diff --git a/templates/filebeat/config/filebeat.yml.j2 b/templates/filebeat/config/filebeat.yml.j2
index 17dae83..0101221 100644
--- a/templates/filebeat/config/filebeat.yml.j2
+++ b/templates/filebeat/config/filebeat.yml.j2
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ fields:
   stage: {{ stage }}
   hostname: {{ inventory_hostname }}
 
+# DEV-650
+# avoiding container labels with [] crashing logstash
+processors:
+  - drop_fields:
+      fields:
+        - docker.container.labels
+      ignore_missing: yes
+
 output.logstash:
   hosts: ["{{ shared_service_elastic_stack_logstash_01_hostname }}:5044"]
   ssl: