diff --git a/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go b/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go
index da0b2dbc119..35e7ba7a60f 100644
--- a/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go
@@ -619,6 +619,7 @@ var defaultVersionedKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate
 	RecursiveReadOnlyMounts: {
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.30"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.31"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.33"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true}, // remove in 1.36
 	},
 
 	RelaxedDNSSearchValidation: {
diff --git a/test/e2e/feature/feature.go b/test/e2e/feature/feature.go
index 7c5079fca65..4352ea1dacf 100644
--- a/test/e2e/feature/feature.go
+++ b/test/e2e/feature/feature.go
@@ -375,9 +375,6 @@ var (
 	// TODO: document the feature (owning SIG, when to use this feature for a test)
 	RecoverVolumeExpansionFailure = framework.WithFeature(framework.ValidFeatures.Add("RecoverVolumeExpansionFailure"))
 
-	// RecursiveReadOnlyMounts (SIG-node, used for testing recursive read-only mounts <https://kep.k8s.io/3857>)
-	RecursiveReadOnlyMounts = framework.WithFeature(framework.ValidFeatures.Add("RecursiveReadOnlyMounts"))
-
 	// RelaxedEnvironmentVariableValidation used when we verify whether the pod can consume all printable ASCII characters as environment variable names,
 	// and whether the pod can consume configmap/secret that key starts with a number.
 	RelaxedEnvironmentVariableValidation = framework.WithFeature(framework.ValidFeatures.Add("RelaxedEnvironmentVariableValidation"))
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/mount_rro_linux_test.go b/test/e2e_node/mount_rro_linux_test.go
index 8b85a9b61b1..fae4c72a291 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/mount_rro_linux_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/mount_rro_linux_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/feature"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
 	e2eskipper "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/skipper"
@@ -34,9 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 )
 
-// Usage:
-// make test-e2e-node TEST_ARGS='--service-feature-gates=RecursiveReadOnlyMounts=true --kubelet-flags="--feature-gates=RecursiveReadOnlyMounts=true"' FOCUS="Mount recursive read-only" SKIP=""
-var _ = SIGDescribe("Mount recursive read-only [LinuxOnly]", feature.RecursiveReadOnlyMounts, func() {
+var _ = SIGDescribe("Mount recursive read-only [LinuxOnly]", func() {
 	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("mount-rro")
 	f.NamespacePodSecurityLevel = admissionapi.LevelPrivileged
 	ginkgo.Describe("Mount recursive read-only", func() {
diff --git a/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml b/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml
index a35323230ea..45470087738 100644
--- a/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml
+++ b/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml
@@ -1020,6 +1020,10 @@
     lockToDefault: false
     preRelease: Beta
     version: "1.31"
+  - default: true
+    lockToDefault: true
+    preRelease: GA
+    version: "1.33"
 - name: RelaxedDNSSearchValidation
   versionedSpecs:
   - default: false