diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Archives/Rar/RarArchive.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Archives/Rar/RarArchive.cs
index a05ad417..b9c1bfde 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Archives/Rar/RarArchive.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Archives/Rar/RarArchive.cs
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ namespace SharpCompress.Archives.Rar;
 
 public class RarArchive : AbstractArchive<RarArchiveEntry, RarVolume>
 {
-    internal Lazy<IRarUnpack> UnpackV2017 { get; } =
-        new(() => new Compressors.Rar.UnpackV2017.Unpack());
+    private bool _disposed;
+    internal Lazy<IRarUnpack> UnpackV2017 { get; } = new(() => new Compressors.Rar.UnpackV2017.Unpack());
     internal Lazy<IRarUnpack> UnpackV1 { get; } = new(() => new Compressors.Rar.UnpackV1.Unpack());
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -25,6 +25,20 @@ public class RarArchive : AbstractArchive<RarArchiveEntry, RarVolume>
     private RarArchive(SourceStream sourceStream)
         : base(ArchiveType.Rar, sourceStream) { }
 
+    public override void Dispose()
+    {
+        if (!_disposed)
+        {
+            if (UnpackV1.IsValueCreated && UnpackV1.Value is IDisposable unpackV1)
+            {
+                unpackV1.Dispose();
+            }
+
+            _disposed = true;
+            base.Dispose();
+        }
+    }
+
     protected override IEnumerable<RarArchiveEntry> LoadEntries(IEnumerable<RarVolume> volumes) =>
         RarArchiveEntryFactory.GetEntries(this, volumes, ReaderOptions);
 
diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Compressors/Rar/UnpackV1/Unpack.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Compressors/Rar/UnpackV1/Unpack.cs
index e6d4153d..e9891d99 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Compressors/Rar/UnpackV1/Unpack.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Compressors/Rar/UnpackV1/Unpack.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #nullable disable
 
 using System;
+using System.Buffers;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using SharpCompress.Common;
@@ -12,14 +13,27 @@ using SharpCompress.Compressors.Rar.VM;
 
 namespace SharpCompress.Compressors.Rar.UnpackV1;
 
-internal sealed partial class Unpack : BitInput, IRarUnpack
+internal sealed partial class Unpack : BitInput, IRarUnpack, IDisposable
 {
     private readonly BitInput Inp;
+    private bool disposed;
 
     public Unpack() =>
         // to ease in porting Unpack50.cs
         Inp = this;
 
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        if (!disposed)
+        {
+            if (!externalWindow)
+            {
+                ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(window);
+            }
+            disposed = true;
+        }
+    }
+
     public bool FileExtracted { get; private set; }
 
     public long DestSize
@@ -74,7 +88,7 @@ internal sealed partial class Unpack : BitInput, IRarUnpack
 
     private BlockTypes unpBlockType;
 
-    //private bool externalWindow;
+    private bool externalWindow;
 
     private long writtenFileSize;
 
@@ -113,13 +127,12 @@ internal sealed partial class Unpack : BitInput, IRarUnpack
     {
         if (window is null)
         {
-            this.window = new byte[PackDef.MAXWINSIZE];
+            this.window = ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Rent(PackDef.MAXWINSIZE);
         }
         else
         {
             this.window = window;
-
-            //externalWindow = true;
+            externalWindow = true;
         }
         inAddr = 0;
         UnpInitData(false);
diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Readers/AbstractReader.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Readers/AbstractReader.cs
index b36acd53..96ac0a58 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Readers/AbstractReader.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Readers/AbstractReader.cs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractReader<TEntry, TVolume> : IReader, IReaderExtracti
 
     #region IDisposable Members
 
-    public void Dispose()
+    public virtual void Dispose()
     {
         _entriesForCurrentReadStream?.Dispose();
         Volume?.Dispose();
diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Readers/Rar/RarReader.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Readers/Rar/RarReader.cs
index 2398cfac..a9078cae 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Readers/Rar/RarReader.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Readers/Rar/RarReader.cs
@@ -13,14 +13,28 @@ namespace SharpCompress.Readers.Rar;
 /// </summary>
 public abstract class RarReader : AbstractReader<RarReaderEntry, RarVolume>
 {
+    private bool _disposed;
     private RarVolume? volume;
-    private Lazy<IRarUnpack> UnpackV2017 { get; } =
-        new(() => new Compressors.Rar.UnpackV2017.Unpack());
+    private Lazy<IRarUnpack> UnpackV2017 { get; } = new(() => new Compressors.Rar.UnpackV2017.Unpack());
     private Lazy<IRarUnpack> UnpackV1 { get; } = new(() => new Compressors.Rar.UnpackV1.Unpack());
 
     internal RarReader(ReaderOptions options)
         : base(options, ArchiveType.Rar) { }
 
+    public override void Dispose()
+    {
+        if (!_disposed)
+        {
+            if (UnpackV1.IsValueCreated && UnpackV1.Value is IDisposable unpackV1)
+            {
+                unpackV1.Dispose();
+            }
+
+            _disposed = true;
+            base.Dispose();
+        }
+    }
+
     protected abstract void ValidateArchive(RarVolume archive);
 
     public override RarVolume? Volume => volume;