diff --git a/com.wamas.ide.launching.ui/src/com/wamas/ide/launching/ui/contentassist/LcDslProposalProvider.xtend b/com.wamas.ide.launching.ui/src/com/wamas/ide/launching/ui/contentassist/LcDslProposalProvider.xtend
index a86f0ec..f2460b1 100644
--- a/com.wamas.ide.launching.ui/src/com/wamas/ide/launching/ui/contentassist/LcDslProposalProvider.xtend
+++ b/com.wamas.ide.launching.ui/src/com/wamas/ide/launching/ui/contentassist/LcDslProposalProvider.xtend
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import com.wamas.ide.launching.lcDsl.LaunchConfig
 import com.wamas.ide.launching.lcDsl.PluginWithVersion
 import com.wamas.ide.launching.lcDsl.TraceEnablement
 import com.wamas.ide.launching.services.LcDslGrammarAccess
+import com.wamas.ide.launching.validation.InternalApiCalls
 import com.wamas.ide.launching.validation.LcDslValidator
 import java.util.stream.Stream
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IContainer
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ class LcDslProposalProvider extends AbstractLcDslProposalProvider {
 		val te = model as TraceEnablement
 		val name = te.plugin
 
-		for (s : PDECore.^default.tracingOptionsManager.getTemplateTable(name).keySet) {
+		for (s : InternalApiCalls.pdeCoreGetTemplateTable(name).keySet) {
 			val n = s.substring(s.indexOf('/') + 1)
 			acceptor.accept(
 				createCompletionProposal("'" + n + "'", new StyledString(n), ih.getImage("doc_section_obj.png"),
diff --git a/com.wamas.ide.launching/src/com/wamas/ide/launching/validation/InternalApiCalls.java b/com.wamas.ide.launching/src/com/wamas/ide/launching/validation/InternalApiCalls.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00bf545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/com.wamas.ide.launching/src/com/wamas/ide/launching/validation/InternalApiCalls.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package com.wamas.ide.launching.validation;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.NullProgressMonitor;
+import org.eclipse.pde.internal.core.PDECore;
+import org.eclipse.pde.internal.core.TracingOptionsManager;
+
+public class InternalApiCalls {
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public static Map<String, String> pdeCoreGetTemplateTable(String pluginId) {
+        if (pluginId == null) {
+            return Map.of();
+        }
+        TracingOptionsManager tracingOptionsManager = PDECore.getDefault().getTracingOptionsManager();
+
+        Method candidate = Stream.of(TracingOptionsManager.class.getMethods())
+                .filter(mth -> mth.getName().equals("getTemplateTable")).findFirst().orElseThrow();
+        try {
+            if (candidate.getParameterCount() == 1) {
+                return (Map<String, String>) candidate.invoke(tracingOptionsManager, pluginId);
+            } else if (candidate.getParameterCount() == 2) {
+                // getTemplateTable changed signature by adding a progress monitor parameter
+                return (Map<String, String>) candidate.invoke(tracingOptionsManager, pluginId,
+                        new NullProgressMonitor());
+            } else {
+                throw new IllegalStateException(
+                        "Method PdeCore.getTracingManager.getTemplateTable was not found with needed signature");
+            }
+        } catch (IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException e) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Exception when calling PdeCore.getTracingManager.getTemplateTable", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/com.wamas.ide.launching/src/com/wamas/ide/launching/validation/LcDslValidator.xtend b/com.wamas.ide.launching/src/com/wamas/ide/launching/validation/LcDslValidator.xtend
index 95c9824..a27ae23 100644
--- a/com.wamas.ide.launching/src/com/wamas/ide/launching/validation/LcDslValidator.xtend
+++ b/com.wamas.ide.launching/src/com/wamas/ide/launching/validation/LcDslValidator.xtend
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ class LcDslValidator extends AbstractLcDslValidator {
 
 	@Check
 	def checkTracingOptions(TraceEnablement e) {
-		val ok = PDECore.^default.tracingOptionsManager.getTemplateTable(e.plugin).keySet
+		val ok = InternalApiCalls.pdeCoreGetTemplateTable(e.plugin).keySet
 		var idx = 0;
 		for (w : e.what) {
 			if (!ok.contains(e.plugin + "/" + w)) {