.step.owner.graph.dupeString(name);
 }
diff --git a/lib/std/Build/Step/Run.zig b/lib/std/Build/Step/Run.zig
index e8a26ea36ba163c115df3be63abed8db84ec59d2..8662d5258a3553e349e0f5682c733f2b4678e8c0 100644
--- a/lib/std/Build/Step/Run.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Build/Step/Run.zig
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ pub fn create(owner: *std.Build, name: []const u8) *Run {
 }
 
 pub fn setName(run: *Run, name: []const u8) void {
-    run.step.name = name;
+    run.step.name = run.step.owner.graph.dupeString(name);
     run.rename_step_with_output_arg = false;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/tests.zig b/test/tests.zig
index 0d41503255b2d3d30fac186eeeb0587c245b46a9..b782307a3644d54a11ec3da00d150d9650ae4d11 100644
--- a/test/tests.zig
+++ b/test/tests.zig
@@ -2502,7 +2502,7 @@ pub fn addStandaloneTests(
         .simple_skip_release_small = mem.findScalar(OptimizeMode, optimize_modes, .small) == null,
     });
     const test_cases_dep_step = test_cases_dep.builder.default_step;
-    test_cases_dep_step.name = b.graph.dupeString(test_cases_dep_name);
+    test_cases_dep_step.name = test_cases_dep_name;
     step.dependOn(test_cases_dep.builder.default_step);
     return step;
 }