diff --git a/test/e2e/feature/feature.go b/test/e2e/feature/feature.go
index 0fe79f69b4f..3580d408aec 100644
--- a/test/e2e/feature/feature.go
+++ b/test/e2e/feature/feature.go
@@ -423,9 +423,9 @@ var (
 	// Tests marked with this feature require:
 	// - A CSI driver that supports the snapshot metadata service (e.g., CSI hostpath driver with --enable-snapshot-metadata)
 	// - The external-snapshot-metadata sidecar deployed alongside the CSI driver
-	// - The SnapshotMetadataService CRD (cbt.storage.k8s.io/v1alpha1) installed
+	// - The SnapshotMetadataService CRD (cbt.storage.k8s.io/v1beta1) installed
 	// - A storage driver that implements the CapSnapshotMetadata capability
-	SnapshotMetadata = framework.WithFeature(framework.ValidFeatures.Add("SnapshotMetadata"))
+	SnapshotMetadata = framework.WithFeature(framework.ValidFeatures.Add("snapshotmetadata"))
 
 	// TODO: document the feature (owning SIG, when to use this feature for a test)
 	StackdriverAcceleratorMonitoring = framework.WithFeature(framework.ValidFeatures.Add("StackdriverAcceleratorMonitoring"))
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/utils/snapshot-metadata.go b/test/e2e/storage/utils/snapshot-metadata.go
index 83698af3d6c..a272044e7ec 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/utils/snapshot-metadata.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/utils/snapshot-metadata.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const (
 
 	// SnapshotMetadataService API constants
 	SnapshotMetadataServiceGroup      = "cbt.storage.k8s.io"
-	SnapshotMetadataServiceVersion    = "v1alpha1"
+	SnapshotMetadataServiceVersion    = "v1beta1"
 	SnapshotMetadataServiceAPIVersion = SnapshotMetadataServiceGroup + "/" + SnapshotMetadataServiceVersion
 	SnapshotMetadataServiceKind       = "SnapshotMetadataService"
 	SnapshotMetadataServiceResource   = "snapshotmetadataservices"
diff --git a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/storage-csi/external-snapshot-metadata/cbt.storage.k8s.io_snapshotmetadataservices.yaml b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/storage-csi/external-snapshot-metadata/cbt.storage.k8s.io_snapshotmetadataservices.yaml
index 31178d7a84b..de75d40132c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/storage-csi/external-snapshot-metadata/cbt.storage.k8s.io_snapshotmetadataservices.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/storage-csi/external-snapshot-metadata/cbt.storage.k8s.io_snapshotmetadataservices.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ spec:
     singular: snapshotmetadataservice
   scope: Cluster
   versions:
-  - name: v1alpha1
+  - name: v1beta1
     schema:
       openAPIV3Schema:
         description: |-