diff --git a/ELK/elasticsearch/templates/jvm.options.j2 b/ELK/elasticsearch/templates/jvm.options.j2
index 097abc7..508946d 100644
--- a/ELK/elasticsearch/templates/jvm.options.j2
+++ b/ELK/elasticsearch/templates/jvm.options.j2
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@
 # flag to explicitly tell Netty to not use unsafe
 -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true
 
+-Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true
+
 ## heap dumps
 
 # generate a heap dump when an allocation from the Java heap fails