diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 4b2f39955f78c..f86692835afb4 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -1426,7 +1426,7 @@ func (c *Config) missingTomlField(typ reflect.Type, key string) error {
 		"name_suffix", "namedrop", "namepass", "order", "pass", "period", "precision",
 		"prefix", "prometheus_export_timestamp", "prometheus_sort_metrics", "prometheus_string_as_label",
 		"separator", "splunkmetric_hec_routing", "splunkmetric_multimetric", "tag_keys",
-		"tagdrop", "tagexclude", "taginclude", "tagpass", "template", "templates",
+		"tagdrop", "tagexclude", "taginclude", "tagpass", "tags", "template", "templates",
 		"wavefront_source_override", "wavefront_use_strict":
 
 		// ignore fields that are common to all plugins.