diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index a8542fb3fce..55db1d0085c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v6.2.3...master[Check the HEAD diff]
 - Fix field mapping for the system process CPU ticks fields. {pull}7230[7230]
 - Fix Windows service metricset when using a 32-bit binary on a 64-bit OS. {pull}7294[7294]
 - Fix Jolokia attribute mapping when using wildcards and MBean names with multiple properties. {pull}7321[7321]
+- Do not report Metricbeat container host as hostname in Kubernetes deployment. {issue}7199[7199]
 
 *Packetbeat*
 
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml
index a67003732de..d8ef660cf25 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml
@@ -109,10 +109,6 @@ spec:
           value:
         - name: ELASTIC_CLOUD_AUTH
           value:
-        - name: POD_NAMESPACE
-          valueFrom:
-            fieldRef:
-              fieldPath: metadata.namespace
         securityContext:
           runAsUser: 0
         resources:
@@ -198,6 +194,8 @@ spec:
         k8s-app: metricbeat
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: metricbeat
+      hostNetwork: true
+      dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
       containers:
       - name: metricbeat
         image: docker.elastic.co/beats/metricbeat:7.0.0-alpha1
@@ -218,10 +216,6 @@ spec:
           value:
         - name: ELASTIC_CLOUD_AUTH
           value:
-        - name: POD_NAMESPACE
-          valueFrom:
-            fieldRef:
-              fieldPath: metadata.namespace
         securityContext:
           runAsUser: 0
         resources:
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-daemonset.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-daemonset.yaml
index 343012624f0..6f54deb828c 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-daemonset.yaml
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ spec:
           value:
         - name: ELASTIC_CLOUD_AUTH
           value:
-        - name: POD_NAMESPACE
-          valueFrom:
-            fieldRef:
-              fieldPath: metadata.namespace
         securityContext:
           runAsUser: 0
         resources:
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-deployment.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-deployment.yaml
index 6601cdc85c0..b05b30edeeb 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-deployment.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ spec:
         k8s-app: metricbeat
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: metricbeat
+      hostNetwork: true
+      dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
       containers:
       - name: metricbeat
         image: docker.elastic.co/beats/metricbeat:%VERSION%
@@ -33,10 +35,6 @@ spec:
           value:
         - name: ELASTIC_CLOUD_AUTH
           value:
-        - name: POD_NAMESPACE
-          valueFrom:
-            fieldRef:
-              fieldPath: metadata.namespace
         securityContext:
           runAsUser: 0
         resources: