diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 434d5c39ec16..2d469eb50b4a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Adds Gsuite Admin support. {pull}19769[19769]
 - Adds Gsuite Drive support. {pull}19704[19704]
 - Adds Gsuite Groups support. {pull}19725[19725]
+- Move file metrics to dataset endpoint {pull}19977[19977]
 
 *Heartbeat*
 
diff --git a/filebeat/input/log/harvester.go b/filebeat/input/log/harvester.go
index 95043e94237a..7dcc1f64199f 100644
--- a/filebeat/input/log/harvester.go
+++ b/filebeat/input/log/harvester.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	harvesterMetrics = monitoring.Default.NewRegistry("filebeat.harvester")
-	filesMetrics     = harvesterMetrics.NewRegistry("files")
+	filesMetrics     = monitoring.GetNamespace("dataset").GetRegistry()
 
 	harvesterStarted   = monitoring.NewInt(harvesterMetrics, "started")
 	harvesterClosed    = monitoring.NewInt(harvesterMetrics, "closed")