diff --git a/auditbeat/main.go b/auditbeat/main.go
index 48b9086acd2..ff3f400f086 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 b7f128a266f..e6feb5484af 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 6218bf00432..a30277c84fe 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 749ec8001bd..5dcea740b21 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 c820e23e323..1f5324d4b4b 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 600debc0a55..61828c64c93 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 d567e2eed08..f7c36c2f7d3 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 d08d6d4c31a..58844e4f641 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 d725d2a46c4..c0735f354b6 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 4902d835fe6..bb7606bedb7 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 d6c63e4f709..47c4c10ad4f 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 c7bab476499..ce265bd3546 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 333a0d30fa5..92469da9c17 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 ee2d6597729..570f848729e 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 6ae71ec15c2..f6f55b6d25b 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 21fd70be7f6..1ca2aa11a31 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"
 )