diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index fe474402f96..74280f3b377 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -266,13 +266,6 @@ const (
 	// Lock to default and remove after v1.22 based on user feedback that should be reflected in KEP #1972 update
 	ExecProbeTimeout featuregate.Feature = "ExecProbeTimeout"
 
-	// owner: @jpbetz
-	// alpha: v1.30
-	// beta: v1.31
-	// Resource create requests using generateName are retried automatically by the apiserver
-	// if the generated name conflicts with an existing resource name, up to a maximum number of 7 retries.
-	RetryGenerateName featuregate.Feature = "RetryGenerateName"
-
 	// owner: @bobbypage
 	// alpha: v1.20
 	// beta:  v1.21
@@ -1028,6 +1021,8 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 
 	genericfeatures.ResilientWatchCacheInitialization: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 
+	genericfeatures.RetryGenerateName: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
+
 	genericfeatures.SeparateCacheWatchRPC: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 
 	genericfeatures.StorageVersionAPI: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
@@ -1067,8 +1062,6 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 
 	InPlacePodVerticalScaling: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 
-	RetryGenerateName: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
-
 	// features that enable backwards compatibility but are scheduled to be removed
 	// ...
 	HPAScaleToZero: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index a86e43f0c8a..3749145f116 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ const (
 
 	// owner: @jpbetz
 	// alpha: v1.30
+	// beta: v1.31
 	// Resource create requests using generateName are retried automatically by the apiserver
 	// if the generated name conflicts with an existing resource name, up to a maximum number of 7 retries.
 	RetryGenerateName featuregate.Feature = "RetryGenerateName"