diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index eab9aada674..00a472dfd95 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v8.8.1\...main[Check the HEAD diff]
 - Eliminate cloning of event in deepUpdate {pull}35945[35945]
 - Fix ndjson parser to store JSON fields correctly under `target` {issue}29395[29395]
 - Support build of projects outside of beats directory {pull}36126[36126]
+- After upgrade the deb package now restarts the Beat service {issue}34089[34089] {pull}36201[36201]
 
 
 
diff --git a/dev-tools/packaging/files/linux/systemd-daemon-reload.sh b/dev-tools/packaging/files/linux/systemd-daemon-reload.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 65589fb789c..00000000000
--- a/dev-tools/packaging/files/linux/systemd-daemon-reload.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-systemctl daemon-reload 2> /dev/null
-exit 0
diff --git a/dev-tools/packaging/packages.yml b/dev-tools/packaging/packages.yml
index 52ca5d42ad4..5d49f0f8bee 100644
--- a/dev-tools/packaging/packages.yml
+++ b/dev-tools/packaging/packages.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ shared:
   # Deb/RPM spec for community beats.
   - &deb_rpm_spec
     <<: *common
-    post_install_script: '{{ elastic_beats_dir }}/dev-tools/packaging/files/linux/systemd-daemon-reload.sh'
+    post_install_script: '{{ elastic_beats_dir }}/dev-tools/packaging/templates/deb/postinstall.sh.tmpl'
     files:
       /usr/share/{{.BeatName}}/bin/{{.BeatName}}{{.BinaryExt}}:
         source: build/golang-crossbuild/{{.BeatName}}-{{.GOOS}}-{{.Platform.Arch}}{{.BinaryExt}}
@@ -618,4 +618,4 @@ specs:
           '{{.BeatName}}{{.BinaryExt}}':
             source: data/{{.BeatName}}-{{ commit_short }}/{{.BeatName}}{{.BinaryExt}}
             symlink: true
-            mode: 0755
\ No newline at end of file
+            mode: 0755
diff --git a/dev-tools/packaging/templates/deb/postinstall.sh.tmpl b/dev-tools/packaging/templates/deb/postinstall.sh.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eda0b16b9ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-tools/packaging/templates/deb/postinstall.sh.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/sh
+
+systemctl daemon-reload 2> /dev/null
+systemctl is-active {{.BeatName}} --quiet && systemctl restart {{.BeatName}}
+exit 0
+