diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index e9b62e0667d..b43b962cce6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 
 *Auditbeat*
 
+- Reference kubernetes manifests mount data directory from the host, so data persist between executions in the same node. {pull}17429[17429]
 - Log to stderr when running using reference kubernetes manifests. {pull}17443[174443]
 
 *Filebeat*
@@ -371,6 +372,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Add test for documented fields check for metricsets without a http input. {issue}17315[17315] {pull}17334[17334]
 - Add final tests and move label to GA for the azure module in metricbeat. {pull}17319[17319]
 - Added documentation for running Metricbeat in Cloud Foundry. {pull}17275[17275]
+- Reference kubernetes manifests mount data directory from the host when running metricbeat as daemonset, so data persist between executions in the same node. {pull}17429[17429]
 
 *Packetbeat*
 
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/auditbeat-kubernetes.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/auditbeat-kubernetes.yaml
index 1bf329aaa57..b41e6576ad3 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/auditbeat-kubernetes.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/auditbeat-kubernetes.yaml
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ spec:
         - name: modules
           mountPath: /usr/share/auditbeat/modules.d
           readOnly: true
+        - name: data
+          mountPath: /usr/share/auditbeat/data
         - name: bin
           mountPath: /hostfs/bin
           readOnly: true
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/auditbeat/auditbeat-daemonset.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/auditbeat/auditbeat-daemonset.yaml
index 783bf6efb6c..c041f6b96ea 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/auditbeat/auditbeat-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/auditbeat/auditbeat-daemonset.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ spec:
         - name: modules
           mountPath: /usr/share/auditbeat/modules.d
           readOnly: true
+        - name: data
+          mountPath: /usr/share/auditbeat/data
         - name: bin
           mountPath: /hostfs/bin
           readOnly: true
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml
index 835bce77253..002fd146f92 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat-kubernetes.yaml
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ spec:
           mountPath: /etc/metricbeat.yml
           readOnly: true
           subPath: metricbeat.yml
+        - name: data
+          mountPath: /usr/share/metricbeat/data
         - name: modules
           mountPath: /usr/share/metricbeat/modules.d
           readOnly: true
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-daemonset.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-daemonset.yaml
index 2fe3a7a1b2b..378ac2df1a1 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/metricbeat/metricbeat-daemonset.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ spec:
           mountPath: /etc/metricbeat.yml
           readOnly: true
           subPath: metricbeat.yml
+        - name: data
+          mountPath: /usr/share/metricbeat/data
         - name: modules
           mountPath: /usr/share/metricbeat/modules.d
           readOnly: true