diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 6fc3100acd8..2d9dfe00b18 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -979,6 +979,10 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Provide more ways to set AWS credentials. {issue}12464[12464] {pull}23344[23344]
 - Add support for multiple regions {pull}21065[21065]
 
+*Heartbeat*
+
+- Add support for script processor. {pull}23229[23229]
+
 *Winlogbeat*
 
 - Add more DNS error codes to the Sysmon module. {issue}15685[15685]
diff --git a/heartbeat/beater/heartbeat.go b/heartbeat/beater/heartbeat.go
index 13509c6bb32..171bdfe5fdb 100644
--- a/heartbeat/beater/heartbeat.go
+++ b/heartbeat/beater/heartbeat.go
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/common/reload"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/logp"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/management"
+
+	_ "github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/processors/script"
 )
 
 // Heartbeat represents the root datastructure of this beat.
diff --git a/heartbeat/docs/index.asciidoc b/heartbeat/docs/index.asciidoc
index 35debec2659..144e71918b8 100644
--- a/heartbeat/docs/index.asciidoc
+++ b/heartbeat/docs/index.asciidoc
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ include::{asciidoc-dir}/../../shared/attributes.asciidoc[]
 :no_dashboards:
 :no_decode_cef_processor:
 :no_decode_csv_fields_processor:
-:no_script_processor:
 :no_timestamp_processor:
 
 include::{libbeat-dir}/shared-beats-attributes.asciidoc[]