diff --git a/internal/apmcloudutil/gcp.go b/internal/apmcloudutil/gcp.go
index fc2d291c1..f2034d299 100644
--- a/internal/apmcloudutil/gcp.go
+++ b/internal/apmcloudutil/gcp.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"path"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"go.elastic.co/apm/v2/model"
@@ -60,8 +59,7 @@ func getGCPCloudMetadata(ctx context.Context, client *http.Client, out *model.Cl
 			Zone        string      `json:"zone"`
 		} `json:"instance"`
 		Project struct {
-			NumericProjectID *int   `json:"numericProjectId"`
-			ProjectID        string `json:"projectId"`
+			ProjectID string `json:"projectId"`
 		} `json:"project"`
 	}
 	decoder := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body)
@@ -82,11 +80,8 @@ func getGCPCloudMetadata(ctx context.Context, client *http.Client, out *model.Cl
 	if gcpMetadata.Instance.MachineType != "" {
 		out.Machine = &model.CloudMachine{Type: splitGCPMachineType(gcpMetadata.Instance.MachineType)}
 	}
-	if gcpMetadata.Project.NumericProjectID != nil || gcpMetadata.Project.ProjectID != "" {
-		out.Project = &model.CloudProject{Name: gcpMetadata.Project.ProjectID}
-		if gcpMetadata.Project.NumericProjectID != nil {
-			out.Project.ID = strconv.Itoa(*gcpMetadata.Project.NumericProjectID)
-		}
+	if gcpMetadata.Project.ProjectID != "" {
+		out.Project = &model.CloudProject{ID: gcpMetadata.Project.ProjectID}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/apmcloudutil/gcp_test.go b/internal/apmcloudutil/gcp_test.go
index ecfa82865..ea110ad60 100644
--- a/internal/apmcloudutil/gcp_test.go
+++ b/internal/apmcloudutil/gcp_test.go
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ func TestGCPCloudMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 					Type: "n1-standard-1",
 				},
 				Project: &model.CloudProject{
-					ID:   "513326162531",
-					Name: "elastic-apm",
+					ID: "elastic-apm",
 				},
 			}, out)
 		}
@@ -73,8 +72,7 @@ func TestGCPCloudMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 				ID: "00bf4bf02ddbda278fb9b4d70365018bd18a7d3ea42991e2cb03320b48a72b69b6d3765ff526347d7b8e0934dda4591cb1be3ead93086f0b390187fae88ee7cf8acdae7383",
 			},
 			Project: &model.CloudProject{
-				ID:   "513326162531",
-				Name: "elastic-apm",
+				ID: "elastic-apm",
 			},
 		}, out)
 	})