diff --git a/src/plugins/telemetry/server/telemetry_collection/get_local_stats.ts b/src/plugins/telemetry/server/telemetry_collection/get_local_stats.ts
index cd15a7ea65010..1b806010fd00f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/telemetry/server/telemetry_collection/get_local_stats.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/telemetry/server/telemetry_collection/get_local_stats.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export const getLocalStats: StatsGetter<{}, TelemetryLocalStats> = async (
         clusterInfo,
         {
           ...clusterStats,
-          nodes: merge(clusterStats.nodes, { usage: nodesUsage }),
+          nodes: { ...clusterStats.nodes, usage: nodesUsage },
         },
         kibana,
         context