diff --git a/.package-version b/.package-version
index a516e3d31bb..ff07e397de6 100644
--- a/.package-version
+++ b/.package-version
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
-  "version": "9.1.4-SNAPSHOT",
-  "build_id": "9.1.4-01a3f106",
-  "manifest_url": "https://snapshots.elastic.co/9.1.4-01a3f106/manifest-9.1.4-SNAPSHOT.json",
-  "summary_url": "https://snapshots.elastic.co/9.1.4-01a3f106/summary-9.1.4-SNAPSHOT.html",
-  "core_version": "9.1.4",
-  "stack_build_id": "9.1.4-01a3f106-SNAPSHOT"
+  "version": "9.1.5-SNAPSHOT",
+  "build_id": "9.1.5-8b0ab1cc",
+  "manifest_url": "https://snapshots.elastic.co/9.1.5-8b0ab1cc/manifest-9.1.5-SNAPSHOT.json",
+  "summary_url": "https://snapshots.elastic.co/9.1.5-8b0ab1cc/summary-9.1.5-SNAPSHOT.html",
+  "core_version": "9.1.5",
+  "stack_build_id": "9.1.5-8b0ab1cc-SNAPSHOT"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/NOTICE-fips.txt b/NOTICE-fips.txt
index 1fcdcd8fa56..f50854e1be3 100644
--- a/NOTICE-fips.txt
+++ b/NOTICE-fips.txt
@@ -787,11 +787,11 @@ Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/dolmen-go/contextio@v0.
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dependency : github.com/elastic/beats/v7
-Version: v7.0.0-alpha2.0.20250919143820-93395fd0dba0
+Version: v7.0.0-alpha2.0.20250926074557-f6af2e040459
 Licence type (autodetected): Elastic
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/beats/v7@v7.0.0-alpha2.0.20250919143820-93395fd0dba0/LICENSE.txt:
+Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/beats/v7@v7.0.0-alpha2.0.20250926074557-f6af2e040459/LICENSE.txt:
 
 Source code in this repository is variously licensed under the Apache License
 Version 2.0, an Apache compatible license, or the Elastic License. Outside of
diff --git a/NOTICE.txt b/NOTICE.txt
index 964219e2825..497cd3ba472 100644
--- a/NOTICE.txt
+++ b/NOTICE.txt
@@ -787,11 +787,11 @@ Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/dolmen-go/contextio@v0.
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dependency : github.com/elastic/beats/v7
-Version: v7.0.0-alpha2.0.20250919143820-93395fd0dba0
+Version: v7.0.0-alpha2.0.20250926074557-f6af2e040459
 Licence type (autodetected): Elastic
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/beats/v7@v7.0.0-alpha2.0.20250919143820-93395fd0dba0/LICENSE.txt:
+Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/beats/v7@v7.0.0-alpha2.0.20250926074557-f6af2e040459/LICENSE.txt:
 
 Source code in this repository is variously licensed under the Apache License
 Version 2.0, an Apache compatible license, or the Elastic License. Outside of
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index af3138dbafc..5b5cc58a099 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/docker v28.3.3+incompatible
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0
 	github.com/dolmen-go/contextio v0.0.0-20200217195037-68fc5150bcd5
-	github.com/elastic/beats/v7 v7.0.0-alpha2.0.20250919143820-93395fd0dba0
+	github.com/elastic/beats/v7 v7.0.0-alpha2.0.20250926074557-f6af2e040459
 	github.com/elastic/cloud-on-k8s/v2 v2.0.0-20250327073047-b624240832ae
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-autodiscover v0.10.0
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-client/v7 v7.17.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3b9582d4964..1021eb5adb9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -483,8 +483,8 @@ github.com/elastic/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/consumption/armconsumpti
 github.com/elastic/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/consumption/armconsumption v1.1.0-elastic/go.mod h1:0vCBR1wgGwZeGmloJ+eCWIZF2S47grTXRzj2mftg2Nk=
 github.com/elastic/bayeux v1.0.5 h1:UceFq01ipmT3S8DzFK+uVAkbCdiPR0Bqei8qIGmUeY0=
 github.com/elastic/bayeux v1.0.5/go.mod h1:CSI4iP7qeo5MMlkznGvYKftp8M7qqP/3nzmVZoXHY68=
-github.com/elastic/beats/v7 v7.0.0-alpha2.0.20250919143820-93395fd0dba0 h1:ITBSGp8aow1EV7NJ4IbHrJ/pGBp30RMn+oId8TTX9u0=
-github.com/elastic/beats/v7 v7.0.0-alpha2.0.20250919143820-93395fd0dba0/go.mod h1:F7DG4+RuHE5sVtqzk2swGBsc8+W2LH24V1nEhAHXEyY=
+github.com/elastic/beats/v7 v7.0.0-alpha2.0.20250926074557-f6af2e040459 h1:zHV7tUC8A/LInX2MEmeBcwWsmPdVU7q+N5CCGDVuvEI=
+github.com/elastic/beats/v7 v7.0.0-alpha2.0.20250926074557-f6af2e040459/go.mod h1:IWTpZZqX7jCpTt6icvLVw7jAqAqGNsPu2c0WdZMuA0A=
 github.com/elastic/cloud-on-k8s/v2 v2.0.0-20250327073047-b624240832ae h1:OiShmbWAyGU0MS0ADJWr1/QgeLIZliMk9xsrFicR3/s=
 github.com/elastic/cloud-on-k8s/v2 v2.0.0-20250327073047-b624240832ae/go.mod h1:D2IckZVXARugvikE4fv1glvaJMohKSZRzrPsxCjo9O0=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-autodiscover v0.10.0 h1:WJ4zl9uSfk1kHmn2B/0byQBLIL607Zt4LNfOgV7+XN0=
diff --git a/testing/integration/k8s/testdata/journald-input.yml b/testing/integration/k8s/testdata/journald-input.yml
index 398a278ce0c..5dd1f3bfa90 100644
--- a/testing/integration/k8s/testdata/journald-input.yml
+++ b/testing/integration/k8s/testdata/journald-input.yml
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ inputs:
     streams:
       - id: journald-input-id
         paths:
-          - "/opt/journald/*/*"
+          - "/opt/journald/"
+        merge: true
diff --git a/testing/integration/k8s/testdata/journald-otel.yml b/testing/integration/k8s/testdata/journald-otel.yml
index 12bd65aac2b..d965ae0a018 100644
--- a/testing/integration/k8s/testdata/journald-otel.yml
+++ b/testing/integration/k8s/testdata/journald-otel.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ receivers:
         - type: journald
           id: journald-input
           paths:
-            - /opt/journal/*/*
+            - /opt/journal/
+          merge: true
+
     output:
       otelconsumer:
     logging: