diff --git a/NOTICE.txt b/NOTICE.txt
index 2cfd5cf79b4..02c3079d30c 100644
--- a/NOTICE.txt
+++ b/NOTICE.txt
@@ -10100,11 +10100,11 @@ SOFTWARE
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dependency : github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs
-Version: v0.2.15
+Version: v0.2.16
 Licence type (autodetected): Apache-2.0
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs@v0.2.15/LICENSE:
+Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs@v0.2.16/LICENSE:
 
                                  Apache License
                            Version 2.0, January 2004
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3490bcbc9d8..de23281476a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/awslabs/kinesis-aggregation/go/v2 v2.0.0-20220623125934-28468a6701b5
 	github.com/elastic/bayeux v1.0.5
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-autodiscover v0.5.0
-	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.2.15
+	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.2.16
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-shipper-client v0.4.0
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.4.5-0.20220927192933-25a985b07d51
 	github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v8 v8.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a3367a22981..689263b60d4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -620,8 +620,8 @@ github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-autodiscover v0.5.0/go.mod h1:p3MSf9813JEnolCTD
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-client/v7 v7.0.3 h1:YqZPnO7Z9rlj25sFZEUaxGGK3mZR4v0uSOcfO8GRv7s=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-client/v7 v7.0.3/go.mod h1:cHviLpA5fAwMbfBIHBVNl16qp90bO7pKHMAQaG+9raU=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.2.11/go.mod h1:chO3rtcLyGlKi9S0iGVZhYCzDfdDsAQYBc+ui588AFE=
-github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.2.15 h1:hdAbrZZ2mCPcQLRCE3E8xw3mHKl8HFMt36w7jan/XGo=
-github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.2.15/go.mod h1:0J9lzJh+BjttIiVjYDLncKYCEWUUHiiqnuI64y6C6ss=
+github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.2.16 h1:31/VlnRp2ko0CMg+sm7b/u3vOPIlFXgMkJn/8uS6EbU=
+github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.2.16/go.mod h1:0J9lzJh+BjttIiVjYDLncKYCEWUUHiiqnuI64y6C6ss=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-shipper-client v0.4.0 h1:nsTJF9oo4RHLl+zxFUZqNHaE86C6Ba5aImfegcEf6Sk=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-shipper-client v0.4.0/go.mod h1:OyI2W+Mv3JxlkEF3OeT7K0dbuxvwew8ke2Cf4HpLa9Q=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-system-metrics v0.4.5-0.20220927192933-25a985b07d51 h1:ZFk7hC6eRPJkJNtOSG+GYbRlsgLjSD8rTj4gQq+7rsA=