diff --git a/echo-pipelinetriggers/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/echo/pipelinetriggers/postprocessors/ExpectedArtifactExpressionEvaluationPostProcessor.java b/echo-pipelinetriggers/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/echo/pipelinetriggers/postprocessors/ExpectedArtifactExpressionEvaluationPostProcessor.java
index a3cb0d475..a0069f6bd 100644
--- a/echo-pipelinetriggers/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/echo/pipelinetriggers/postprocessors/ExpectedArtifactExpressionEvaluationPostProcessor.java
+++ b/echo-pipelinetriggers/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/echo/pipelinetriggers/postprocessors/ExpectedArtifactExpressionEvaluationPostProcessor.java
@@ -3,9 +3,14 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.echo.model.Pipeline;
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.echo.model.Trigger;
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.echo.model.WebhookContent;
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.echo.model.trigger.TriggerEvent;
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.kork.artifacts.model.Artifact;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.kork.artifacts.model.ExpectedArtifact;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.kork.expressions.ExpressionEvaluationSummary;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.kork.expressions.ExpressionTransform;
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.kork.expressions.ExpressionsSupport;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.kork.expressions.config.ExpressionProperties;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -18,7 +23,6 @@
 import org.springframework.expression.common.TemplateParserContext;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelParserConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.standard.SpelExpressionParser;
-import org.springframework.expression.spel.support.StandardEvaluationContext;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 /**
@@ -30,10 +34,24 @@ public class ExpectedArtifactExpressionEvaluationPostProcessor implements Pipeli
   private final ObjectMapper mapper;
   private final ExpressionParser parser;
   private final ParserContext parserContext = new TemplateParserContext("${", "}");
+  private final ExpressionsSupport expressionsSupport;
 
   public ExpectedArtifactExpressionEvaluationPostProcessor(
       ObjectMapper mapper, ExpressionProperties expressionProperties) {
     this.mapper = mapper;
+    this.expressionsSupport =
+        new ExpressionsSupport(
+            new Class[] {
+              Artifact.class,
+              ExpectedArtifact.class,
+              Pipeline.class,
+              WebhookContent.class,
+              TriggerEvent.class,
+              Trigger.class
+            },
+            null,
+            null,
+            expressionProperties);
     parser =
         new SpelExpressionParser(
             expressionProperties.getMaxExpressionLength() > 0
@@ -44,7 +62,8 @@ public ExpectedArtifactExpressionEvaluationPostProcessor(
 
   @Override
   public Pipeline processPipeline(Pipeline inputPipeline) {
-    EvaluationContext evaluationContext = new StandardEvaluationContext(inputPipeline);
+    EvaluationContext evaluationContext =
+        expressionsSupport.buildEvaluationContext(inputPipeline, false);
 
     List<ExpectedArtifact> expectedArtifacts = inputPipeline.getExpectedArtifacts();
     if (expectedArtifacts == null) {
diff --git a/echo-pipelinetriggers/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/echo/pipelinetriggers/postprocessors/ExpectedArtifactExpressionEvaluationPostProcessorSpec.groovy b/echo-pipelinetriggers/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/echo/pipelinetriggers/postprocessors/ExpectedArtifactExpressionEvaluationPostProcessorSpec.groovy
index 17dcc2a55..816e16c20 100644
--- a/echo-pipelinetriggers/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/echo/pipelinetriggers/postprocessors/ExpectedArtifactExpressionEvaluationPostProcessorSpec.groovy
+++ b/echo-pipelinetriggers/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/echo/pipelinetriggers/postprocessors/ExpectedArtifactExpressionEvaluationPostProcessorSpec.groovy
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package com.netflix.spinnaker.echo.pipelinetriggers.postprocessors
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.echo.jackson.EchoObjectMapper
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.echo.model.Trigger
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.echo.test.RetrofitStubs
@@ -101,4 +100,24 @@ class ExpectedArtifactExpressionEvaluationPostProcessorSpec extends Specificatio
     evaluatedArtifact.name == '{foo=bar}'
     evaluatedArtifact.version == '77'
   }
+  def 'block arbitrary java objects like process runners from resolving'() {
+    given:
+    def artifact = ExpectedArtifact.builder()
+      .matchArtifact(
+        Artifact.builder()
+          .name('${ new java.lang.ProcessBuilder("echo", "bob", ">", "/tmp/bad-process.txt").start().toString() }')
+          .version('77')
+          .type('maven/file')
+          .build())
+      .id('goodId')
+      .build()
+    def inputPipeline = createPipelineWith([artifact], trigger).withTrigger(trigger)
+
+    when:
+    def outputPipeline = artifactPostProcessor.processPipeline(inputPipeline)
+    def evaluatedArtifact = outputPipeline.expectedArtifacts[0].matchArtifact
+
+    then:
+    evaluatedArtifact.name == '${ new java.lang.ProcessBuilder("echo", "bob", ">", "/tmp/bad-process.txt").start().toString() }'
+  }
 }