diff --git a/NOTICE.txt b/NOTICE.txt
index f9eacf48502..a10dab8b73c 100644
--- a/NOTICE.txt
+++ b/NOTICE.txt
@@ -1254,11 +1254,11 @@ SOFTWARE
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dependency : github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs
-Version: v0.19.4
+Version: v0.21.6
 Licence type (autodetected): Apache-2.0
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs@v0.19.4/LICENSE:
+Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs@v0.21.6/LICENSE:
 
                                  Apache License
                            Version 2.0, January 2004
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7377e2baf70..4fa614203cb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/elastic/cloud-on-k8s/v2 v2.0.0-20250327073047-b624240832ae
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-autodiscover v0.9.0
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-client/v7 v7.17.2
-	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.19.4
+	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.21.6
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.11.11
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8 v8.6.1
 	github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8 v8.17.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7d7aa6c9db2..dd3caaf585a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -485,8 +485,8 @@ github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-autodiscover v0.9.0 h1:+iWIKh0u3e8I+CJa3FfWe9h0
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-autodiscover v0.9.0/go.mod h1:5iUxLHhVdaGSWYTveSwfJEY4RqPXTG13LPiFoxcpFd4=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-client/v7 v7.17.2 h1:Cl2TeABqWZgW40t5fchGWT/sRk4MDDLWA0d8iHHOxLA=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-client/v7 v7.17.2/go.mod h1:5irRFqp6HLqtu1S+OeY0jg8x7K6PLL+DW+PwVk1vJnk=
-github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.19.4 h1:ydeIBvNmfvJKwmmRQKAad4R9KcRsmYaPfzw9pGYu5+w=
-github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.19.4/go.mod h1:1HNxREH8C27kGrJCtKZh/ot8pV8joH8VREP21+FrH5s=
+github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.21.6 h1:hvBAi4KHaYf4hn+rTc9m6A35eZjqb1uoE2exklIdWm0=
+github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.21.6/go.mod h1:xSeIP3NtOIT4N2pPS4EyURmS1Q8mK0lWZ8Wd1Du6q3w=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.11.11 h1:Qjh3Zef23PfGlG91AF+9ciNLNQf/8cDJ4CalnLZtV3g=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.11.11/go.mod h1:GNqmKfvOt8PwORjbS6GllNdMfkLpOWyTa7P8oQq4E5o=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8 v8.6.1 h1:h2jQRqH6eLGiBSN4eZbQnJLtL4bC5b4lfVFRjw2R4e4=