diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/docs/inputs/input-httpjson.asciidoc b/x-pack/filebeat/docs/inputs/input-httpjson.asciidoc
index 0585f10d46e..5a80df9d554 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/docs/inputs/input-httpjson.asciidoc
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/docs/inputs/input-httpjson.asciidoc
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ Some built-in helper functions are provided to work with the input state inside
 - `hmac`: calculates the hmac signature of a list of strings concatenated together. Supports sha1 or sha256. Example `[[hmac "sha256" "secret" "string1" "string2" (formatDate (now) "RFC1123")]]`
 - `base64Encode`: Joins and base64 encodes all supplied strings. Example `[[base64Encode "string1" "string2"]]`
 - `base64EncodeNoPad`: Joins and base64 encodes all supplied strings without padding. Example `[[base64EncodeNoPad "string1" "string2"]]`
-- `join`: joins a list of strings using the specified separator. Example: `[[join .body.arr ","]]`
+- `join`: joins a list using the specified separator. Example: `[[join .body.arr ","]]`
 - `sprintf`: formats according to a format specifier and returns the resulting string. Refer to https://pkg.go.dev/fmt#Sprintf[the Go docs] for usage. Example: `[[sprintf "%d:%q" 34 "quote this"]]`
 
 In addition to the provided functions, any of the native functions for https://golang.org/pkg/time/#Time[`time.Time`], https://golang.org/pkg/net/http/#Header[`http.Header`], and https://golang.org/pkg/net/url/#Values[`url.Values`] types can be used on the corresponding objects. Examples: `[[(now).Day]]`, `[[.last_response.header.Get "key"]]`
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/internal/v2/value_tpl.go b/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/internal/v2/value_tpl.go
index 9f91fcdccce..779f6f116f4 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/internal/v2/value_tpl.go
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/internal/v2/value_tpl.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (t *valueTpl) Unpack(in string) error {
 			"hmac":                hmacString,
 			"base64Encode":        base64Encode,
 			"base64EncodeNoPad":   base64EncodeNoPad,
-			"join":                strings.Join,
+			"join":                join,
 			"sprintf":             fmt.Sprintf,
 		}).
 		Delims(leftDelim, rightDelim).
@@ -289,3 +289,30 @@ func hmacString(hmacType string, hmacKey string, values ...string) string {
 	// Get result and encode as hexadecimal string
 	return hex.EncodeToString(mac.Sum(nil))
 }
+
+// join concatenates the elements of its first argument to create a single string. The separator
+// string sep is placed between elements in the resulting string. If the first argument is not of
+// type string or []string, its elements will be stringified.
+func join(v interface{}, sep string) string {
+	// check for []string or string to avoid using reflect
+	switch t := v.(type) {
+	case []string:
+		return strings.Join(t, sep)
+	case string:
+		return t
+	}
+
+	// if we have a slice of a different type, convert it to []string
+	switch reflect.TypeOf(v).Kind() {
+	case reflect.Slice, reflect.Array:
+		s := reflect.ValueOf(v)
+		vs := make([]string, s.Len())
+		for i := 0; i < s.Len(); i++ {
+			vs[i] = fmt.Sprint(s.Index(i))
+		}
+		return strings.Join(vs, sep)
+	}
+
+	// return the stringified single value
+	return fmt.Sprint(v)
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/internal/v2/value_tpl_test.go b/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/internal/v2/value_tpl_test.go
index 4586dec7711..68031d746fa 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/internal/v2/value_tpl_test.go
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/internal/v2/value_tpl_test.go
@@ -292,24 +292,36 @@ func TestValueTpl(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedError: errEmptyTemplateResult.Error(),
 		},
 		{
-			name:  "func join",
-			value: `[[join .last_response.body.arr ","]]`,
+			name: "func join",
+			value: `[[join .last_response.body.strarr ","]] [[join .last_response.body.iarr ","]] ` +
+				`[[join .last_response.body.narr ","]] [[join .last_response.body.singlevalstr ","]] ` +
+				`[[join .last_response.body.singlevalint ","]]`,
 			paramCtx: &transformContext{
 				firstEvent: &common.MapStr{},
 				lastEvent:  &common.MapStr{},
 				lastResponse: newTestResponse(
 					common.MapStr{
-						"arr": []string{
+						"strarr": []string{
 							"foo",
 							"bar",
 						},
+						"iarr": []interface{}{
+							"foo",
+							2,
+						},
+						"narr": []int{
+							1,
+							2,
+						},
+						"singlevalstr": "foo",
+						"singlevalint": 2,
 					},
 					http.Header{},
 					"",
 				),
 			},
 			paramTr:     transformable{},
-			expectedVal: "foo,bar",
+			expectedVal: "foo,bar foo,2 1,2 foo 2",
 		},
 		{
 			name:  "func sprintf",