diff --git a/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/docker-compose.yaml.j2 b/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/docker-compose.yaml.j2
index 98ef98b41f..4f370e4f29 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/docker-compose.yaml.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/docker-compose.yaml.j2
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       JAVA_OPTIONS: >-
         -Xlog:gc*:file=/var/gerrit/logs/jvm_gc.log:time,uptime,tid,level,tags:filecount=10,filesize=20M
+        -Dlog4j2.formatMsgNoLookups=true
 {% if gerrit_heap_limit is defined %}
         -Xmx{{ gerrit_heap_limit }}
 {% endif %}