diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 159dfc5cacd..38ff7ba0258 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -1449,6 +1449,7 @@ var defaultVersionedKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate
 	KubeletFineGrainedAuthz: {
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.32"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.33"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.36"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true},
 	},
 
 	KubeletInUserNamespace: {