diff --git a/auditbeat/main.go b/auditbeat/main.go
index 48b9086acd27..ff3f400f0864 100644
--- a/auditbeat/main.go
+++ b/auditbeat/main.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	_ "time/tzdata" // for timezone handling
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/auditbeat/cmd"
 )
diff --git a/filebeat/main.go b/filebeat/main.go
index b7f128a266f1..e6feb5484af2 100644
--- a/filebeat/main.go
+++ b/filebeat/main.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	_ "time/tzdata" // for timezone handling
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/filebeat/cmd"
 	inputs "github.com/elastic/beats/v7/filebeat/input/default-inputs"
diff --git a/heartbeat/main.go b/heartbeat/main.go
index 6218bf004322..a30277c84fe1 100644
--- a/heartbeat/main.go
+++ b/heartbeat/main.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	_ "time/tzdata" // for timezone handling
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/heartbeat/cmd"
 
diff --git a/metricbeat/main.go b/metricbeat/main.go
index 749ec8001bdd..5dcea740b21f 100644
--- a/metricbeat/main.go
+++ b/metricbeat/main.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	_ "time/tzdata" // for timezone handling
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/metricbeat/cmd"
 )
diff --git a/packetbeat/main.go b/packetbeat/main.go
index c820e23e3236..1f5324d4b4b9 100644
--- a/packetbeat/main.go
+++ b/packetbeat/main.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	_ "time/tzdata" // for timezone handling
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/packetbeat/cmd"
 )
diff --git a/winlogbeat/main.go b/winlogbeat/main.go
index 600debc0a552..61828c64c93f 100644
--- a/winlogbeat/main.go
+++ b/winlogbeat/main.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	_ "time/tzdata" // for timezone handling
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/winlogbeat/cmd"
 )
diff --git a/x-pack/agentbeat/main.go b/x-pack/agentbeat/main.go
index d567e2eed085..f7c36c2f7d3e 100644
--- a/x-pack/agentbeat/main.go
+++ b/x-pack/agentbeat/main.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	_ "time/tzdata" // for timezone handling
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/cfgfile"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/cmd"
diff --git a/x-pack/auditbeat/main.go b/x-pack/auditbeat/main.go
index d08d6d4c31a6..58844e4f6411 100644
--- a/x-pack/auditbeat/main.go
+++ b/x-pack/auditbeat/main.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	_ "time/tzdata" // for timezone handling
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/x-pack/auditbeat/cmd"
 )
diff --git a/x-pack/dockerlogbeat/main.go b/x-pack/dockerlogbeat/main.go
index d725d2a46c4a..c0735f354b6e 100644
--- a/x-pack/dockerlogbeat/main.go
+++ b/x-pack/dockerlogbeat/main.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
+	_ "time/tzdata" // for timezone handling
 
 	"github.com/docker/go-plugins-helpers/sdk"
 
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/main.go b/x-pack/filebeat/main.go
index 4902d835fe64..bb7606bedb7f 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/main.go
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/main.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	_ "time/tzdata" // for timezone handling
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/x-pack/filebeat/cmd"
 )
diff --git a/x-pack/functionbeat/main.go b/x-pack/functionbeat/main.go
index d6c63e4f7097..47c4c10ad4f6 100644
--- a/x-pack/functionbeat/main.go
+++ b/x-pack/functionbeat/main.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	_ "time/tzdata" // for timezone handling
 
 	_ "github.com/elastic/beats/v7/x-pack/functionbeat/include" // imports features
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/x-pack/functionbeat/manager/cmd"
diff --git a/x-pack/heartbeat/main.go b/x-pack/heartbeat/main.go
index c7bab4764993..ce265bd35467 100644
--- a/x-pack/heartbeat/main.go
+++ b/x-pack/heartbeat/main.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	_ "time/tzdata" // for timezone handling
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/x-pack/heartbeat/cmd"
 )
diff --git a/x-pack/metricbeat/main.go b/x-pack/metricbeat/main.go
index 333a0d30fa56..92469da9c174 100644
--- a/x-pack/metricbeat/main.go
+++ b/x-pack/metricbeat/main.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	_ "time/tzdata" // for timezone handling
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/x-pack/metricbeat/cmd"
 )
diff --git a/x-pack/osquerybeat/main.go b/x-pack/osquerybeat/main.go
index ee2d6597729e..570f848729ea 100644
--- a/x-pack/osquerybeat/main.go
+++ b/x-pack/osquerybeat/main.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	_ "time/tzdata" // for timezone handling
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/x-pack/osquerybeat/cmd"
 )
diff --git a/x-pack/packetbeat/main.go b/x-pack/packetbeat/main.go
index 6ae71ec15c20..f6f55b6d25b8 100644
--- a/x-pack/packetbeat/main.go
+++ b/x-pack/packetbeat/main.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	_ "time/tzdata" // for timezone handling
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/x-pack/packetbeat/cmd"
 )
diff --git a/x-pack/winlogbeat/main.go b/x-pack/winlogbeat/main.go
index 21fd70be7f68..1ca2aa11a31e 100644
--- a/x-pack/winlogbeat/main.go
+++ b/x-pack/winlogbeat/main.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	_ "time/tzdata" // for timezone handling
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/x-pack/winlogbeat/cmd"
 )