diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index f8ce4e5dad9..94ba6134545 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Upgrade go-ucfg to latest v0.8.3. {pull}16450{16450}
 - Add `ssl.ca_sha256` option to the supported TLS option, this allow to check that a specific certificate is used as part of the verified chain. {issue}15717[15717]
 - Fix `NewContainerMetadataEnricher` to use default config for kubernetes module. {pull}16857[16857]
+- Fix k8s metadata issue regarding node labels not shown up on root level of metadata. {pull}16834[16834]
 
 *Auditbeat*
 
diff --git a/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/metadata.go b/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/metadata.go
index d81f79f28d5..a2b474281cf 100644
--- a/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/metadata.go
+++ b/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/metadata.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 package metadata
 
 import (
+	"strings"
+
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/common"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/common/kubernetes"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/common/safemapstr"
@@ -40,3 +42,11 @@ func WithFields(key string, value interface{}) FieldOptions {
 		safemapstr.Put(meta, key, value)
 	}
 }
+
+// WithLabels FieldOption allows adding labels under sub-resource(kind)
+// example if kind=namespace namespace.labels key will be added
+func WithLabels(kind string) FieldOptions {
+	return func(meta common.MapStr) {
+		safemapstr.Put(meta, strings.ToLower(kind)+".labels", meta["labels"])
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/namespace.go b/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/namespace.go
index 92dfbc55b2a..dd3011a6c47 100644
--- a/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/namespace.go
+++ b/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/namespace.go
@@ -60,17 +60,16 @@ func (n *namespace) GenerateFromName(name string, opts ...FieldOptions) common.M
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	obj, ok, _ := n.store.GetByKey(name)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil
-	}
+	if obj, ok, _ := n.store.GetByKey(name); ok {
+		no, ok := obj.(*kubernetes.Namespace)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil
+		}
 
-	no, ok := obj.(*kubernetes.Namespace)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil
+		return n.Generate(no, opts...)
 	}
 
-	return n.Generate(no, opts...)
+	return nil
 }
 
 func flattenMetadata(in common.MapStr) common.MapStr {
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@ func flattenMetadata(in common.MapStr) common.MapStr {
 	if !ok {
 		return nil
 	}
-
 	for k, v := range fields {
 		if k == "name" {
 			out[resource] = v
@@ -93,5 +91,15 @@ func flattenMetadata(in common.MapStr) common.MapStr {
 		}
 	}
 
+	rawLabels, err := in.GetValue("labels")
+	if err != nil {
+		return out
+	}
+	labels, ok := rawLabels.(common.MapStr)
+	if !ok {
+		return out
+	}
+	out[resource+"_labels"] = labels
+
 	return out
 }
diff --git a/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/namespace_test.go b/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/namespace_test.go
index 5ac460d7ca7..40763887197 100644
--- a/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/namespace_test.go
+++ b/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/namespace_test.go
@@ -58,17 +58,18 @@ func TestNamespace_Generate(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			// Use this for 8.0
-			/*output: common.MapStr{
-				"namespace": common.MapStr{
-					"name": "obj",
-					"uid":  uid,
-					"labels": common.MapStr{
-						"foo": "bar",
+			/*
+				output: common.MapStr{
+					"namespace": common.MapStr{
+						"name": name,
+						"uid":  uid,
+						"labels": common.MapStr{
+							"foo": "bar",
+						},
 					},
-				},
-			},*/
+				},*/
 			output: common.MapStr{
-				"namespace":     "obj",
+				"namespace":     name,
 				"namespace_uid": uid,
 				"namespace_labels": common.MapStr{
 					"foo": "bar",
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ func TestNamespace_GenerateFromName(t *testing.T) {
 			/*
 				output: common.MapStr{
 					"namespace": common.MapStr{
-						"name": "obj",
+						"name": name,
 						"uid":  uid,
 						"labels": common.MapStr{
 							"foo": "bar",
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ func TestNamespace_GenerateFromName(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},*/
 			output: common.MapStr{
-				"namespace":     "obj",
+				"namespace":     name,
 				"namespace_uid": uid,
 				"namespace_labels": common.MapStr{
 					"foo": "bar",
diff --git a/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/node_test.go b/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/node_test.go
index 226e84710c2..100db49c6d8 100644
--- a/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/node_test.go
+++ b/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/node_test.go
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ func TestNode_Generate(t *testing.T) {
 				"node": common.MapStr{
 					"name": "obj",
 					"uid":  uid,
-					"labels": common.MapStr{
-						"foo": "bar",
-					},
+				},
+				"labels": common.MapStr{
+					"foo": "bar",
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ func TestNode_GenerateFromName(t *testing.T) {
 				"node": common.MapStr{
 					"name": "obj",
 					"uid":  uid,
-					"labels": common.MapStr{
-						"foo": "bar",
-					},
+				},
+				"labels": common.MapStr{
+					"foo": "bar",
 				},
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/pod.go b/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/pod.go
index c25db1f7a76..9234f54533b 100644
--- a/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/pod.go
+++ b/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/pod.go
@@ -49,11 +49,9 @@ func (p *pod) Generate(obj kubernetes.Resource, opts ...FieldOptions) common.Map
 	}
 
