diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 11f916ddfce..e0e5e6912ab 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-beta1...master[Check the HEAD di
 *Metricbeat*
 
 - Migrate docker autodiscover to ECS. {issue}10757[10757] {pull}10862[10862]
+- Fix issue in kubernetes module preventing usage percentages to be properly calculated. {pull}10946[10946]
 
 *Packetbeat*
 
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/util/metrics_cache.go b/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/util/metrics_cache.go
index ffa8f235ed5..7ffff06edfe 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/util/metrics_cache.go
+++ b/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/util/metrics_cache.go
@@ -18,17 +18,19 @@
 package util
 
 import (
-	"sync"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common"
 )
 
 // PerfMetrics stores known metrics from Kubernetes nodes and containers
 var PerfMetrics = NewPerfMetricsCache()
 
-const defaultTimeout = 120 * time.Second
+func init() {
+	PerfMetrics.Start()
+}
 
-var now = time.Now
-var sleep = time.Sleep
+const defaultTimeout = 120 * time.Second
 
 // NewPerfMetricsCache initializes and returns a new PerfMetricsCache
 func NewPerfMetricsCache() *PerfMetricsCache {
@@ -43,7 +45,6 @@ func NewPerfMetricsCache() *PerfMetricsCache {
 
 // PerfMetricsCache stores known metrics from Kubernetes nodes and containers
 type PerfMetricsCache struct {
-	mutex                sync.RWMutex
 	NodeMemAllocatable   *valueMap
 	NodeCoresAllocatable *valueMap
 
@@ -51,72 +52,64 @@ type PerfMetricsCache struct {
 	ContainerCoresLimit *valueMap
 }
 
-func newValueMap(timeout time.Duration) *valueMap {
-	return &valueMap{
-		values:  map[string]value{},
-		timeout: timeout,
-	}
+// Start cache workers
+func (c *PerfMetricsCache) Start() {
+	c.NodeMemAllocatable.Start()
+	c.NodeCoresAllocatable.Start()
+	c.ContainerMemLimit.Start()
+	c.ContainerCoresLimit.Start()
 }
 
-type valueMap struct {
-	sync.RWMutex
-	running bool
-	timeout time.Duration
-	values  map[string]value
+// Stop cache workers
+func (c *PerfMetricsCache) Stop() {
+	c.NodeMemAllocatable.Stop()
+	c.NodeCoresAllocatable.Stop()
+	c.ContainerMemLimit.Stop()
+	c.ContainerCoresLimit.Stop()
 }
 
-type value struct {
-	value   float64
-	expires int64
+type valueMap struct {
+	cache   *common.Cache
+	timeout time.Duration
 }
 
-// ContainerUID creates an unique ID for from namespace, pod name and container name
-func ContainerUID(namespace, pod, container string) string {
-	return namespace + "-" + pod + "-" + container
+func newValueMap(timeout time.Duration) *valueMap {
+	return &valueMap{
+		cache:   common.NewCache(timeout, 0),
+		timeout: timeout,
+	}
 }
 
 // Get value
 func (m *valueMap) Get(name string) float64 {
-	m.RLock()
-	defer m.RUnlock()
-	return m.values[name].value
+	return m.GetWithDefault(name, 0.0)
 }
 
 // Get value
 func (m *valueMap) GetWithDefault(name string, def float64) float64 {
-	m.RLock()
-	defer m.RUnlock()
-	val, ok := m.values[name]
-	if ok {
-		return val.value
+	v := m.cache.Get(name)
+	if v, ok := v.(float64); ok {
+		return v
 	}
 	return def
 }
 
 // Set value
 func (m *valueMap) Set(name string, val float64) {
-	m.Lock()
-	defer m.Unlock()
-	m.ensureCleanupWorker()
-	m.values[name] = value{val, now().Add(m.timeout).Unix()}
+	m.cache.PutWithTimeout(name, val, m.timeout)
 }
 
-func (m *valueMap) ensureCleanupWorker() {
-	if !m.running {
-		// Run worker to cleanup expired entries
-		m.running = true
-		go func() {
-			for {
-				sleep(m.timeout)
-				m.Lock()
-				now := now().Unix()
-				for name, val := range m.values {
-					if now > val.expires {
-						delete(m.values, name)
-					}
-				}
-				m.Unlock()
-			}
-		}()
-	}
+// Start cache workers
+func (m *valueMap) Start() {
+	m.cache.StartJanitor(m.timeout)
+}
+
+// Stop cache workers
+func (m *valueMap) Stop() {
+	m.cache.StopJanitor()
+}
+
+// ContainerUID creates an unique ID for from namespace, pod name and container name
+func ContainerUID(namespace, pod, container string) string {
+	return namespace + "/" + pod + "/" + container
 }
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/util/metrics_cache_test.go b/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/util/metrics_cache_test.go
index d5ce7bd2bb8..649c1f5fb86 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/util/metrics_cache_test.go
+++ b/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/util/metrics_cache_test.go
@@ -19,45 +19,10 @@ package util
 
 import (
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-func TestTimeout(t *testing.T) {
-	// Mock monotonic time:
-	fakeTimeCh := make(chan int64)
-	go func() {
-		fakeTime := time.Now().Unix()
-		for {
-			fakeTime++
-			fakeTimeCh <- fakeTime
-		}
-	}()
-
-	now = func() time.Time {
-		return time.Unix(<-fakeTimeCh, 0)
-	}
-
-	// Blocking sleep:
-	sleepCh := make(chan struct{})
-	sleep = func(time.Duration) {
-		<-sleepCh
-	}
-
-	test := newValueMap(1 * time.Second)
-
-	test.Set("foo", 3.14)
-
-	// Let cleanup do its job
-	sleepCh <- struct{}{}
-	sleepCh <- struct{}{}
-	sleepCh <- struct{}{}
-
-	// Check it expired
-	assert.Equal(t, 0.0, test.Get("foo"))
-}
-
 func TestValueMap(t *testing.T) {
 	test := newValueMap(defaultTimeout)
 
@@ -82,5 +47,5 @@ func TestGetWithDefault(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestContainerUID(t *testing.T) {
-	assert.Equal(t, "a-b-c", ContainerUID("a", "b", "c"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "a/b/c", ContainerUID("a", "b", "c"))
 }