diff --git a/debugd/metricbeat/templates/metricbeat.yml b/debugd/metricbeat/templates/metricbeat.yml
index 7bbd5c332c..41ab90af82 100644
--- a/debugd/metricbeat/templates/metricbeat.yml
+++ b/debugd/metricbeat/templates/metricbeat.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ system.hostfs: "/hostfs"
 
 {{ if .AddK8sMetadata }}
 processors:
-  - add_kubernetes_metadata:
+  - add_kubernetes_metadata: ~
 {{ end }}
 
 metricbeat.modules: