diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index a45e9cf85..98305973e 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -201,6 +201,16 @@ alpine.database.pool.max.lifetime=600000
 # @hidden
 alpine.datanucleus.cache.level2.type=none
 
+# Controls the maximum number of ExecutionContext objects that are pooled by DataNucleus.
+# The default defined by DataNucleus is 20. However, since Dependency-Track occasionally
+# tweaks ExecutionContexts (e.g. to disable auto-flushing for insert-heavy tasks),
+# they are not safe for reuse. We thus disable EC pooling completely.
+#
+# @category: Database
+# @type:     integer
+# @hidden
+alpine.datanucleus.executioncontext.maxidle=0
+
 # Defines whether database migrations should be executed on startup.
 # <br/><br/>
 # From v5.6.0 onwards, migrations are considered part of the initialization tasks.