diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 6a9fb08c17c..7cc8166d700 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -345,6 +345,8 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Add `metricset.period` field with the configured fetching period. {pull}13242[13242] {issue}12616[12616]
 - Add rate metrics for ec2 metricset. {pull}13203[13203]
 - Add Performance metricset to Oracle module {pull}12547[12547]
+- Add proc/vmstat data to the system/memory metricset on linux {pull}13322[13322]
+- Use DefaultMetaGeneratorConfig in MetadataEnrichers to initialize configurations {pull}13414 [13414]
 
 *Packetbeat*
 
diff --git a/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata.go b/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata.go
index b12a00ae1ff..4e1281534d4 100644
--- a/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata.go
+++ b/libbeat/common/kubernetes/metadata.go
@@ -44,22 +44,27 @@ type MetaGeneratorConfig struct {
 	ExcludeLabels      []string `config:"exclude_labels"`
 	IncludeAnnotations []string `config:"include_annotations"`
 
+	LabelsDedot      bool `config:"labels.dedot"`
+	AnnotationsDedot bool `config:"annotations.dedot"`
+
 	// Undocumented settings, to be deprecated in favor of `drop_fields` processor:
 	IncludeCreatorMetadata bool `config:"include_creator_metadata"`
-	LabelsDedot            bool `config:"labels.dedot"`
-	AnnotationsDedot       bool `config:"annotations.dedot"`
 }
 
 type metaGenerator = MetaGeneratorConfig
 
-// NewMetaGenerator initializes and returns a new kubernetes metadata generator
-func NewMetaGenerator(cfg *common.Config) (MetaGenerator, error) {
-	// default settings:
-	generator := metaGenerator{
+// DefaultMetaGeneratorConfig initializes and returns a new MetaGeneratorConfig with default values
+func DefaultMetaGeneratorConfig() MetaGeneratorConfig {
+	return MetaGeneratorConfig{
 		IncludeCreatorMetadata: true,
 		LabelsDedot:            true,
 		AnnotationsDedot:       true,
 	}
+}
+
+// NewMetaGenerator initializes and returns a new kubernetes metadata generator
+func NewMetaGenerator(cfg *common.Config) (MetaGenerator, error) {
+	generator := DefaultMetaGeneratorConfig()
 
 	err := cfg.Unpack(&generator)
 	return &generator, err
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/util/kubernetes.go b/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/util/kubernetes.go
index 972dba972a3..74377872c4c 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/util/kubernetes.go
+++ b/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/util/kubernetes.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func NewResourceMetadataEnricher(
 		return &nilEnricher{}
 	}
 
-	metaConfig := kubernetes.MetaGeneratorConfig{}
+	metaConfig := kubernetes.DefaultMetaGeneratorConfig()
 	if err := base.Module().UnpackConfig(&metaConfig); err != nil {
 		logp.Err("Error initializing Kubernetes metadata enricher: %s", err)
 		return &nilEnricher{}
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func NewContainerMetadataEnricher(
 		return &nilEnricher{}
 	}
 
-	metaConfig := kubernetes.MetaGeneratorConfig{}
+	metaConfig := kubernetes.DefaultMetaGeneratorConfig()
 	if err := base.Module().UnpackConfig(&metaConfig); err != nil {
 		logp.Err("Error initializing Kubernetes metadata enricher: %s", err)
 		return &nilEnricher{}