diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go
index c4b0c58b419..592724994a5 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -6044,6 +6044,8 @@ func TestValidateProbe(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func Test_validateProbe(t *testing.T) {
+	defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.ProbeTerminationGracePeriod, true)()
+
 	fldPath := field.NewPath("test")
 	type args struct {
 		probe   *core.Probe