diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 780f01c76f49..ef78a3ff84cf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v6.8.0...6.8.1[Check the HEAD diff]
 *Metricbeat*
 
 - Fix marshaling of ms-since-epoch values in `elasticsearch/cluster_stats` metricset. {pull}14378[14378]
+- Fixed bug with `elasticsearch/cluster_stats` metricset not recording license ID in the correct field. {pull}14592[14592]
 
 *Packetbeat*
 
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go b/metricbeat/module/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
index 6f7aff1c9a83..735aa1bbe719 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
+++ b/metricbeat/module/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ func (l *License) IsOneOf(candidateLicenses ...string) bool {
 func (l *License) ToMapStr() common.MapStr {
 	return common.MapStr{
 		"status":                l.Status,
-		"id":                    l.ID,
+		"uid":                   l.ID,
 		"type":                  l.Type,
 		"issue_date":            l.IssueDate,
 		"issue_date_in_millis":  l.IssueDateInMillis,