diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/features/features.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/features/features.go
index 5fcd7d7f415..d2fd739b785 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/features/features.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/features/features.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ var InitFeatureGates = FeatureList{
 			" Once UserNamespacesSupport graduates to GA, kubeadm will start using it and RootlessControlPlane will be removed.",
 	},
 	WaitForAllControlPlaneComponents: {FeatureSpec: featuregate.FeatureSpec{Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true}},
-	ControlPlaneKubeletLocalMode:     {FeatureSpec: featuregate.FeatureSpec{Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta}},
+	ControlPlaneKubeletLocalMode:     {FeatureSpec: featuregate.FeatureSpec{Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true}},
 	NodeLocalCRISocket:               {FeatureSpec: featuregate.FeatureSpec{Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta}},
 }