diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index c58e4f49b2a..cb15d0e6c53 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ const (
 
 	// owner: @egernst
 	// alpha: v1.16
+	// beta: v1.18
 	//
 	// Enables PodOverhead, for accounting pod overheads which are specific to a given RuntimeClass
 	PodOverhead featuregate.Feature = "PodOverhead"
@@ -623,7 +624,7 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 	LocalStorageCapacityIsolationFSQuotaMonitoring: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	NonPreemptingPriority:                          {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	VolumePVCDataSource:                            {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
-	PodOverhead:                                    {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
+	PodOverhead:                                    {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	IPv6DualStack:                                  {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	EndpointSlice:                                  {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	EndpointSliceProxying:                          {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},