diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 838930ea988..d809be9498d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Fix cloudwatch metricset missing tags collection. {issue}17419[17419] {pull}17424[17424]
 - check if cpuOptions field is nil in DescribeInstances output in ec2 metricset. {pull}17418[17418]
 - Fix Unix socket path in memcached. {pull}17512[17512]
+- Fix vsphere VM dashboard host aggregation visualizations. {pull}17555[17555]
 
 *Packetbeat*
 
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/vsphere/_meta/kibana/7/dashboard/metricbeat-vsphere-vm.json b/metricbeat/module/vsphere/_meta/kibana/7/dashboard/metricbeat-vsphere-vm.json
index 7af83042815..693d8045725 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/vsphere/_meta/kibana/7/dashboard/metricbeat-vsphere-vm.json
+++ b/metricbeat/module/vsphere/_meta/kibana/7/dashboard/metricbeat-vsphere-vm.json
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@
               "id": "2",
               "params": {
                 "customLabel": "VM ESXi Host",
-                "field": "vsphere.virtualmachine.host",
+                "field": "vsphere.virtualmachine.host.hostname",
                 "missingBucket": false,
                 "missingBucketLabel": "Missing",
                 "order": "desc",
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@
               "id": "3",
               "params": {
                 "customLabel": "ESXi Host",
-                "field": "vsphere.virtualmachine.host",
+                "field": "vsphere.virtualmachine.host.hostname",
                 "missingBucket": false,
                 "missingBucketLabel": "Missing",
                 "order": "desc",