diff --git a/pkg/apis/policy/types.go b/pkg/apis/policy/types.go
index b83ebd390df..0a761819f37 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/policy/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/policy/types.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ type PodDisruptionBudgetSpec struct {
 	// Clients making eviction decisions should disallow eviction of unhealthy pods
 	// if they encounter an unrecognized policy in this field.
 	//
-	// This field is alpha-level. The eviction API uses this field when
+	// This field is beta-level. The eviction API uses this field when
 	// the feature gate PDBUnhealthyPodEvictionPolicy is enabled (disabled by default).
 	// +optional
 	UnhealthyPodEvictionPolicy *UnhealthyPodEvictionPolicyType
diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 938c3aa6595..b66036b3764 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ const (
 	// owner: @mortent, @atiratree, @ravig
 	// kep: http://kep.k8s.io/3018
 	// alpha: v1.26
+	// beta: v1.27
 	//
 	// Enables PDBUnhealthyPodEvictionPolicy for PodDisruptionBudgets
 	PDBUnhealthyPodEvictionPolicy featuregate.Feature = "PDBUnhealthyPodEvictionPolicy"
@@ -988,7 +989,7 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 
 	NodeSwap: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 
-	PDBUnhealthyPodEvictionPolicy: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
+	PDBUnhealthyPodEvictionPolicy: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 
 	PodAndContainerStatsFromCRI: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/policy/v1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/policy/v1/types.go
index 6aec30b89b2..9e38298ef7f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/policy/v1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/policy/v1/types.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ type PodDisruptionBudgetSpec struct {
 	// Clients making eviction decisions should disallow eviction of unhealthy pods
 	// if they encounter an unrecognized policy in this field.
 	//
-	// This field is alpha-level. The eviction API uses this field when
+	// This field is beta-level. The eviction API uses this field when
 	// the feature gate PDBUnhealthyPodEvictionPolicy is enabled (disabled by default).
 	// +optional
 	UnhealthyPodEvictionPolicy *UnhealthyPodEvictionPolicyType `json:"unhealthyPodEvictionPolicy,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=unhealthyPodEvictionPolicy"`
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/policy/v1beta1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/policy/v1beta1/types.go
index 863b2b87323..f823c1549c3 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/policy/v1beta1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/policy/v1beta1/types.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ type PodDisruptionBudgetSpec struct {
 	// Clients making eviction decisions should disallow eviction of unhealthy pods
 	// if they encounter an unrecognized policy in this field.
 	//
-	// This field is alpha-level. The eviction API uses this field when
+	// This field is beta-level. The eviction API uses this field when
 	// the feature gate PDBUnhealthyPodEvictionPolicy is enabled (disabled by default).
 	// +optional
 	UnhealthyPodEvictionPolicy *UnhealthyPodEvictionPolicyType `json:"unhealthyPodEvictionPolicy,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=unhealthyPodEvictionPolicy"`