diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 78a1385e589..3981b084672 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Added Unix stream socket support as an input source and a syslog input source. {pull}17492[17492]
 - Improve ECS categorization field mappings in postgresql module. {issue}16177[16177] {pull}17914[17914]
 - Improve ECS categorization field mappings in rabbitmq module. {issue}16178[16178] {pull}17916[17916]
+- Make `decode_cef` processor GA. {pull}17944[17944]
 - Improve ECS categorization field mappings in redis module. {issue}16179[16179] {pull}17918[17918]
 - Improve ECS categorization field mappings for zeek module. {issue}16029[16029] {pull}17738[17738]
 - Improve ECS categorization field mappings for netflow module. {issue}16135[16135] {pull}18108[18108]
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/processors/decode_cef/decode_cef.go b/x-pack/filebeat/processors/decode_cef/decode_cef.go
index dc63c9cd195..1538fe2f417 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/processors/decode_cef/decode_cef.go
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/processors/decode_cef/decode_cef.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/beat"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/common"
-	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/common/cfgwarn"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/logp"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/processors"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/x-pack/filebeat/processors/decode_cef/cef"
@@ -45,8 +44,6 @@ func New(cfg *common.Config) (processors.Processor, error) {
 }
 
 func newDecodeCEF(c config) (*processor, error) {
-	cfgwarn.Beta("The " + procName + " processor is a beta feature.")
-
 	log := logp.NewLogger(logName)
 	if c.ID != "" {
 		log = log.With("instance_id", c.ID)
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/processors/decode_cef/docs/decode_cef.asciidoc b/x-pack/filebeat/processors/decode_cef/docs/decode_cef.asciidoc
index dcde727efba..592439afabc 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/processors/decode_cef/docs/decode_cef.asciidoc
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/processors/decode_cef/docs/decode_cef.asciidoc
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 <titleabbrev>decode_cef</titleabbrev>
 ++++
 
-beta[]
-
 The `decode_cef` processor decodes Common Event Format (CEF) messages. This
 processor is available in Filebeat.