diff --git a/HeterogeneousCore/SonicTriton/scripts/cmsTriton b/HeterogeneousCore/SonicTriton/scripts/cmsTriton
index 4ea4b7cd7f64f..e28a43c2df31f 100755
--- a/HeterogeneousCore/SonicTriton/scripts/cmsTriton
+++ b/HeterogeneousCore/SonicTriton/scripts/cmsTriton
@@ -257,6 +257,9 @@ start_apptainer(){
 		ldconfig /.singularity.d/libs
 	fi
 
+    # workaround for https://github.com/apptainer/apptainer/issues/2164
+    unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
+
 	# start instance
 	# need to bind /cvmfs for above symlinks to work inside container
 	$DRYRUN $APPTAINER instance start \