diff --git a/packages/aws/changelog.yml b/packages/aws/changelog.yml
index dff3faf7548..e7052d560b6 100644
--- a/packages/aws/changelog.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/changelog.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 # newer versions go on top
+- version: "6.20.1"
+  changes:
+    - description: Remove assignment of host.id from CloudTrail target hosts
+      type: bugfix
+      link: https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/19630
 - version: "6.20.0"
   changes:
     - description: Enable agentless deployment mode for CloudWatch, EBS, EC2, ECS, and S3 policy templates.
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudtrail/_dev/test/pipeline/test-get-password-data-json.log-expected.json b/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudtrail/_dev/test/pipeline/test-get-password-data-json.log-expected.json
index 487cd8c32a6..4909a003f31 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudtrail/_dev/test/pipeline/test-get-password-data-json.log-expected.json
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudtrail/_dev/test/pipeline/test-get-password-data-json.log-expected.json
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
                 ]
             },
             "host": {
-                "id": "i-003e90a87a9e72f06",
                 "target": {
                     "entity": {
                         "id": [
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudtrail/_dev/test/pipeline/test-send-command-targets-json.log-expected.json b/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudtrail/_dev/test/pipeline/test-send-command-targets-json.log-expected.json
index d92f4e5e375..16364feab59 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudtrail/_dev/test/pipeline/test-send-command-targets-json.log-expected.json
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudtrail/_dev/test/pipeline/test-send-command-targets-json.log-expected.json
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@
                 "provider": "ssm.amazonaws.com"
             },
             "host": {
-                "id": "i-0ddf9acf8eeb33959",
                 "target": {
                     "entity": {
                         "id": [
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudtrail/_dev/test/pipeline/test-send-serial-console-ssh-public-key-json.log-expected.json b/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudtrail/_dev/test/pipeline/test-send-serial-console-ssh-public-key-json.log-expected.json
index 2bab124fe27..58a402392fe 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudtrail/_dev/test/pipeline/test-send-serial-console-ssh-public-key-json.log-expected.json
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudtrail/_dev/test/pipeline/test-send-serial-console-ssh-public-key-json.log-expected.json
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
                 ]
             },
             "host": {
-                "id": "i-097069fd5068721f3",
                 "target": {
                     "entity": {
                         "id": [
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudtrail/_dev/test/pipeline/test-send-ssh-public-key-json.log-expected.json b/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudtrail/_dev/test/pipeline/test-send-ssh-public-key-json.log-expected.json
index 171aeb9a449..6661d39b0df 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudtrail/_dev/test/pipeline/test-send-ssh-public-key-json.log-expected.json
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudtrail/_dev/test/pipeline/test-send-ssh-public-key-json.log-expected.json
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
                 ]
             },
             "host": {
-                "id": "i-097069fd5068721f3",
                 "target": {
                     "entity": {
                         "id": [
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudtrail/_dev/test/pipeline/test-start-session-json.log-expected.json b/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudtrail/_dev/test/pipeline/test-start-session-json.log-expected.json
index 6eff78cea5c..644a5d710a8 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudtrail/_dev/test/pipeline/test-start-session-json.log-expected.json
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudtrail/_dev/test/pipeline/test-start-session-json.log-expected.json
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
                 ]
             },
             "host": {
-                "id": "i-1234567890abcdef0",
                 "target": {
                     "entity": {
                         "id": [
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudtrail/elasticsearch/ingest_pipeline/default.yml b/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudtrail/elasticsearch/ingest_pipeline/default.yml
index a9cec976b2e..1a3f8f9e766 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudtrail/elasticsearch/ingest_pipeline/default.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudtrail/elasticsearch/ingest_pipeline/default.yml
@@ -935,7 +935,6 @@ processors:
           }
           if (!hostTargets.isEmpty()) {
             field("host.target.entity.id").set(hostTargets);
-            field("host.id").set(hostTargets.first());
           }
           if (!serviceTargets.isEmpty()) {
             field("service.target.entity.id").set(serviceTargets);
diff --git a/packages/aws/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/manifest.yml
index e199d0f057d..096974cd57e 100644
--- a/packages/aws/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/manifest.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 format_version: 3.4.0
 name: aws
 title: AWS
-version: 6.20.0
+version: 6.20.1
 description: Collect logs and metrics from Amazon Web Services (AWS) with Elastic Agent.
 type: integration
 categories: