diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/x-pack/elastic-agent/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index c14a4e7b42b..d434fdb3f40 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
 - Allow ':' characters in dynamic variables. {pull}32407[32407]
 - Allow the - char to appear as part of variable names in eql expressions. {pull}32350[32350]
 - Allow the / char to appear as part of variable names in eql expressions. {pull}32528{32528}
+- Fix add_fields processor on Docker provider {pull}33269{33269}
 
 ==== New features
 
diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/composable/providers/docker/docker.go b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/composable/providers/docker/docker.go
index ad49bac6288..ea7cc4881e8 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/composable/providers/docker/docker.go
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/composable/providers/docker/docker.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func generateData(event bus.Event) (*dockerContainerData, error) {
 						"image":  container.Image,
 						"labels": processorLabelMap,
 					},
-					"to": "container",
+					"target": "container",
 				},
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/composable/providers/docker/docker_test.go b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/composable/providers/docker/docker_test.go
index 55cf2f3a238..417e53c5638 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/composable/providers/docker/docker_test.go
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/composable/providers/docker/docker_test.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func TestGenerateData(t *testing.T) {
 						"co_elastic_logs/disable": "true",
 					},
 				},
-				"to": "container",
+				"target": "container",
 			},
 		},
 	}