diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8b4521cf..2b6b1c96 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/sdk.yml
     with:
       target: Win64-Crashpad
-      runsOn: windows-latest
+      runsOn: windows-2019
 
   windows-breakpad-sdk:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/sdk.yml
     with:
       target: Win64-Breakpad
-      runsOn: windows-latest
+      runsOn: windows-2019
 
   build:
     needs: [android-sdk, ios-sdk, macos-sdk, linux-sdk, windows-crashpad-sdk, windows-breakpad-sdk]
@@ -190,6 +190,11 @@ jobs:
           pip3 install -Iv ue4cli==0.0.54 ;
           ue4 setroot /home/ue4/UnrealEngine '
 
+      - name: Setup C++ runtime
+        run: docker exec --user root unreal bash -c '
+          apt-get update ;
+          apt-get install -y libc++-dev '
+
       - name: Download package
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b0957a59..1fbdbc7b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Features
+
+- Switch to using static libs on Windows ([#433](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-unreal/pull/433))
+
 ### Dependencies
 
 - Bump Java SDK (Android) from v6.32.0 to v6.33.0 ([#432](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-unreal/pull/432))
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5d52fe41..6a170de9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ The SDK complies with three latest engine versions.
 
 - To automatically capture crashes in Windows game builds that were made using engine versions prior to UE 5.2, the [Crash Reporter has to be configured](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/unreal/setup-crashreport/) first.
   
-- Using UGS binaries requires tagging of files to ensure the crashpad_handler.exe and sentry.dll is present. For inclusion in build graph, you'd want something like this: 
+- Using UGS binaries requires tagging of files to ensure the crashpad_handler.exe is present. For inclusion in build graph, you'd want something like this: 
 ```
 <Tag Files="#EditorBinaries$(EditorPlatform)" Filter="*.target" With="#TargetReceipts"/>
 <TagReceipt Files="#TargetReceipts" RuntimeDependencies="true" With="#RuntimeDependencies"/>
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ The SDK complies with three latest engine versions.
 
 - Only crash events captured on Android contain the full callstack. Events that were captured manually won't have the native C++ part there.
 
+- On Linux `sudo apt-get install libc++-dev` is required to install the required `Crashpad` dependencies.
+
 ## Development
 
 Please see the [contribution guide](./CONTRIBUTING.md).
diff --git a/plugin-dev/Source/Sentry/Private/SentryModule.cpp b/plugin-dev/Source/Sentry/Private/SentryModule.cpp
index 3e6d5a48..724ad6aa 100644
--- a/plugin-dev/Source/Sentry/Private/SentryModule.cpp
+++ b/plugin-dev/Source/Sentry/Private/SentryModule.cpp
@@ -29,14 +29,10 @@ void FSentryModule::StartupModule()
 			SentrySettings);
 	}
 
-#if PLATFORM_WINDOWS
-	const FString SentryLibName = TEXT("sentry.dll");
-#elif PLATFORM_MAC
+#if PLATFORM_MAC
 	const FString SentryLibName = TEXT("sentry.dylib");
-#endif
+	const FString BinariesDirPath = GIsEditor ? FPaths::Combine(GetThirdPartyPath(), TEXT("bin")) : GetBinariesPath();
 
-#if PLATFORM_WINDOWS || PLATFORM_MAC
-	const FString BinariesDirPath = GetBinariesPath();
 	FPlatformProcess::PushDllDirectory(*BinariesDirPath);
 	mDllHandleSentry = FPlatformProcess::GetDllHandle(*FPaths::Combine(BinariesDirPath, SentryLibName));
 	FPlatformProcess::PopDllDirectory(*BinariesDirPath);
@@ -99,6 +95,13 @@ FString FSentryModule::GetBinariesPath()
 	return FPaths::Combine(PluginDir, TEXT("Binaries"), FPlatformProcess::GetBinariesSubdirectory());
 }
 
+FString FSentryModule::GetThirdPartyPath()
+{
+	const FString PluginDir = IPluginManager::Get().FindPlugin(TEXT("Sentry"))->GetBaseDir();
+
+	return FPaths::Combine(PluginDir, TEXT("Source"), TEXT("ThirdParty"), FPlatformProcess::GetBinariesSubdirectory());
