diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 48e314f7..97ad2329 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ The **patch** part changes incrementally at each release.
 ### Added
 
 ### Changed
+* filebeat: install version 6.x by default
 
 ### Fixed
 * evolinux-users: secondary groups are comma-separated
diff --git a/filebeat/defaults/main.yml b/filebeat/defaults/main.yml
index 89b6e753..9c40c5d9 100644
--- a/filebeat/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/filebeat/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-elastic_stack_version: "5.x"
+elastic_stack_version: "6.x"
 
 filebeat_kibana_dashboards: False
 filebeat_logstash_plugin: False