diff --git a/NOTICE.txt b/NOTICE.txt
index 1549d89c2703..d1600a494186 100644
--- a/NOTICE.txt
+++ b/NOTICE.txt
@@ -12488,11 +12488,11 @@ SOFTWARE
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dependency : github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs
-Version: v0.18.1
+Version: v0.18.7
 Licence type (autodetected): Apache-2.0
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs@v0.18.1/LICENSE:
+Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs@v0.18.7/LICENSE:
 
                                  Apache License
                            Version 2.0, January 2004
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 94ccb907e5dd..71f66b3e793d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/elastic/bayeux v1.0.5
 	github.com/elastic/ebpfevents v0.6.0
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-autodiscover v0.9.0
-	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.18.1
+	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.18.7
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.11.7
 	github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8 v8.17.0
 	github.com/elastic/go-quark v0.3.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 87da6b686820..952612a1bf32 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -350,8 +350,8 @@ github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-autodiscover v0.9.0 h1:+iWIKh0u3e8I+CJa3FfWe9h0
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-autodiscover v0.9.0/go.mod h1:5iUxLHhVdaGSWYTveSwfJEY4RqPXTG13LPiFoxcpFd4=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-client/v7 v7.15.0 h1:nDB7v8TBoNuD6IIzC3z7Q0y+7bMgXoT2DsHfolO2CHE=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-client/v7 v7.15.0/go.mod h1:6h+f9QdIr3GO2ODC0Y8+aEXRwzbA5W4eV4dd/67z7nI=
-github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.18.1 h1:dE6jf/D9bP8eRMQsV7KKpKV/G8zQzwMFBTj1w4e716c=
-github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.18.1/go.mod h1:rWdyrrAFzZwgNNi41Tsqhlt2c2GdXWhCEwcsnqISJ2U=
+github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.18.7 h1:C/63JieRiRIKBCOHnusIQ6yGBBmTU9rqcxneOw3zVX4=
+github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.18.7/go.mod h1:Repx7BMzE1v/gTipPogNIQeEnSGwOWGBC63h7h9c5aM=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.11.7 h1:1xm2okCM0eQZ4jivZgUFSlt6HAn/nPgKB/Fj8eLG6mY=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.11.7/go.mod h1:nzkrGajQA29YNcfP62gfzhxX9an3/xdQ3RmfQNw9YTI=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8 v8.6.0 h1:Y2S/FBjx1LlCv5m6pWAF2kDJAHoSjSRSJCApolgfthA=
diff --git a/libbeat/cmd/instance/beat.go b/libbeat/cmd/instance/beat.go
index 876e5aa45bd7..c09e32730638 100644
--- a/libbeat/cmd/instance/beat.go
+++ b/libbeat/cmd/instance/beat.go
@@ -348,6 +348,14 @@ func NewBeatReceiver(settings Settings, receiverConfig map[string]interface{}, u
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error unpacking beats logging config: %w\n%v", err, b.Config.Logging)
 	}
 
+	if logpConfig.WithFields != nil {
+		var fields = []zapcore.Field{}
+		for key, value := range logpConfig.WithFields {
+			fields = append(fields, zap.Any(key, value))
+		}
+		core = core.With(fields)
+	}
+
 	if err := logp.ConfigureWithCore(logpConfig, core); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error configuring beats logp: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/tests/integration/otel_test.go b/x-pack/filebeat/tests/integration/otel_test.go
index 7a147add0dbe..cf7bb4d5932b 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/tests/integration/otel_test.go
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/tests/integration/otel_test.go
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@
 package integration
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -40,8 +42,8 @@ output:
     hosts:
       - localhost:9200
     protocol: http
+    password: testing	
     username: admin
-    password: testing
     index: %s
 queue.mem.flush.timeout: 0s
 processors:
@@ -170,3 +172,59 @@ func assertMapsEqual(t *testing.T, m1, m2 mapstr.M, ignoredFields []string, msg
 	}
 	require.Equal(t, "", cmp.Diff(flatM1, flatM2), "expected maps to be equal")
 }
+
+// This test ensures the functionality of `logging.with_fields` on beatreceivers
+func TestBeatReceiverLoggingWithFields(t *testing.T) {
+	var filebeatBasicConfig = `
+filebeat.inputs:
+  - type: filestream
+    id: filestream-input-id
+    enabled: true
+    paths:
+     - /tmp/flog.log
+output:
+  elasticsearch:
+    hosts:
+      - localhost:9200
+    protocol: http
+    username: admin
+    password: testing
+logging.with_fields:
+  component: filebeat-otel-test
+path.home: %s
+
+`
+	// start filebeat in otel mode
+	filebeatOTel := integration.NewBeat(
+		t,
+		"filebeat-otel",
+		"../../filebeat.test",
+		"otel",
+	)
+
+	tempDir := filebeatOTel.TempDir()
+	s := fmt.Sprintf(filebeatBasicConfig, tempDir)
+	filebeatOTel.WriteConfigFile(s)
+	filebeatOTel.Start()
+
+	require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
+		// we must open it each time in case no logs have arrived yet
+		f, err := os.Open(filepath.Join(tempDir, "stderr"))
+		if err != nil {
+			return false
+		}
+		defer f.Close()
+
+		r := bufio.NewScanner(f)
+
+		for r.Scan() {
+			line := r.Text()
+			if strings.Contains(line, `"name": "filebeatreceiver"`) {
+				fmt.Println(line)
+				return assert.True(t, strings.Contains(line, `"component": "filebeat-otel-test"`))
+			}
+		}
+		return false
+	}, 10*time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond, "additional logging context was not added")
+
+}