+}
+
 FString FSentryModule::GetPluginVersion()
 {
 	TSharedPtr<IPlugin> plugin = IPluginManager::Get().FindPlugin(TEXT("Sentry"));
diff --git a/plugin-dev/Source/Sentry/Public/SentryModule.h b/plugin-dev/Source/Sentry/Public/SentryModule.h
index 6a3a0b6a..1449193f 100644
--- a/plugin-dev/Source/Sentry/Public/SentryModule.h
+++ b/plugin-dev/Source/Sentry/Public/SentryModule.h
@@ -35,9 +35,12 @@ class SENTRY_API FSentryModule : public IModuleInterface
 	/** Gets internal settings object to support runtime configuration changes. */
 	USentrySettings* GetSettings() const;
 
-	/** Gets path to plugin's binaries folder. */
+	/** Gets path to plugin's binaries folder for current platform. */
 	FString GetBinariesPath();
 
+	/** Gets path to plugin's third-party resources folder for current platform. */
+	FString GetThirdPartyPath();
+
 	/** Gets plugin's version. */
 	static FString GetPluginVersion();
 
diff --git a/plugin-dev/Source/Sentry/Sentry.Build.cs b/plugin-dev/Source/Sentry/Sentry.Build.cs
index 4aa9151f..c5084049 100644
--- a/plugin-dev/Source/Sentry/Sentry.Build.cs
+++ b/plugin-dev/Source/Sentry/Sentry.Build.cs
@@ -98,23 +98,33 @@ public Sentry(ReadOnlyTargetRules Target) : base(Target)
 			PublicIncludePaths.Add(Path.Combine(WindowsThirdPartyPath, "include"));
 			PrivateIncludePaths.Add(Path.Combine(ModuleDirectory, "Private", "Desktop"));
 
-			RuntimeDependencies.Add(Path.Combine(PlatformBinariesPath, "sentry.dll"), Path.Combine(WindowsThirdPartyPath, "bin", "sentry.dll"));
-			RuntimeDependencies.Add(Path.Combine(PlatformBinariesPath, "sentry.pdb"), Path.Combine(WindowsThirdPartyPath, "bin", "sentry.pdb"));
-
-			PublicDelayLoadDLLs.Add("sentry.dll");
-
 			PublicAdditionalLibraries.Add(Path.Combine(WindowsThirdPartyPath, "lib", "sentry.lib"));
 
 			if (CrashpadExists)
 			{
 				RuntimeDependencies.Add(Path.Combine(PlatformBinariesPath, "crashpad_handler.exe"), Path.Combine(WindowsThirdPartyPath, "bin", "crashpad_handler.exe"));
+
+				PublicAdditionalLibraries.Add(Path.Combine(WindowsThirdPartyPath, "lib", "crashpad_compat.lib"));
+				PublicAdditionalLibraries.Add(Path.Combine(WindowsThirdPartyPath, "lib", "crashpad_compat.lib"));
+				PublicAdditionalLibraries.Add(Path.Combine(WindowsThirdPartyPath, "lib", "crashpad_snapshot.lib"));
+				PublicAdditionalLibraries.Add(Path.Combine(WindowsThirdPartyPath, "lib", "crashpad_util.lib"));
+				PublicAdditionalLibraries.Add(Path.Combine(WindowsThirdPartyPath, "lib", "mini_chromium.lib"));
+				PublicAdditionalLibraries.Add(Path.Combine(WindowsThirdPartyPath, "lib", "crashpad_client.lib"));
+				PublicAdditionalLibraries.Add(Path.Combine(WindowsThirdPartyPath, "lib", "crashpad_zlib.lib"));
+				PublicAdditionalLibraries.Add(Path.Combine(WindowsThirdPartyPath, "lib", "crashpad_getopt.lib"));
+				PublicAdditionalLibraries.Add(Path.Combine(WindowsThirdPartyPath, "lib", "crashpad_tools.lib"));
+				PublicAdditionalLibraries.Add(Path.Combine(WindowsThirdPartyPath, "lib", "crashpad_handler_lib.lib"));
 			}
 			else
 			{
 				PublicAdditionalLibraries.Add(Path.Combine(WindowsThirdPartyPath, "lib", "breakpad_client.lib"));
 			}
 
+			PublicSystemLibraries.Add("winhttp.lib");
+			PublicSystemLibraries.Add("version.lib");
+
 			PublicDefinitions.Add("USE_SENTRY_NATIVE=1");
+			PublicDefinitions.Add("SENTRY_BUILD_STATIC=1");
 		}
 
 		// Additional routine for Linux
diff --git a/scripts/build-win64-breakpad.sh b/scripts/build-win64-breakpad.sh
index 88a98da4..71d87eac 100755
--- a/scripts/build-win64-breakpad.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-win64-breakpad.sh
@@ -6,15 +6,13 @@ export sentryArtifactsDestination=$2
 
 rm -rf "${sentryArtifactsDestination}/"*
 
-cmake -S "${sentryNativeRoot}" -B "${sentryNativeRoot}/build" -D SENTRY_BACKEND=breakpad -D SENTRY_SDK_NAME=sentry.native.unreal
+cmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -S "${sentryNativeRoot}" -B "${sentryNativeRoot}/build" -D SENTRY_BACKEND=breakpad -D SENTRY_SDK_NAME=sentry.native.unreal -D SENTRY_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
 cmake --build "${sentryNativeRoot}/build" --target sentry --config RelWithDebInfo --parallel
+cmake --install "${sentryNativeRoot}/build" --prefix "${sentryNativeRoot}/install" --config RelWithDebInfo
 
 mkdir "${sentryArtifactsDestination}/bin"
 mkdir "${sentryArtifactsDestination}/include"
 mkdir "${sentryArtifactsDestination}/lib"
 
-cp ${sentryNativeRoot}/build/RelWithDebInfo/sentry.lib ${sentryArtifactsDestination}/lib/sentry.lib
-cp ${sentryNativeRoot}/build/RelWithDebInfo/sentry.dll ${sentryArtifactsDestination}/bin/sentry.dll
-cp ${sentryNativeRoot}/build/RelWithDebInfo/sentry.pdb ${sentryArtifactsDestination}/bin/sentry.pdb
-cp ${sentryNativeRoot}/build/external/RelWithDebInfo/breakpad_client.lib ${sentryArtifactsDestination}/lib/breakpad_client.lib
-cp ${sentryNativeRoot}/include/sentry.h ${sentryArtifactsDestination}/include/sentry.h
+cp ${sentryNativeRoot}/install/lib/*.lib ${sentryArtifactsDestination}/lib
+cp ${sentryNativeRoot}/install/include/sentry.h ${sentryArtifactsDestination}/include/sentry.h
diff --git a/scripts/build-win64-crashpad.sh b/scripts/build-win64-crashpad.sh
index 0215d913..0494c688 100755
--- a/scripts/build-win64-crashpad.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-win64-crashpad.sh
@@ -6,16 +6,15 @@ export sentryArtifactsDestination=$2
 
 rm -rf "${sentryArtifactsDestination}/"*
 
-cmake -S "${sentryNativeRoot}" -B "${sentryNativeRoot}/build" -D SENTRY_BACKEND=crashpad -D SENTRY_SDK_NAME=sentry.native.unreal
+cmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -S "${sentryNativeRoot}" -B "${sentryNativeRoot}/build" -D SENTRY_BACKEND=crashpad -D SENTRY_SDK_NAME=sentry.native.unreal -D SENTRY_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
 cmake --build "${sentryNativeRoot}/build" --target sentry --config RelWithDebInfo --parallel
-cmake --build "${sentryNativeRoot}/build" --target crashpad_handler --config Release --parallel
+cmake --build "${sentryNativeRoot}/build" --target crashpad_handler --config RelWithDebInfo --parallel
+cmake --install "${sentryNativeRoot}/build" --prefix "${sentryNativeRoot}/install" --config RelWithDebInfo
 
 mkdir "${sentryArtifactsDestination}/bin"
 mkdir "${sentryArtifactsDestination}/include"
 mkdir "${sentryArtifactsDestination}/lib"
 
-cp ${sentryNativeRoot}/build/RelWithDebInfo/sentry.lib ${sentryArtifactsDestination}/lib/sentry.lib
-cp ${sentryNativeRoot}/build/RelWithDebInfo/sentry.dll ${sentryArtifactsDestination}/bin/sentry.dll
-cp ${sentryNativeRoot}/build/RelWithDebInfo/sentry.pdb ${sentryArtifactsDestination}/bin/sentry.pdb
-cp ${sentryNativeRoot}/build/crashpad_build/handler/Release/crashpad_handler.exe ${sentryArtifactsDestination}/bin/crashpad_handler.exe
-cp ${sentryNativeRoot}/include/sentry.h ${sentryArtifactsDestination}/include/sentry.h
+cp ${sentryNativeRoot}/install/lib/*.lib ${sentryArtifactsDestination}/lib
+cp ${sentryNativeRoot}/install/bin/crashpad_handler.exe ${sentryArtifactsDestination}/bin/crashpad_handler.exe
+cp ${sentryNativeRoot}/install/include/sentry.h ${sentryArtifactsDestination}/include/sentry.h
diff --git a/scripts/packaging/package-github.snapshot b/scripts/packaging/package-github.snapshot
index 9b95c510..046b4d2c 100644
--- a/scripts/packaging/package-github.snapshot
+++ b/scripts/packaging/package-github.snapshot
@@ -331,9 +331,6 @@ Source/ThirdParty/Mac/include/Headers/SentryUser.h
 Source/ThirdParty/Mac/include/Headers/SentryUserFeedback.h
 Source/ThirdParty/Win64/
 Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Breakpad/
-Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Breakpad/bin/
-Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Breakpad/bin/sentry.dll
-Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Breakpad/bin/sentry.pdb
 Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Breakpad/include/
 Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Breakpad/include/sentry.h
 Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Breakpad/lib/
@@ -342,9 +339,17 @@ Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Breakpad/lib/sentry.lib
 Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/
 Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/bin/
 Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/bin/crashpad_handler.exe
-Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/bin/sentry.dll
-Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/bin/sentry.pdb
 Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/include/
 Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/include/sentry.h
 Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/lib/
+Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/lib/crashpad_client.lib
+Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/lib/crashpad_compat.lib
+Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/lib/crashpad_getopt.lib
+Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/lib/crashpad_handler_lib.lib
+Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/lib/crashpad_minidump.lib
+Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/lib/crashpad_snapshot.lib
+Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/lib/crashpad_tools.lib
+Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/lib/crashpad_util.lib
+Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/lib/crashpad_zlib.lib
+Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/lib/mini_chromium.lib
 Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/lib/sentry.lib
diff --git a/scripts/packaging/package-marketplace.snapshot b/scripts/packaging/package-marketplace.snapshot
index c1b5ea85..576852e9 100644
--- a/scripts/packaging/package-marketplace.snapshot
+++ b/scripts/packaging/package-marketplace.snapshot
@@ -328,9 +328,6 @@ Source/ThirdParty/Mac/include/Headers/SentryUser.h
 Source/ThirdParty/Mac/include/Headers/SentryUserFeedback.h
 Source/ThirdParty/Win64/
 Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Breakpad/
-Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Breakpad/bin/
-Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Breakpad/bin/sentry.dll
-Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Breakpad/bin/sentry.pdb
 Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Breakpad/include/
 Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Breakpad/include/sentry.h
 Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Breakpad/lib/
@@ -338,9 +335,17 @@ Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Breakpad/lib/breakpad_client.lib
 Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Breakpad/lib/sentry.lib
 Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/
 Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/bin/
-Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/bin/sentry.dll
-Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/bin/sentry.pdb
 Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/include/
 Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/include/sentry.h
 Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/lib/
+Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/lib/crashpad_client.lib
+Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/lib/crashpad_compat.lib
+Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/lib/crashpad_getopt.lib
+Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/lib/crashpad_handler_lib.lib
+Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/lib/crashpad_minidump.lib
+Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/lib/crashpad_snapshot.lib
+Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/lib/crashpad_tools.lib
+Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/lib/crashpad_util.lib
+Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/lib/crashpad_zlib.lib
+Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/lib/mini_chromium.lib
 Source/ThirdParty/Win64/Crashpad/lib/sentry.lib