diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6bf359ff70ae2..91ec88fa382a6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/wvanbergen/kazoo-go v0.0.0-20180202103751-f72d8611297a // indirect
 	github.com/xdg/scram v0.0.0-20180814205039-7eeb5667e42c
 	github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v0.0.0-20180630135845-46796da1b0b4 // indirect
-	go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20210312235212-74c10e2c17dc
+	go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20210406145628-7a1108eaa012
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201209123823-ac852fbbde11
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20200107190931-bf48bf16ab8d
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2fcbe42fd5fde..d67550751eed1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1134,8 +1134,8 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.22.0/go.mod h1:+kGneAE2xo2IficOXnaByMWTGM9T73dGwxeWcUqIpI8=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.2/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.3 h1:8sGtKOrtQqkN1bp2AtX+misvLIlOmsEsNd+9NIcPEm8=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.3/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
-go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20210312235212-74c10e2c17dc h1:pVkptfeOTFfx+zXZo7HEHN3d5LmhatBFvHdm/f2QnpY=
-go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20210312235212-74c10e2c17dc/go.mod h1:t3mmBBPzAVvK0L0n1drDmrQsJ8FoIx4INCqVMTr/Zo0=
+go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20210406145628-7a1108eaa012 h1:4RGobP/iq7S22H0Bb92OEt+M8/cfBQnW+T+a2MC0sQo=
+go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20210406145628-7a1108eaa012/go.mod h1:t3mmBBPzAVvK0L0n1drDmrQsJ8FoIx4INCqVMTr/Zo0=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.3.2/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.5.0/go.mod h1:sABNBOSYdrvTF6hTgEIbc7YasKWGhgEQZyfxyTvoXHQ=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.6.0/go.mod h1:sABNBOSYdrvTF6hTgEIbc7YasKWGhgEQZyfxyTvoXHQ=
diff --git a/plugins/processors/starlark/README.md b/plugins/processors/starlark/README.md
index e30ea506c13f7..6372aedcea3b9 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/starlark/README.md
+++ b/plugins/processors/starlark/README.md
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ def apply(metric):
 - [scale](/plugins/processors/starlark/testdata/scale.star) - Multiply any field by a number
 - [time date](/plugins/processors/starlark/testdata/time_date.star) - Parse a date and extract the year, month and day from it.
 - [time duration](/plugins/processors/starlark/testdata/time_duration.star) - Parse a duration and convert it into a total amount of seconds.
-- [time timestamp](/plugins/processors/starlark/testdata/time_timestamp.star) - Filter metrics based on the timestamp.
+- [time timestamp](/plugins/processors/starlark/testdata/time_timestamp.star) - Filter metrics based on the timestamp in seconds.
+- [time timestamp nanoseconds](/plugins/processors/starlark/testdata/time_timestamp_nanos.star) - Filter metrics based on the timestamp with nanoseconds.
 - [value filter](/plugins/processors/starlark/testdata/value_filter.star) - Remove a metric based on a field value.
 - [logging](/plugins/processors/starlark/testdata/logging.star) - Log messages with the logger of Telegraf
 - [multiple metrics](/plugins/processors/starlark/testdata/multiple_metrics.star) - Return multiple metrics by using [a list](https://docs.bazel.build/versions/master/skylark/lib/list.html) of metrics.
diff --git a/plugins/processors/starlark/testdata/time_timestamp.star b/plugins/processors/starlark/testdata/time_timestamp.star
index dc1cbaea0296d..73e885b26c3dc 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/starlark/testdata/time_timestamp.star
+++ b/plugins/processors/starlark/testdata/time_timestamp.star
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-# Example of filtering metrics based on the timestamp. Beware the built-in function from_timestamp
-# only supports timestamps in seconds.
+# Example of filtering metrics based on the timestamp in seconds.
 #
 # Example Input:
 # time result="KO" 1616020365100400201
diff --git a/plugins/processors/starlark/testdata/time_timestamp_nanos.star b/plugins/processors/starlark/testdata/time_timestamp_nanos.star
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d305cb1f22e9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/processors/starlark/testdata/time_timestamp_nanos.star
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Example of filtering metrics based on the timestamp with nanoseconds.
+#
+# Example Input:
+# time result="KO" 1617900602123455999
+# time result="OK" 1617900602123456789
+#
+# Example Output:
+# time result="OK" 1617900602123456789
+
+load('time.star', 'time')
+# loads time.parse_duration(), time.is_valid_timezone(), time.now(), time.time(), 
+# time.parse_time() and time.from_timestamp()
+
+def apply(metric):
+    # 1617900602123457000 nanosec = Thursday, April 8, 2021 16:50:02.123457000 GMT
+    refDate = time.from_timestamp(1617900602, 123457000)
+    # 1617900602123455999 nanosec = Thursday, April 8, 2021 16:50:02.123455999 GMT
+    # 1617900602123456789 nanosec = Thursday, April 8, 2021 16:50:02.123456789 GMT
+    metric_date = time.from_timestamp(int(metric.time / 1e9), int(metric.time % 1e9))
+    # Only keep metrics with a timestamp that is not more than 1 microsecond before the reference date 
+    if refDate - time.parse_duration("1us") < metric_date:
+        return metric