diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index b6e32b1e49f..16bb234886d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -47,6 +47,25 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v8.8.1\...main[Check the HEAD diff]
 
 *Filebeat*
 
+- Fix nil pointer dereference in the httpjson input {pull}37591[37591]
+- [Gcs Input] - Added missing locks for safe concurrency {pull}34914[34914]
+- Fix the ignore_inactive option being ignored in Filebeat's filestream input {pull}34770[34770]
+- Fix TestMultiEventForEOFRetryHandlerInput unit test of CometD input {pull}34903[34903]
+- Add input instance id to request trace filename for httpjson and cel inputs {pull}35024[35024]
+- Fixes "Can only start an input when all related states are finished" error when running under Elastic-Agent {pull}35250[35250] {issue}33653[33653]
+- [system] sync system/auth dataset with system integration 1.29.0. {pull}35581[35581]
+- [GCS Input] - Fixed an issue where bucket_timeout was being applied to the entire bucket poll interval and not individual bucket object read operations. Fixed a map write concurrency issue arising from data races when using a high number of workers. Fixed the flaky tests that were present in the GCS test suit. {pull}35605[35605]
+- Fixed concurrency and flakey tests issue in azure blob storage input. {issue}35983[35983] {pull}36124[36124]
+- Fix panic when sqs input metrics getter is invoked {pull}36101[36101] {issue}36077[36077]
+- Fix handling of Juniper SRX structured data when there is no leading junos element. {issue}36270[36270] {pull}36308[36308]
+- Fix Filebeat Cisco module with missing escape character {issue}36325[36325] {pull}36326[36326]
+- Added a fix for Crowdstrike pipeline handling process arrays {pull}36496[36496]
+- Fix m365_defender cursor value and query building. {pull}37116[37116]
+- Fix TCP/UDP metric queue length parsing base. {pull}37714[37714]
+- Update github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx dependency. {pull}37799[37799]
+- [threatintel] MISP pagination fixes {pull}37898[37898]
+- Fix file handle leak when handling errors in filestream {pull}37973[37973]
+- Prevent HTTPJSON holding response bodies between executions. {issue}35219[35219] {pull}38116[38116]
 
 *Heartbeat*
 
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/docs/inputs/input-httpjson.asciidoc b/x-pack/filebeat/docs/inputs/input-httpjson.asciidoc
index 33154579a60..2993a909bb8 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/docs/inputs/input-httpjson.asciidoc
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/docs/inputs/input-httpjson.asciidoc
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ The state has the following elements:
 - `body`: A map containing the body. References the next request body when used in <<request-transforms-headers>> or <<response-pagination>> configuration sections, and to the last response body when used in <<response-transforms>> or <<response-split>> configuration sections.
 - `cursor`: A map containing any data the user configured to be stored between restarts (See <<cursor>>).
 
-All of the mentioned objects are only stored at runtime, except `cursor`, which has values that are persisted between restarts.
+All of the mentioned objects are only stored at runtime during the execution of the periodic request, except `cursor`, which has values that are persisted between periodic request and restarts.
 
 [[transforms]]
 ==== Transforms
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/input.go b/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/input.go
index 928c056d2d3..7e45b49ffb4 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/input.go
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/input.go
@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@ func run(ctx v2.Context, cfg config, pub inputcursor.Publisher, crsr *inputcurso
 	trCtx.cursor.load(crsr)
 
 	doFunc := func() error {
+		defer func() {
+			// Clear response bodies between evaluations.
+			trCtx.firstResponse.body = nil
+			trCtx.lastResponse.body = nil
+		}()
+
 		log.Info("Process another repeated request.")
 
 		startTime := time.Now()