diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/jitsi-videobridge.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/jitsi-videobridge.nix
index dd06ad98a973..abb0bd0a25e1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/jitsi-videobridge.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/jitsi-videobridge.nix
@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ in
         "-Dnet.java.sip.communicator.SC_HOME_DIR_NAME" = "videobridge";
         "-Djava.util.logging.config.file" = "/etc/jitsi/videobridge/logging.properties";
         "-Dconfig.file" = pkgs.writeText "jvb.conf" (toHOCON jvbConfig);
+        # Mitigate CVE-2021-44228
+        "-Dlog4j2.formatMsgNoLookups" = true;
       } // (mapAttrs' (k: v: nameValuePair "-D${k}" v) cfg.extraProperties);
     in
     {