diff --git a/shared/logging/src/airflow_shared/logging/structlog.py b/shared/logging/src/airflow_shared/logging/structlog.py
index d5b0b9a8bfe43..d82ac60526fe9 100644
--- a/shared/logging/src/airflow_shared/logging/structlog.py
+++ b/shared/logging/src/airflow_shared/logging/structlog.py
@@ -60,6 +60,44 @@
 LEVEL_TO_FILTERING_LOGGER: dict[int, type[Logger]] = {}
 
 
+# ``_parse_path`` was introduced in Python 3.12; older versions use a different
+# parsing path (``_flavour.parse_parts``) that does not call ``sys.intern``,
+# so the patch is neither necessary nor applicable there. Python 3.14 removed
+# the ``sys.intern`` call upstream, so the patch is unnecessary there too.
+if sys.version_info < (3, 12) or sys.version_info >= (3, 14):
+    _PatchedPath = Path  # type: ignore[misc, assignment]
+else:
+
+    class _PatchedPath(Path):
+        """
+        Backport of Python 3.14's ``PurePath._parse_path`` without ``sys.intern``.
+
+        The ``sys.intern`` call in the stock ``_parse_path`` causes memory
+        to grow unboundedly in long-running processes. Upstream removed it
+        in Python 3.14 (https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/119518);
+        this class applies the same fix for earlier versions.
+        """
+
+        @classmethod
+        def _parse_path(cls, path: str) -> tuple[str, str, list[str]]:
+            if not path:
+                return "", "", []
+            sep = os.path.sep
+            altsep = os.path.altsep
+            if altsep:
+                path = path.replace(altsep, sep)
+            drv, root, rel = os.path.splitroot(path)
+            if not root and drv.startswith(sep) and not drv.endswith(sep):
+                drv_parts = drv.split(sep)
+                if len(drv_parts) == 4 and drv_parts[2] not in "?.":
+                    # e.g. //server/share
+                    root = sep
+                elif len(drv_parts) == 6:
+                    # e.g. //?/unc/server/share
+                    root = sep
+            return drv, root, [x for x in rel.split(sep) if x and x != "."]
+
+
 def _make_airflow_structlogger(min_level):
     # This uses https://github.com/hynek/structlog/blob/2f0cc42d/src/structlog/_native.py#L126
     # as inspiration
@@ -717,8 +755,8 @@ def init_log_folder(directory: str | os.PathLike[str], new_folder_permissions: i
     sure that the same group is set as default group for both - impersonated user and main airflow
     user.
     """
-    directory = Path(directory)
-    for parent in reversed(Path(directory).parents):
+    directory = _PatchedPath(directory)
+    for parent in reversed(_PatchedPath(directory).parents):
         parent.mkdir(mode=new_folder_permissions, exist_ok=True)
     directory.mkdir(mode=new_folder_permissions, exist_ok=True)
 
@@ -737,7 +775,7 @@ def init_log_file(
 
     See above ``init_log_folder`` method for more detailed explanation.
     """
-    full_path = Path(base_log_folder, local_relative_path)
+    full_path = _PatchedPath(base_log_folder, local_relative_path)
     init_log_folder(full_path.parent, new_folder_permissions)
 
     try: