diff --git a/ansible/roles/elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
index 10232d6997..1d4ecd892f 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ elasticsearch_enable_keystone_registration: False
 
 elasticsearch_cluster_name: "kolla_logging"
 es_heap_size: "1g"
-es_java_opts: "{% if es_heap_size %}-Xms{{ es_heap_size }} -Xmx{{ es_heap_size }}{%endif%}"
+es_java_opts: "{% if es_heap_size %}-Xms{{ es_heap_size }} -Xmx{{ es_heap_size }}{%endif%} -Dlog4j2.formatMsgNoLookups=true"
 
 #######################
 # Elasticsearch Curator
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/security-log4j-1be047799f8e590a.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/security-log4j-1be047799f8e590a.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae4a3c3e77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/security-log4j-1be047799f8e590a.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+security:
+  - |
+    Adds mitigation for the Apache Log4j2 Remote Code Execution (RCE)
+    Vulnerability in Elasticsearch - CVE-2021-44228.