diff --git a/libbeat/publisher/processing/default_test.go b/libbeat/publisher/processing/default_test.go
index b4fe1d0bb67..3e4c6798fa5 100644
--- a/libbeat/publisher/processing/default_test.go
+++ b/libbeat/publisher/processing/default_test.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/processors/actions/addfields"
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/config"
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/logp"
+	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/logp/logptest"
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/mapstr"
 
 	_ "github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/processors/add_cloud_metadata"
@@ -51,10 +52,12 @@ func TestGenerateProcessorList(t *testing.T) {
 	plugins, err := processors.NewPluginConfigFromList(inputCfg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	processors, err := processors.New(plugins, logp.NewNopLogger())
+	processors, err := processors.New(plugins, logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, ""))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	// make sure the processor init got the config formatted in a way it expected
 	require.Equal(t, 4, len(processors.List))
+
+	require.NoError(t, processors.Close())
 }
 
 func TestProcessorsConfigs(t *testing.T) {