diff --git a/test/integration/controlplane/apiserver_identity_test.go b/test/integration/controlplane/apiserver_identity_test.go
index 6c735035913..a84e6f3eaf7 100644
--- a/test/integration/controlplane/apiserver_identity_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/controlplane/apiserver_identity_test.go
@@ -134,12 +134,54 @@ func TestLeaseGarbageCollection(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("expired non-identity lease should not be garbage collected",
 		testLeaseNotGarbageCollected(t, kubeclient, expiredLease))
 
-	// identity leases (with k8s.io/component label) created in user namespaces should not be GC'ed
+	// identity leases (with apiserver.kubernetes.io/identity label) created in user namespaces should not be GC'ed
 	expiredNonKubeSystemLease := newTestLease(time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), metav1.NamespaceDefault)
 	t.Run("expired non-system identity lease should not be garbage collected",
 		testLeaseNotGarbageCollected(t, kubeclient, expiredNonKubeSystemLease))
 }
 
+func TestLeaseGarbageCollectionWithDeprecatedLabels(t *testing.T) {
+	oldIdentityLeaseDurationSeconds := controlplane.IdentityLeaseDurationSeconds
+	oldIdentityLeaseGCPeriod := controlplane.IdentityLeaseGCPeriod
+	oldIdentityLeaseRenewIntervalPeriod := controlplane.IdentityLeaseRenewIntervalPeriod
+	defer func() {
+		// reset the default values for leases after this test
+		controlplane.IdentityLeaseDurationSeconds = oldIdentityLeaseDurationSeconds
+		controlplane.IdentityLeaseGCPeriod = oldIdentityLeaseGCPeriod
+		controlplane.IdentityLeaseRenewIntervalPeriod = oldIdentityLeaseRenewIntervalPeriod
+	}()
+
+	// Shorten lease parameters so GC behavior can be exercised in integration tests
+	controlplane.IdentityLeaseDurationSeconds = 1
+	controlplane.IdentityLeaseGCPeriod = time.Second
+	controlplane.IdentityLeaseRenewIntervalPeriod = time.Second
+
+	defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.APIServerIdentity, true)()
+	result := kubeapiservertesting.StartTestServerOrDie(t, nil, nil, framework.SharedEtcd())
+	defer result.TearDownFn()
+
+	kubeclient, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(result.ClientConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	expiredLease := newTestLeaseWithDeprecatedLabels(time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), metav1.NamespaceSystem)
+	t.Run("expired apiserver lease should be garbage collected",
+		testLeaseGarbageCollected(t, kubeclient, expiredLease))
+
+	freshLease := newTestLeaseWithDeprecatedLabels(time.Now().Add(-2*time.Minute), metav1.NamespaceSystem)
+	t.Run("fresh apiserver lease should not be garbage collected",
+		testLeaseNotGarbageCollected(t, kubeclient, freshLease))
+
+	expiredLease.Labels = nil
+	t.Run("expired non-identity lease should not be garbage collected",
+		testLeaseNotGarbageCollected(t, kubeclient, expiredLease))
+
+	// identity leases (with k8s.io/component label) created in user namespaces should not be GC'ed
+	expiredNonKubeSystemLease := newTestLeaseWithDeprecatedLabels(time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), metav1.NamespaceDefault)
+	t.Run("expired non-system identity lease should not be garbage collected",
+		testLeaseNotGarbageCollected(t, kubeclient, expiredNonKubeSystemLease))
+}
+
 func testLeaseGarbageCollected(t *testing.T, client kubernetes.Interface, lease *coordinationv1.Lease) func(t *testing.T) {
 	return func(t *testing.T) {
 		ns := lease.Namespace
@@ -203,3 +245,21 @@ func newTestLease(acquireTime time.Time, namespace string) *coordinationv1.Lease
 		},
 	}
 }
+
+func newTestLeaseWithDeprecatedLabels(acquireTime time.Time, namespace string) *coordinationv1.Lease {
+	return &coordinationv1.Lease{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      testLeaseName,
+			Namespace: namespace,
+			Labels: map[string]string{
+				"k8s.io/component": "kube-apiserver",
+			},
+		},
+		Spec: coordinationv1.LeaseSpec{
+			HolderIdentity:       pointer.StringPtr(testLeaseName),
+			LeaseDurationSeconds: pointer.Int32Ptr(3600),
+			AcquireTime:          &metav1.MicroTime{Time: acquireTime},
+			RenewTime:            &metav1.MicroTime{Time: acquireTime},
+		},
+	}
+}