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diff --git a/app/notifications/validators.py b/app/notifications/validators.py
index d9b92076d6..f4a0dd507b 100644
--- a/app/notifications/validators.py
+++ b/app/notifications/validators.py
@@ -192,6 +192,13 @@ def validate_template(
     check_template_is_for_notification_type(notification_type, template.template_type)
     check_template_is_active(template)
     template_with_content = create_content_for_notification(template, personalisation)
+
+    if template.template_type == SMS_TYPE:
+        # We are trying both metric types to see which one works best for us
+        current_app.statsd_client.gauge('sms.content_length', template_with_content.content_count)
+        # Histogram is a DataDog specific method, which sends a histogram value to statsd.
+        current_app.statsd_client.histogram('sms.content_length.histogram', template_with_content.content_count)
+
     if template.template_type == SMS_TYPE and template_with_content.content_count > SMS_CHAR_COUNT_LIMIT:
         current_app.logger.warning(
             'The personalized message length is %s, which exceeds the 4 segments length of %s.',
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 9efa4b3607..c37bf29d20 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -2224,7 +2224,7 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "notification-utils"
-version = "2.2.3"
+version = "2.2.5"
 description = "Shared python code for VA Notify. Forked from https://github.com/cds-snc/notification-utils"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
@@ -2254,7 +2254,7 @@ statsd = ">=3.3.0"
 type = "git"
 url = "https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/notification-utils.git"
 reference = "HEAD"
-resolved_reference = "979cbb61dcd6f67a04f64d1b01c40acafb162b1a"
+resolved_reference = "5ab78d95ba2350be1834fd7b4bee7aca5d9c94ae"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "notifications-python-client"