diff --git a/stable/fluent-bit/Chart.yaml b/stable/fluent-bit/Chart.yaml
index 6b3fd13f87..ba905585c7 100755
--- a/stable/fluent-bit/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/fluent-bit/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: fluent-bit
-version: 2.2.0
+version: 2.3.0
 appVersion: 1.2.1
 description: Fast and Lightweight Log/Data Forwarder for Linux, BSD and OSX
 keywords:
diff --git a/stable/fluent-bit/README.md b/stable/fluent-bit/README.md
index 8e6190012b..7b04e7ffc4 100644
--- a/stable/fluent-bit/README.md
+++ b/stable/fluent-bit/README.md
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the Fluent-Bit chart an
 | `filter.kubeTag`                   | Optional top-level tag for matching in filter         | `kube`                                 |
 | `filter.kubeTagPrefix`             | Optional tag prefix used by Tail   | `kube.var.log.containers.`                                |
 | `filter.mergeJSONLog`              | If the log field content is a JSON string map, append the map fields as part of the log structure         | `true`                                 |
-| `filter.mergeLogKey`               | If set, append the processed log keys under a new root key specified by this variable. | log_processed |
+| `filter.mergeLogKey`               | If set, append the processed log keys under a new root key specified by this variable. | `nil` |
 | `image.fluent_bit.repository`      | Image                                      | `fluent/fluent-bit`                               |
 | `image.fluent_bit.tag`             | Image tag                                  | `1.1.3`                                          |
 | `image.pullPolicy`                 | Image pull policy                          | `IfNotPresent`                                          |
diff --git a/stable/fluent-bit/values.yaml b/stable/fluent-bit/values.yaml
index 95dda2d240..de6fbd0da1 100644
--- a/stable/fluent-bit/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/fluent-bit/values.yaml
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ filter:
 
 # If set, all unpacked keys from mergeJSONLog (Merge_Log) will be packed under
 # the key name specified on mergeLogKey (Merge_Log_Key)
-  mergeLogKey: log_processed
+  mergeLogKey: ""
 
 # If true, enable the use of monitoring for a pod annotation of
 # fluentbit.io/parser: parser_name. parser_name must be the name