diff --git a/changelog.d/+add_catalina_home_ignore.changed.md b/changelog.d/+add_catalina_home_ignore.changed.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4dc34ff811b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/+add_catalina_home_ignore.changed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Ignore CATALINA_HOME env by default
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mirrord/agent/src/env.rs b/mirrord/agent/src/env.rs
index 3fafbc10714..26fa4681431 100644
--- a/mirrord/agent/src/env.rs
+++ b/mirrord/agent/src/env.rs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ impl EnvFilter {
                 WildMatch::new("RUST_LOG"),
                 WildMatch::new("_JAVA_OPTIONS"),
                 WildMatch::new("DOTNET_EnableDiagnostics"),
+                WildMatch::new("CATALINA_HOME"),
             ];
 
             for selector in &filter_env_vars {