 	out := p.resource.Generate("pod", obj, opts...)
-	// TODO: remove this call when moving to 8.0
-	out = p.exportPodLabelsAndAnnotations(out)
 
 	if p.node != nil {
-		meta := p.node.GenerateFromName(po.Spec.NodeName)
+		meta := p.node.GenerateFromName(po.Spec.NodeName, WithLabels("node"))
 		if meta != nil {
 			out.Put("node", meta["node"])
 		} else {
@@ -91,21 +89,3 @@ func (p *pod) GenerateFromName(name string, opts ...FieldOptions) common.MapStr
 
 	return nil
 }
-
-func (p *pod) exportPodLabelsAndAnnotations(in common.MapStr) common.MapStr {
-	labels, err := in.GetValue("pod.labels")
-	if err != nil {
-		return in
-	}
-	in.Put("labels", labels)
-	in.Delete("pod.labels")
-
-	annotations, err := in.GetValue("pod.annotations")
-	if err != nil {
-		return in
-	}
-	in.Put("annotations", annotations)
-	in.Delete("pod.annotations")
-
-	return in
-}
diff --git a/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/resource.go b/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/resource.go
index e4f4b8ca028..f8f986fe42c 100644
--- a/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/resource.go
+++ b/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/resource.go
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ func (r *Resource) Generate(kind string, obj kubernetes.Resource, options ...Fie
 	}
 
 	if len(labelMap) != 0 {
-		safemapstr.Put(meta, strings.ToLower(kind)+".labels", labelMap)
+		safemapstr.Put(meta, "labels", labelMap)
 	}
 
 	if len(annotationsMap) != 0 {
-		safemapstr.Put(meta, strings.ToLower(kind)+".annotations", annotationsMap)
+		safemapstr.Put(meta, "annotations", annotationsMap)
 	}
 
 	for _, option := range options {
diff --git a/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/resource_test.go b/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/resource_test.go
index 6df542742f0..f4c25ecbad5 100644
--- a/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/resource_test.go
+++ b/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/resource_test.go
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ func TestResource_Generate(t *testing.T) {
 				"pod": common.MapStr{
 					"name": "obj",
 					"uid":  uid,
-					"labels": common.MapStr{
-						"foo": "bar",
-					},
+				},
+				"labels": common.MapStr{
+					"foo": "bar",
 				},
 				"namespace": "default",
 			},
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ func TestResource_Generate(t *testing.T) {
 				"pod": common.MapStr{
 					"name": "obj",
 					"uid":  uid,
-					"labels": common.MapStr{
-						"foo": "bar",
-					},
+				},
+				"labels": common.MapStr{
+					"foo": "bar",
 				},
 				"namespace": "default",
 				"deployment": common.MapStr{
diff --git a/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/service_test.go b/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/service_test.go
index a574f1a7b7a..0fc06af3a0b 100644
--- a/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/service_test.go
+++ b/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata/service_test.go
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ func TestService_Generate(t *testing.T) {
 				"service": common.MapStr{
 					"name": "obj",
 					"uid":  uid,
-					"labels": common.MapStr{
-						"foo": "bar",
-					},
+				},
+				"labels": common.MapStr{
+					"foo": "bar",
 				},
 				"namespace": "default",
 			},
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ func TestService_Generate(t *testing.T) {
 				"service": common.MapStr{
 					"name": "obj",
 					"uid":  uid,
-					"labels": common.MapStr{
-						"foo": "bar",
-					},
+				},
+				"labels": common.MapStr{
+					"foo": "bar",
 				},
 				"namespace": "default",
 				"deployment": common.MapStr{
@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ func TestService_GenerateFromName(t *testing.T) {
 				"service": common.MapStr{
 					"name": "obj",
 					"uid":  uid,
-					"labels": common.MapStr{
-						"foo": "bar",
-					},
+				},
+				"labels": common.MapStr{
+					"foo": "bar",
 				},
 				"namespace": "default",
 			},
@@ -190,9 +190,9 @@ func TestService_GenerateFromName(t *testing.T) {
 				"service": common.MapStr{
 					"name": "obj",
 					"uid":  uid,
-					"labels": common.MapStr{
-						"foo": "bar",
-					},
+				},
+				"labels": common.MapStr{
+					"foo": "bar",
 				},
 				"namespace": "default",
 				"deployment": common.MapStr{
@@ -262,10 +262,19 @@ func TestService_GenerateWithNamespace(t *testing.T) {
 				"service": common.MapStr{
 					"name": "obj",
 					"uid":  uid,
-					"labels": common.MapStr{
-						"foo": "bar",
-					},
 				},
+				"labels": common.MapStr{
+					"foo": "bar",
+				},
+				// Use this for 8.0
+				/*
+					"namespace": common.MapStr{
+						"name": "default",
+						"uid":  uid,
+						"labels": common.MapStr{
+							"nskey": "nsvalue",
+						},
+				},*/
 				"namespace":     "default",
 				"namespace_uid": uid,
 				"namespace_labels": common.MapStr{