diff --git a/exporter/elasticsearchexporter/model.go b/exporter/elasticsearchexporter/model.go
index 140b07206b1c..b3e8829a3006 100644
--- a/exporter/elasticsearchexporter/model.go
+++ b/exporter/elasticsearchexporter/model.go
@@ -89,71 +89,20 @@ func (m *encodeModel) encodeLog(resource pcommon.Resource, record plog.LogRecord
 func (m *encodeModel) encodeLogDefaultMode(resource pcommon.Resource, record plog.LogRecord, scope pcommon.InstrumentationScope) objmodel.Document {
 	var document objmodel.Document
 
-	switch m.mode {
-	case MappingECS:
-		if record.Timestamp() != 0 {
-			document.AddTimestamp("@timestamp", record.Timestamp())
-		} else {
-			document.AddTimestamp("@timestamp", record.ObservedTimestamp())
-		}
-
-		document.AddTraceID("trace.id", record.TraceID())
-		document.AddSpanID("span.id", record.SpanID())
-
-		if n := record.SeverityNumber(); n != plog.SeverityNumberUnspecified {
-			document.AddInt("event.severity", int64(record.SeverityNumber()))
-		}
-
-		document.AddString("log.level", record.SeverityText())
-
-		if record.Body().Type() == pcommon.ValueTypeStr {
-			document.AddAttribute("message", record.Body())
-		}
-
-		fieldMapper := func(k string) string {
-			switch k {
-			case "exception.type":
-				return "error.type"
-			case "exception.message":
-				return "error.message"
-			case "exception.stacktrace":
-				return "error.stack_trace"
-			default:
-				return k
-			}
-		}
-
-		resource.Attributes().Range(func(k string, v pcommon.Value) bool {
-			k = fieldMapper(k)
-			document.AddAttribute(k, v)
-			return true
-		})
-		scope.Attributes().Range(func(k string, v pcommon.Value) bool {
-			k = fieldMapper(k)
-			document.AddAttribute(k, v)
-			return true
-		})
-		record.Attributes().Range(func(k string, v pcommon.Value) bool {
-			k = fieldMapper(k)
-			document.AddAttribute(k, v)
-			return true
-		})
-	default:
-		docTimeStamp := record.Timestamp()
-		if docTimeStamp.AsTime().UnixNano() == 0 {
-			docTimeStamp = record.ObservedTimestamp()
-		}
-		document.AddTimestamp("@timestamp", docTimeStamp) // We use @timestamp in order to ensure that we can index if the default data stream logs template is used.
-		document.AddTraceID("TraceId", record.TraceID())
-		document.AddSpanID("SpanId", record.SpanID())
-		document.AddInt("TraceFlags", int64(record.Flags()))
-		document.AddString("SeverityText", record.SeverityText())
-		document.AddInt("SeverityNumber", int64(record.SeverityNumber()))
-		document.AddAttribute("Body", record.Body())
-		m.encodeAttributes(&document, record.Attributes())
-		document.AddAttributes("Resource", resource.Attributes())
-		document.AddAttributes("Scope", scopeToAttributes(scope))
+	docTimeStamp := record.Timestamp()
+	if docTimeStamp.AsTime().UnixNano() == 0 {
+		docTimeStamp = record.ObservedTimestamp()
 	}
+	document.AddTimestamp("@timestamp", docTimeStamp) // We use @timestamp in order to ensure that we can index if the default data stream logs template is used.
+	document.AddTraceID("TraceId", record.TraceID())
+	document.AddSpanID("SpanId", record.SpanID())
+	document.AddInt("TraceFlags", int64(record.Flags()))
+	document.AddString("SeverityText", record.SeverityText())
+	document.AddInt("SeverityNumber", int64(record.SeverityNumber()))
+	document.AddAttribute("Body", record.Body())
+	m.encodeAttributes(&document, record.Attributes())
+	document.AddAttributes("Resource", resource.Attributes())
+	document.AddAttributes("Scope", scopeToAttributes(scope))
 
 	if m.dedup {
 		document.Dedup()
@@ -179,7 +128,11 @@ func (m *encodeModel) encodeLogECSMode(resource pcommon.Resource, record plog.Lo
 
 	// Finally, try to map record-level attributes to ECS fields.
 	recordAttrsConversionMap := map[string]string{
-		"event.name": "event.action",
+		"event.name":                         "event.action",
+		semconv.AttributeExceptionMessage:    "error.message",
+		semconv.AttributeExceptionStacktrace: "error.stacktrace",
+		semconv.AttributeExceptionType:       "error.type",
+		semconv.AttributeExceptionEscaped:    "event.error.exception.handled",
 	}
 	encodeLogAttributesECSMode(&document, record.Attributes(), recordAttrsConversionMap)
 
@@ -188,6 +141,17 @@ func (m *encodeModel) encodeLogECSMode(resource pcommon.Resource, record plog.Lo
 	encodeLogAgentVersionECSMode(&document, resource)
 	encodeLogHostOsTypeECSMode(&document, resource)
 	encodeLogTimestampECSMode(&document, record)
+	document.AddTraceID("trace.id", record.TraceID())
+	document.AddSpanID("span.id", record.SpanID())
+	if n := record.SeverityNumber(); n != plog.SeverityNumberUnspecified {
+		document.AddInt("event.severity", int64(record.SeverityNumber()))
+	}
+
+	document.AddString("log.level", record.SeverityText())
+
+	if record.Body().Type() == pcommon.ValueTypeStr {
+		document.AddAttribute("message", record.Body())
+	}
 
 	return document
 }