diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml
index a3425116b29..f7d6c76c584 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ data:
         - volume
       period: 10s
       host: ${NODE_NAME}
-      hosts: ["https://${HOSTNAME}:10250"]
+      hosts: ["https://${NODE_NAME}:10250"]
       bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
       ssl.verification_mode: "none"
       # If using Red Hat OpenShift remove ssl.verification_mode entry and
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-daemonset-configmap.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-daemonset-configmap.yaml
index 9fce281bcdc..8760c3eaa0a 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-daemonset-configmap.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-daemonset-configmap.yaml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ data:
         - volume
       period: 10s
       host: ${NODE_NAME}
-      hosts: ["https://${HOSTNAME}:10250"]
+      hosts: ["https://${NODE_NAME}:10250"]
       bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
       ssl.verification_mode: "none"
       # If using Red Hat OpenShift remove ssl.verification_mode entry and
diff --git a/metricbeat/docs/modules/kubernetes.asciidoc b/metricbeat/docs/modules/kubernetes.asciidoc
index 0dbf695ce95..aa4553d782a 100644
--- a/metricbeat/docs/modules/kubernetes.asciidoc
+++ b/metricbeat/docs/modules/kubernetes.asciidoc
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ metricbeat.modules:
     - volume
   period: 10s
   enabled: true
-  hosts: ["https://${HOSTNAME}:10250"]
+  hosts: ["https://${NODE_NAME}:10250"]
   bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
   ssl.verification_mode: "none"
   #ssl.certificate_authorities:
diff --git a/metricbeat/docs/running-on-kubernetes.asciidoc b/metricbeat/docs/running-on-kubernetes.asciidoc
index 6d298c136c6..dfa6cbb25d4 100644
--- a/metricbeat/docs/running-on-kubernetes.asciidoc
+++ b/metricbeat/docs/running-on-kubernetes.asciidoc
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ specify the following settings under `kubernetes.yml` in the `data` section:
         - volume
       period: 10s
       host: ${NODE_NAME}
-      hosts: ["https://${HOSTNAME}:10250"]
+      hosts: ["https://${NODE_NAME}:10250"]
       bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
       ssl.certificate_authorities:
         - /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/service-ca.crt
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ oc patch namespace kube-system -p \
 ----
 +
 This command sets the node selector for the project to an empty string. If you
-don't run this command, the default node selector will skip master nodes.  
+don't run this command, the default node selector will skip master nodes.
 
 [float]
 ==== Deploy
diff --git a/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml b/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml
index 1612fa21bc0..5a236dd87b7 100644
--- a/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml
+++ b/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ metricbeat.modules:
     - volume
   period: 10s
   enabled: true
-  hosts: ["https://${HOSTNAME}:10250"]
+  hosts: ["https://${NODE_NAME}:10250"]
   bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
   ssl.verification_mode: "none"
   #ssl.certificate_authorities:
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/_meta/config.reference.yml b/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/_meta/config.reference.yml
index 10de0447725..21d027ff335 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/_meta/config.reference.yml
+++ b/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/_meta/config.reference.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     - volume
   period: 10s
   enabled: true
-  hosts: ["https://${HOSTNAME}:10250"]
+  hosts: ["https://${NODE_NAME}:10250"]
   bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
   ssl.verification_mode: "none"
   #ssl.certificate_authorities:
diff --git a/x-pack/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml b/x-pack/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml
index 1903b45159a..3d1eda76488 100644
--- a/x-pack/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml
+++ b/x-pack/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ metricbeat.modules:
     - volume
   period: 10s
   enabled: true
-  hosts: ["https://${HOSTNAME}:10250"]
+  hosts: ["https://${NODE_NAME}:10250"]
   bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
   ssl.verification_mode: "none"
   #ssl.certificate_authorities: