diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 439bea9b999..4ec5ca37d60 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -1003,8 +1003,6 @@ 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},
diff --git a/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go b/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go
index 7b8603fde74..a3dac4f5447 100644
--- a/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go
@@ -438,4 +438,9 @@ var defaultVersionedKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate
 	KubeletRegistrationGetOnExistsOnly: {
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.32"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Deprecated},
 	},
+	genericfeatures.RetryGenerateName: {
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.30"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.31"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.32"), Default: true, LockToDefault: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA},
+	},
 }
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 5ec3bf65956..80bd5117357 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ const (
 	// owner: @jpbetz
 	// alpha: v1.30
 	// beta: v1.31
+	// ga: v1.32
 	// 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"
@@ -300,6 +301,11 @@ var defaultVersionedKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.31"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.32"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	},
+	RetryGenerateName: {
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.30"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.31"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.32"), Default: true, LockToDefault: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA},
+	},
 }
 
 // defaultKubernetesFeatureGates consists of all known Kubernetes-specific feature keys.
@@ -337,8 +343,6 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 
 	ResilientWatchCacheInitialization: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 
-	RetryGenerateName: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
-
 	SeparateCacheWatchRPC: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 
 	StorageVersionAPI: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/store_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/store_test.go
index 7ef8544994a..e11cf8d3de7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/store_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic/registry/store_test.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/selection"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/example"
 	examplev1 "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/example/v1"
@@ -447,6 +448,8 @@ func TestStoreCreateWithRetryNameGenerate(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestStoreCreateWithRetryNameGenerateFeatureDisabled(t *testing.T) {
+	// Preserve testing of disabled RetryGenerateName feature gate since it can still be disabled when emulation version is set.
+	featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateEmulationVersionDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, version.MustParse("1.31"))
 	featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.RetryGenerateName, false)
 	namedObj := func(id int) *example.Pod {
 		return &example.Pod{
@@ -2981,6 +2984,8 @@ func (p *predictableNameGenerator) GenerateName(base string) string {
 }
 
 func TestStoreCreateGenerateNameConflict(t *testing.T) {
+	// Preserve testing of disabled RetryGenerateName feature gate since it can still be disabled when emulation version is set.
+	featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateEmulationVersionDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, version.MustParse("1.31"))
 	featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.RetryGenerateName, false)
 
 	// podA will be stored with name foo12345
diff --git a/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/unversioned_feature_list.yaml b/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/unversioned_feature_list.yaml
index ab64d8e6f7e..064657c462d 100644
--- a/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/unversioned_feature_list.yaml
+++ b/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/unversioned_feature_list.yaml
@@ -178,12 +178,6 @@
     lockToDefault: false
     preRelease: Beta
     version: ""
-- name: RetryGenerateName
-  versionedSpecs:
-  - default: true
-    lockToDefault: false
-    preRelease: Beta
-    version: ""
 - name: SeparateCacheWatchRPC
   versionedSpecs:
   - default: true
diff --git a/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml b/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml
index 00d6f8c8c7e..f51f723d8d2 100644
--- a/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml
+++ b/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml
@@ -706,6 +706,20 @@
     lockToDefault: false
     preRelease: Alpha
     version: "1.31"
+- name: RetryGenerateName
+  versionedSpecs:
+  - default: false
+    lockToDefault: false
+    preRelease: Alpha
+    version: "1.30"
+  - default: true
+    lockToDefault: false
+    preRelease: Beta
+    version: "1.31"
+  - default: true
+    lockToDefault: true
+    preRelease: GA
+    version: "1.32"
 - name: RotateKubeletServerCertificate
   versionedSpecs:
   - default: false