diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index f97755a0e024..b528432faf0a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Output errors when Kibana index pattern setup fails. {pull}20121[20121]
 - Fix issue in autodiscover that kept inputs stopped after config updates. {pull}20305[20305]
 - Add service resource in k8s cluster role. {pull}20546[20546]
-- Periodic metrics in logs will now report `libbeat.output.events.active` and `beat.memstats.rss`
+- Periodic metrics in logs will now report `libbeat.output.events.active` and `beat.memstats.rss` as gauges (rather than counters). {pull}22877[22877]
+- Fix discovery of Nomad allocations with multiple events during startup. {pull}28700[28700]
 - Allows disable pod events enrichment with deployment name {pull}28521[28521]
 - Fix `fingerprint` processor to give it access to the `@timestamp` field. {issue}28683[28683]
 - Fix the wrong beat name on monitoring and state endpoint {issue}27755[27755]
diff --git a/x-pack/libbeat/common/nomad/watcher.go b/x-pack/libbeat/common/nomad/watcher.go
index 31cb5590ff9b..5293d02e4746 100644
--- a/x-pack/libbeat/common/nomad/watcher.go
+++ b/x-pack/libbeat/common/nomad/watcher.go
@@ -130,7 +130,13 @@ func (w *watcher) sync() error {
 	w.logger.Debugf("Found %d allocations", len(allocations))
 	for _, alloc := range allocations {
 		// the allocation has not changed since last seen, ignore
-		if w.waitIndex > alloc.AllocModifyIndex {
+		if w.waitIndex > alloc.ModifyIndex {
+			w.logger.Debugf(
+				"Skip allocation.id=%s ClientStatus=%s because w.waitIndex=%v > alloc.ModifyIndex=%v",
+				alloc.ID,
+				alloc.ClientStatus,
+				fmt.Sprint(w.waitIndex),
+				fmt.Sprint(alloc.ModifyIndex))
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -156,7 +162,7 @@ func (w *watcher) sync() error {
 		case AllocClientStatusRunning:
 			// Handle in-place allocation updates (like adding tags to a service definition) that
 			// don't trigger a new allocation
-			updated := (w.waitIndex != 0) && (alloc.CreateIndex < w.waitIndex) && (alloc.AllocModifyIndex >= w.waitIndex)
+			updated := (w.waitIndex != 0) && (alloc.CreateIndex < w.waitIndex) && (alloc.ModifyIndex >= w.waitIndex)
 
 			w.logger.Debugf("allocation.id=%s waitIndex=%v CreateIndex=%v ModifyIndex=%v AllocModifyIndex=%v updated=%v",
 				alloc.ID, w.waitIndex, alloc.CreateIndex, alloc.ModifyIndex,
diff --git a/x-pack/libbeat/common/nomad/watcher_test.go b/x-pack/libbeat/common/nomad/watcher_test.go
index 197a929e9909..a8cd6555acc8 100644
--- a/x-pack/libbeat/common/nomad/watcher_test.go
+++ b/x-pack/libbeat/common/nomad/watcher_test.go
@@ -242,6 +242,30 @@ func TestAllocationWatcher(t *testing.T) {
 				deleted: nil,
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "old allocation index new modify index should be detected",
+			node: api.Node{ID: uuid.Must(uuid.NewV4()).String(), Name: "nomad1"},
+			allocs: []api.Allocation{
+				{
+					ModifyIndex: 20, CreateIndex: 11,
+					AllocModifyIndex: 11, TaskGroup: "group1",
+					NodeName: "nomad1", ClientStatus: AllocClientStatusRunning,
+				},
+			},
+			waitIndex:        24,
+			initialWaitIndex: 17,
+			expected: watcherEvents{
+				added: nil,
+				updated: []api.Allocation{
+					{
+						ModifyIndex: 20, CreateIndex: 11,
+						AllocModifyIndex: 11, TaskGroup: "group1",
+						NodeName: "nomad1", ClientStatus: AllocClientStatusRunning,
+					},
+				},
+				deleted: nil,
+			},
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {