diff --git a/packages/docker/changelog.yml b/packages/docker/changelog.yml
index 03c88f04f6c..35251ff580a 100644
--- a/packages/docker/changelog.yml
+++ b/packages/docker/changelog.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 # newer versions go on top
+- version: 2.12.0
+  changes:
+    - description: Use ecs definition of the 'event.dataset' field for container_logs.
+      type: enhancement
+      link: https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/11196
 - version: 2.11.0
   changes:
     - description: Bump package-spec version to 3.2.2 to run on Serverless and stack version 9.0.
diff --git a/packages/docker/data_stream/container_logs/agent/stream/stream.yml.hbs b/packages/docker/data_stream/container_logs/agent/stream/stream.yml.hbs
index 63fb1152bf7..6aaa32023d3 100644
--- a/packages/docker/data_stream/container_logs/agent/stream/stream.yml.hbs
+++ b/packages/docker/data_stream/container_logs/agent/stream/stream.yml.hbs
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ parsers:
 {{#if processors}}
 processors:
 {{processors}}
-{{/if}}
\ No newline at end of file
+{{/if}}
+data_stream:
+  dataset: {{data_stream.dataset}}
diff --git a/packages/docker/data_stream/container_logs/fields/base-fields.yml b/packages/docker/data_stream/container_logs/fields/base-fields.yml
index 16bef6cc9a4..a10370f9b70 100644
--- a/packages/docker/data_stream/container_logs/fields/base-fields.yml
+++ b/packages/docker/data_stream/container_logs/fields/base-fields.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@
   type: constant_keyword
   description: Event module
   value: docker
-- name: event.dataset
-  type: constant_keyword
-  description: Event dataset
-  value: docker.container_logs
 - name: log.offset
   type: long
   description: Offset of the entry in the log file.
diff --git a/packages/docker/data_stream/container_logs/fields/ecs.yml b/packages/docker/data_stream/container_logs/fields/ecs.yml
index 471f0cb8582..0901aaf13a0 100644
--- a/packages/docker/data_stream/container_logs/fields/ecs.yml
+++ b/packages/docker/data_stream/container_logs/fields/ecs.yml
@@ -36,3 +36,5 @@
   name: host.os.version
 - external: ecs
   name: host.type
+- external: ecs
+  name: event.dataset
diff --git a/packages/docker/data_stream/container_logs/manifest.yml b/packages/docker/data_stream/container_logs/manifest.yml
index 125448e479c..6fdc811d27e 100644
--- a/packages/docker/data_stream/container_logs/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/docker/data_stream/container_logs/manifest.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ streams:
           #     pattern: '^\['
           #     negate: true
           #     match: after
+      - name: data_stream.dataset
+        type: text
+        title: 'Datasream Dataset name'
+        description: Name of Datastream dataset
+        multi: false
+        default: docker.container_logs
+        required: true
+        show_user: false
       - name: processors
         type: yaml
         title: Processors
diff --git a/packages/docker/docs/README.md b/packages/docker/docs/README.md
index 595135ed439..94a3757142c 100644
--- a/packages/docker/docs/README.md
+++ b/packages/docker/docs/README.md
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ The Docker `container_logs` data stream collects container logs.
 | data_stream.namespace | Data stream namespace. | constant_keyword |
 | data_stream.type | Data stream type. | constant_keyword |
 | ecs.version | ECS version this event conforms to. `ecs.version` is a required field and must exist in all events. When querying across multiple indices -- which may conform to slightly different ECS versions -- this field lets integrations adjust to the schema version of the events. | keyword |
-| event.dataset | Event dataset | constant_keyword |
+| event.dataset | Name of the dataset. If an event source publishes more than one type of log or events (e.g. access log, error log), the dataset is used to specify which one the event comes from. It's recommended but not required to start the dataset name with the module name, followed by a dot, then the dataset name. | keyword |
 | event.module | Event module | constant_keyword |
 | host | A host is defined as a general computing instance. ECS host.\* fields should be populated with details about the host on which the event happened, or from which the measurement was taken. Host types include hardware, virtual machines, Docker containers, and Kubernetes nodes. | group |
 | host.architecture | Operating system architecture. | keyword |
diff --git a/packages/docker/manifest.yml b/packages/docker/manifest.yml
index ef3189161d7..1ebb12851bf 100644
--- a/packages/docker/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/docker/manifest.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: docker
 title: Docker
-version: 2.11.0
+version: 2.12.0
 description: Collect metrics and logs from Docker instances with Elastic Agent.
 type: integration
 icons: