diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index ebb406f8358c..5490415db87c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Refactor Prometheus metric mappings {pull}9948[9948]
 - Removed Prometheus stats metricset in favor of just using Prometheus collector {pull}9948[9948]
 - Adjust Redis.info metricset fields to ECS. {pull}10319[10319]
+- Rename http.request.body field to http.request.body.content. {pull}10315[10315]
 
 *Packetbeat*
 
diff --git a/dev-tools/ecs-migration.yml b/dev-tools/ecs-migration.yml
index e2369ba2e282..436a844fae3a 100644
--- a/dev-tools/ecs-migration.yml
+++ b/dev-tools/ecs-migration.yml
@@ -1223,6 +1223,12 @@
   alias: true
   beat: metricbeat
 
+### HTTP
+- from: http.request.body
+  to: http.request.body.content
+  alias: false
+  beat: metricbeat
+
 ### Zookeeper
 
 - from: zookeeper.mntr.version
diff --git a/metricbeat/docs/fields.asciidoc b/metricbeat/docs/fields.asciidoc
index aae6b1282c61..0822cecc4d84 100644
--- a/metricbeat/docs/fields.asciidoc
+++ b/metricbeat/docs/fields.asciidoc
@@ -10543,16 +10543,6 @@ type: object
 The HTTP headers sent
 
 
---
-
-*`http.request.body`*::
-+
---
-type: keyword
-
-The HTTP payload sent
-
-
 --
 
 [float]
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/http/_meta/fields.yml b/metricbeat/module/http/_meta/fields.yml
index f51a9a647747..a9c3080f8244 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/http/_meta/fields.yml
+++ b/metricbeat/module/http/_meta/fields.yml
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@
               type: object
               description: >
                 The HTTP headers sent
-            - name: body
-              type: keyword
-              description: >
-                The HTTP payload sent
         - name: response
           type: group
           description: >
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/http/fields.go b/metricbeat/module/http/fields.go
index 697157587f72..68862c3e815a 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/http/fields.go
+++ b/metricbeat/module/http/fields.go
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ func init() {
 // AssetHttp returns asset data.
 // This is the base64 encoded gzipped contents of ../metricbeat/module/http.
 func AssetHttp() string {
-	return "eJzMlDFvwjAQhff8iqfMRerAlKFzp6oDW9XBxA8wJHHqu9Dm31cBQklqkCit1Btt53ufz7En2LDNsFKtE0CdFsyQPs5mz2kCWEoeXK3OVxkeEgDoplB62xRMgMCCRphhaRJAqOqqpWR4SUWK9A5pB05fE2DhWFjJdowJKlPymNqVtnVHCb7pRyLZQ8opKfCtoehxPAY8C+1rt7UDCa5a+FCabuXJsnH+YDc0lkFG0L2Hn6+Z62jqogwwW3GvdABDWGk0ee5tG43dsH33wf4wtzZt4Y0d5n51XGpfCX+l5XvUf+x5YE63pY2m597yD/ouarSRGJ0fpqy7Gzq9n0aN6lUwco3TkfjkFQvfVDdKjwR6r7UMjvTqP6X7HiU1uFx4eqbDB6ivc8+EMGwZbhH5Rrgs8BkAAP//p5Fb6Q=="
+	return "eJzMlDFv6jAUhff8iqPMD+kNTBne/KanN7BVHdz4AIbETn1vaPn3lYEgkhokSofe0Tbf+Y6MM8OW+wpr1a4A1GnDCuXfxeJ/WQCWUkfXqQu+wp8CANIW2mD7hgUQ2dAIK6xMAQhVnV9JhadSpCl/oUzg8rkAlo6NlerAmMGblufUNLrvEiWGfljJZI8pl6TI156i5/Uc8Cp0mEO1EwnOL0NsTTp5cWyaP2pDYxllAj16hJcNa51s3ZQBFmselU5gCL1mmksXvPBbqh9RP7F7ZE23o82m18EyG73l/i1E+8VsUaO95Oh8N22XXsr89zxr1K2jkXuczsR/QbEMvX9QeiIweG1kdKV3/1PS79FSo6uFl3c6/hAMc+25CuOO8RGRT4TbAh8BAAD//zeEPwk="
 }
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/http/json/json.go b/metricbeat/module/http/json/json.go
index faa8ef72f059..f99826689dae 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/http/json/json.go
+++ b/metricbeat/module/http/json/json.go
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ func (m *MetricSet) processBody(response *http.Response, jsonBody interface{}) c
 			"request": common.MapStr{
 				"headers": m.getHeaders(response.Request.Header),
 				"method":  response.Request.Method,
-				"body":    m.body,
+				"body": common.MapStr{
+					"content": m.body,
+				},
 			},
 		}
 	}