diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 5c0e4f2122e..30d4511f7b1 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 	VolumePVCDataSource:                            {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	PodOverhead:                                    {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	IPv6DualStack:                                  {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
-	EndpointSlice:                                  {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
+	EndpointSlice:                                  {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	EndpointSliceProxying:                          {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	EvenPodsSpread:                                 {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	StartupProbe:                                   {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/cluster-roles.yaml b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/cluster-roles.yaml
index a6fec3d54cb..ad6468a53d2 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/cluster-roles.yaml
+++ b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/cluster-roles.yaml
@@ -1051,6 +1051,13 @@ items:
     - create
     - patch
     - update
+  - apiGroups:
+    - discovery.k8s.io
+    resources:
+    - endpointslices
+    verbs:
+    - list
+    - watch
 - apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
   kind: ClusterRole
   metadata:
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/controller-role-bindings.yaml b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/controller-role-bindings.yaml
index 6d5cb73e50d..8a1ab919472 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/controller-role-bindings.yaml
+++ b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/controller-role-bindings.yaml
@@ -136,6 +136,23 @@ items:
   - kind: ServiceAccount
     name: endpoint-controller
     namespace: kube-system
+- apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+  kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+  metadata:
+    annotations:
+      rbac.authorization.kubernetes.io/autoupdate: "true"
+    creationTimestamp: null
+    labels:
+      kubernetes.io/bootstrapping: rbac-defaults
+    name: system:controller:endpointslice-controller
+  roleRef:
+    apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+    kind: ClusterRole
+    name: system:controller:endpointslice-controller
+  subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: endpointslice-controller
+    namespace: kube-system
 - apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
   kind: ClusterRoleBinding
   metadata:
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/controller-roles.yaml b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/controller-roles.yaml
index a13b8527014..c1bfa8d991f 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/controller-roles.yaml
+++ b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/controller-roles.yaml
@@ -455,6 +455,45 @@ items:
     - create
     - patch
     - update
+- apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  metadata:
+    annotations:
+      rbac.authorization.kubernetes.io/autoupdate: "true"
+    creationTimestamp: null
+    labels:
+      kubernetes.io/bootstrapping: rbac-defaults
+    name: system:controller:endpointslice-controller
+  rules:
+  - apiGroups:
+    - ""
+    resources:
+    - nodes
+    - pods
+    - services
+    verbs:
+    - get
+    - list
+    - watch
+  - apiGroups:
+    - discovery.k8s.io
+    resources:
+    - endpointslices
+    verbs:
+    - create
+    - delete
+    - get
+    - list
+    - update
+  - apiGroups:
+    - ""
+    - events.k8s.io
+    resources:
+    - events
+    verbs:
+    - create
+    - patch
+    - update
 - apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
   kind: ClusterRole
   metadata: