diff --git a/tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/internal/tmf/core/Activator.java b/tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/internal/tmf/core/Activator.java
index 41757a7..14cd9c0 100644
--- a/tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/internal/tmf/core/Activator.java
+++ b/tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/internal/tmf/core/Activator.java
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@
     @Override
     public void start(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
         super.start(context);
+        // CVE-2021-44228
+        System.setProperty("log4j2.formatMsgNoLookups", "true"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+        System.setProperty("log4j.formatMsgNoLookups", "true"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
         setDefault(this);
         TmfCoreTracer.init();
         /* Initialize the trace manager */