diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/component-templates/apm@mappings.yaml b/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/component-templates/apm@mappings.yaml
index ac6462c86676c..a5a3a7433f4c1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/component-templates/apm@mappings.yaml
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/component-templates/apm@mappings.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ _meta:
   managed: true
 template:
   mappings:
+    date_detection: false
     dynamic: true
     dynamic_templates:
     - numeric_labels:
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/component-templates/metrics-apm@mappings.yaml b/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/component-templates/metrics-apm@mappings.yaml
index 660db3a6b0e2e..3f7b41ea7903c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/component-templates/metrics-apm@mappings.yaml
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/component-templates/metrics-apm@mappings.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ _meta:
 template:
   mappings:
     properties:
+      system.process.cpu.start_time:
+        type: date
       processor.event:
         type: constant_keyword
         value: metric
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/resources.yaml b/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/resources.yaml
index 70a612a5a0005..70675f1dd10d6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/resources.yaml
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/resources.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # "version" holds the version of the templates and ingest pipelines installed
 # by xpack-plugin apm-data. This must be increased whenever an existing template or
 # pipeline is changed, in order for it to be updated on Elasticsearch upgrade.
-version: 100
+version: 101
 
 component-templates:
   # Data lifecycle.