diff --git a/docs/changelog/128913.yml b/docs/changelog/128913.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..623897bb272a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/128913.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pr: 128913
+summary: "[apm-data] Enable 'date_detection' for all apm data streams"
+area: Data streams
+type: enhancement
+issues: []
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/component-templates/apm@mappings.yaml b/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/component-templates/apm@mappings.yaml
index a5a3a7433f4c1..ac6462c86676c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/component-templates/apm@mappings.yaml
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/component-templates/apm@mappings.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ _meta:
   managed: true
 template:
   mappings:
-    date_detection: false
     dynamic: true
     dynamic_templates:
     - numeric_labels:
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/resources.yaml b/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/resources.yaml
index beca2e5890bc0..ea54fd4c072e9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/resources.yaml
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/resources.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # "version" holds the version of the templates and ingest pipelines installed
 # by xpack-plugin apm-data. This must be increased whenever an existing template or
 # pipeline is changed, in order for it to be updated on Elasticsearch upgrade.
-version: 13
+version: 14
 
 component-templates:
   # Data lifecycle.