diff --git a/metricbeat/module/prometheus/_meta/Dockerfile b/metricbeat/module/prometheus/_meta/Dockerfile
index 836c8777f629..55b29cbbb27b 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/prometheus/_meta/Dockerfile
+++ b/metricbeat/module/prometheus/_meta/Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-FROM prom/prometheus:v1.5.1
+FROM prom/prometheus:v2.6.0
 HEALTHCHECK --interval=1s --retries=90 CMD nc -w 1 localhost 9090 </dev/null
 EXPOSE 9090
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/prometheus/collector/collector_integration_test.go b/metricbeat/module/prometheus/collector/collector_integration_test.go
index 1c77012b2e7f..98d9169ae1d0 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/prometheus/collector/collector_integration_test.go
+++ b/metricbeat/module/prometheus/collector/collector_integration_test.go
@@ -25,30 +25,15 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/tests/compose"
 	mbtest "github.com/elastic/beats/metricbeat/mb/testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-// These tests are running with prometheus metrics as an example as this container is already available
-// Every prometheus exporter should work here.
-
-func TestFetch(t *testing.T) {
-	compose.EnsureUp(t, "prometheus")
-
-	ms := mbtest.NewReportingMetricSetV2(t, getConfig())
-	err := mbtest.WriteEventsReporterV2(ms, t, "")
-	if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
-		t.FailNow()
-	}
-}
-
 func TestData(t *testing.T) {
 	compose.EnsureUp(t, "prometheus")
 
 	ms := mbtest.NewReportingMetricSetV2(t, getConfig())
 	err := mbtest.WriteEventsReporterV2(ms, t, "")
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal("write", err)
+		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }