diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/input.go b/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/input.go
index b2b8d96c656..592f9bce86d 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/input.go
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/input.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func run(ctx v2.Context, cfg config, pub inputcursor.Publisher, crsr *inputcurso
 
 	metrics := newInputMetrics(reg)
 
-	httpClient, err := newHTTPClient(stdCtx, cfg, log, reg)
+	client, err := newHTTPClient(stdCtx, cfg, log, reg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ func run(ctx v2.Context, cfg config, pub inputcursor.Publisher, crsr *inputcurso
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	pagination := newPagination(cfg, httpClient, log)
+	pagination := newPagination(cfg, client, log)
 	responseProcessor := newResponseProcessor(cfg, pagination, xmlDetails, metrics, log)
-	requester := newRequester(httpClient, requestFactory, responseProcessor, log)
+	requester := newRequester(client, requestFactory, responseProcessor, log)
 
 	trCtx := emptyTransformContext()
 	trCtx.cursor = newCursor(cfg.Cursor, log)
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/pagination.go b/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/pagination.go
index 459a1528751..cdfcadb0632 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/pagination.go
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/pagination.go
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ import (
 const paginationNamespace = "pagination"
 
 type pagination struct {
-	httpClient     *httpClient
+	client         *httpClient
 	requestFactory *requestFactory
 	decoder        decoderFunc
 	log            *logp.Logger
 }
 
-func newPagination(config config, httpClient *httpClient, log *logp.Logger) *pagination {
-	pagination := &pagination{httpClient: httpClient, log: log}
+func newPagination(config config, client *httpClient, log *logp.Logger) *pagination {
+	pagination := &pagination{client: client, log: log}
 	if config.Response == nil {
 		return pagination
 	}
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func (iter *pageIterator) next() (*response, bool, error) {
 	}
 
 	//nolint:bodyclose // response body is closed through drainBody method
-	resp, err := iter.pagination.httpClient.do(iter.stdCtx, httpReq)
+	resp, err := iter.pagination.client.do(iter.stdCtx, httpReq)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, false, err
 	}
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/request.go b/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/request.go
index cc2b39127f9..3d41d8f73f8 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/request.go
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/request.go
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ func (rf *requestFactory) collectResponse(ctx context.Context, trCtx *transformC
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create http request: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	if rf.isChain && rf.chainHTTPClient != nil {
-		httpResp, err = rf.chainHTTPClient.do(ctx, req)
+	if rf.isChain && rf.chainClient != nil {
+		httpResp, err = rf.chainClient.do(ctx, req)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to execute chain http client.Do: %w", err)
 		}
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ func (c *httpClient) do(ctx context.Context, req *http.Request) (*http.Response,
 }
 
 type requestFactory struct {
-	chainHTTPClient        *httpClient
+	chainClient            *httpClient
 	url                    url.URL
 	method                 string
 	body                   *mapstr.M
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ func newRequestFactory(ctx context.Context, config config, log *logp.Logger, met
 		if ch.Step != nil {
 			ts, _ := newBasicTransformsFromConfig(registeredTransforms, ch.Step.Request.Transforms, requestNamespace, log)
 			ch.Step.Auth = tryAssignAuth(config.Auth, ch.Step.Auth)
-			httpClient, err := newChainHTTPClient(ctx, ch.Step.Auth, ch.Step.Request, log, reg)
+			client, err := newChainHTTPClient(ctx, ch.Step.Auth, ch.Step.Request, log, reg)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed in creating chain http client with error : %w", err)
 			}
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ func newRequestFactory(ctx context.Context, config config, log *logp.Logger, met
 				rf.password = ch.Step.Auth.Basic.Password
 			}
 
-			responseProcessor := newChainResponseProcessor(ch, httpClient, xmlDetails, metrics, log)
+			responseProcessor := newChainResponseProcessor(ch, client, xmlDetails, metrics, log)
 
 			rf = &requestFactory{
 				url:                    *ch.Step.Request.URL.URL,
@@ -330,14 +330,14 @@ func newRequestFactory(ctx context.Context, config config, log *logp.Logger, met
 				replace:                ch.Step.Replace,
 				replaceWith:            ch.Step.ReplaceWith,
 				isChain:                true,
-				chainHTTPClient:        httpClient,
+				chainClient:            client,
 				chainResponseProcessor: responseProcessor,
 			}
 		} else if ch.While != nil {
 			ts, _ := newBasicTransformsFromConfig(registeredTransforms, ch.While.Request.Transforms, requestNamespace, log)
 			policy := newHTTPPolicy(evaluateResponse, ch.While.Until, log)
 			ch.While.Auth = tryAssignAuth(config.Auth, ch.While.Auth)
-			httpClient, err := newChainHTTPClient(ctx, ch.While.Auth, ch.While.Request, log, reg, policy)
+			client, err := newChainHTTPClient(ctx, ch.While.Auth, ch.While.Request, log, reg, policy)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed in creating chain http client with error : %w", err)
 			}
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ func newRequestFactory(ctx context.Context, config config, log *logp.Logger, met
 				rf.password = ch.While.Auth.Basic.Password
 			}
 
-			responseProcessor := newChainResponseProcessor(ch, httpClient, xmlDetails, metrics, log)
+			responseProcessor := newChainResponseProcessor(ch, client, xmlDetails, metrics, log)
 			rf = &requestFactory{
 				url:                    *ch.While.Request.URL.URL,
 				method:                 ch.While.Request.Method,
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ func newRequestFactory(ctx context.Context, config config, log *logp.Logger, met
 				replaceWith:            ch.While.ReplaceWith,
 				until:                  ch.While.Until,
 				isChain:                true,
-				chainHTTPClient:        httpClient,
+				chainClient:            client,
 				chainResponseProcessor: responseProcessor,
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/response.go b/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/response.go
index 63ba34d9d9a..8f7ccbd6e55 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/response.go
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/response.go
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ func newResponseProcessor(config config, pagination *pagination, xmlDetails map[
 	return rps
 }
 
-func newChainResponseProcessor(config chainConfig, httpClient *httpClient, xmlDetails map[string]xml.Detail, metrics *inputMetrics, log *logp.Logger) *responseProcessor {
-	pagination := &pagination{httpClient: httpClient, log: log}
+func newChainResponseProcessor(config chainConfig, client *httpClient, xmlDetails map[string]xml.Detail, metrics *inputMetrics, log *logp.Logger) *responseProcessor {
+	pagination := &pagination{client: client, log: log}
 
 	rp := &responseProcessor{
 		pagination: pagination,