diff --git a/features/features.go b/features/features.go
index 7b9d050e..afb67f50 100644
--- a/features/features.go
+++ b/features/features.go
@@ -141,9 +141,3 @@ var (
 	// should use AddFeaturesToExistingFeatureGates followed by ReplaceFeatureGates.
 	featureGates = &atomic.Value{}
 )
-
-// defaultKubernetesFeatureGates consists of all known Kubernetes-specific feature keys.
-//
-// To add a new feature, define a key for it above and add it here. The features will be
-// available throughout Kubernetes binaries.
-var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[Feature]FeatureSpec{}
diff --git a/features/known_features.go b/features/known_features.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..329eed72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/known_features.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2024 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package features
+
+const (
+	// Every feature gate should add method here following this template:
+	//
+	// // owner: @username
+	// // alpha: v1.4
+	// MyFeature featuregate.Feature = "MyFeature"
+	//
+	// Feature gates should be listed in alphabetical, case-sensitive
+	// (upper before any lower case character) order. This reduces the risk
+	// of code conflicts because changes are more likely to be scattered
+	// across the file.
+
+	// owner: @p0lyn0mial
+	// beta: v1.30
+	//
+	// Allow the client to get a stream of individual items instead of chunking from the server.
+	//
+	// NOTE:
+	//  The feature is disabled in Beta by default because
+	//  it will only be turned on for selected control plane component(s).
+	WatchListClient Feature = "WatchListClient"
+)
+
+// defaultKubernetesFeatureGates consists of all known Kubernetes-specific feature keys.
+//
+// To add a new feature, define a key for it above and add it here.
+// After registering with the binary, the features are, by default, controllable using environment variables.
+// For more details, please see envVarFeatureGates implementation.
+var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[Feature]FeatureSpec{
+	WatchListClient: {Default: false, PreRelease: Beta},
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5bf3719f..9d8e9c70 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/term v0.15.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0
-	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20240111211838-39c80441f814
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20240114225744-c9c2aecc731b
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20240111211623-02a41040d88d
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.0
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20231113174909-778a5567bc1e
@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace (
-	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20240111211838-39c80441f814
+	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20240114225744-c9c2aecc731b
 	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20240111211623-02a41040d88d
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d0f3b2c2..4b652db2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20240111211838-39c80441f814 h1:w+YEku14/5m9DIMFpUc18gIT7kd/1XnNpuRkel34p34=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20240111211838-39c80441f814/go.mod h1:gd8eHKGEAgKEJvMyjMHG88jdPdPbUS/GKULUOrS7+EU=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20240114225744-c9c2aecc731b h1:P4NQ7C/VCZXHN3HQh5/Xd5eNqwzh9o22d8GMzU2r2IU=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20240114225744-c9c2aecc731b/go.mod h1:gd8eHKGEAgKEJvMyjMHG88jdPdPbUS/GKULUOrS7+EU=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20240111211623-02a41040d88d h1:3/zPMR6GopaaAWJTZvob/eJ3uujM6vYgB5Hf7y1gg3s=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20240111211623-02a41040d88d/go.mod h1:TZi5dqCSETF0//y9r5QGBxc7W2udb08uXh6atA++S6Q=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.0 h1:z+q5mfovBj1fKFxiRzsa2DsJLPIVMk/KFL81LMOfK+8=