diff --git a/dwds/CHANGELOG.md b/dwds/CHANGELOG.md
index e83dbc16e..d3d913ffa 100644
--- a/dwds/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/dwds/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 - Hide more variables from the local scope when debugging. These variables were synthetically added by the compiler to
   support late local variables and don't appear in the original source code. - [#2445](https://github.com/dart-lang/webdev/pull/2445)
 - Require Dart `^3.4`
+- Spawn DDS in a separate process using `dart development-service` instead of launching from `package:dds`. - [#2466](https://github.com/dart-lang/webdev/pull/2466)
 
 ## 24.0.0
 
diff --git a/dwds/lib/src/services/debug_service.dart b/dwds/lib/src/services/debug_service.dart
index 23279ac9e..e7fd46492 100644
--- a/dwds/lib/src/services/debug_service.dart
+++ b/dwds/lib/src/services/debug_service.dart
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import 'dart:io';
 import 'dart:math';
 import 'dart:typed_data';
 
-import 'package:dds/dds.dart';
+import 'package:dds/dds_launcher.dart';
 import 'package:dwds/src/config/tool_configuration.dart';
 import 'package:dwds/src/connections/app_connection.dart';
 import 'package:dwds/src/debugging/execution_context.dart';
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import 'package:sse/server/sse_handler.dart';
 import 'package:vm_service_interface/vm_service_interface.dart';
 import 'package:web_socket_channel/web_socket_channel.dart';
 
+const _kSseHandlerPath = '\$debugHandler';
+
 bool _acceptNewConnections = true;
 int _clientsConnected = 0;
 
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ class DebugService {
   final bool _useSse;
   final bool _spawnDds;
   final UrlEncoder? _urlEncoder;
-  DartDevelopmentService? _dds;
+  DartDevelopmentServiceLauncher? _dds;
 
   /// Null until [close] is called.
   ///
@@ -160,11 +162,11 @@ class DebugService {
         if (_dds != null) _dds!.shutdown(),
       ]);
 
-  Future<DartDevelopmentService> startDartDevelopmentService() async {
+  Future<DartDevelopmentServiceLauncher> startDartDevelopmentService() async {
     // Note: DDS can handle both web socket and SSE connections with no
     // additional configuration.
-    _dds = await DartDevelopmentService.startDartDevelopmentService(
-      Uri(
+    _dds = await DartDevelopmentServiceLauncher.start(
+      remoteVmServiceUri: Uri(
         scheme: 'http',
         host: hostname,
         port: port,
@@ -175,7 +177,6 @@ class DebugService {
         host: hostname,
         port: 0,
       ),
-      ipv6: await useIPv6ForHost(hostname),
     );
     return _dds!;
   }
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ class DebugService {
     // DDS will always connect to DWDS via web sockets.
     if (useSse && !spawnDds) {
       final sseHandler = SseHandler(
-        Uri.parse('/$authToken/\$debugHandler'),
+        Uri.parse('/$authToken/$_kSseHandlerPath'),
         keepAlive: const Duration(seconds: 5),
       );
       handler = sseHandler.handler;
diff --git a/dwds/lib/src/utilities/server.dart b/dwds/lib/src/utilities/server.dart
index bb442f680..92bd6ab31 100644
--- a/dwds/lib/src/utilities/server.dart
+++ b/dwds/lib/src/utilities/server.dart
@@ -12,17 +12,6 @@ import 'package:stack_trace/stack_trace.dart';
 import 'package:webkit_inspection_protocol/webkit_inspection_protocol.dart'
     as wip;
 
-/// Returns `true` if [hostname] is bound to an IPv6 address.
-Future<bool> useIPv6ForHost(String hostname) async {
-  final addresses = await InternetAddress.lookup(hostname);
-  if (addresses.isEmpty) return false;
-  final address = addresses.firstWhere(
-    (a) => a.type == InternetAddressType.IPv6,
-    orElse: () => addresses.first,
-  );
-  return address.type == InternetAddressType.IPv6;
-}
-
 /// Returns a port that is probably, but not definitely, not in use.
 ///
 /// This has a built-in race condition: another process may bind this port at
diff --git a/dwds/pubspec.yaml b/dwds/pubspec.yaml
index d39684cae..77f292bac 100644
--- a/dwds/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/dwds/pubspec.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dependencies:
   built_value: ^8.3.0
   collection: ^1.15.0
   crypto: ^3.0.2
-  dds: ^4.1.0
+  dds: ^4.2.5
   file: ">=6.1.4 <8.0.0"
   http: ^1.0.0
   http_multi_server: ^3.2.0