diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 89c55d2b234..9b4d183f634 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 
 	genericfeatures.APIResponseCompression: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 
-	genericfeatures.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
+	genericfeatures.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 
 	genericfeatures.CustomResourceValidationExpressions: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 19502ac0703..f1d1879ec4b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 
 	APIServerTracing: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 
-	ValidatingAdmissionPolicy: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
+	ValidatingAdmissionPolicy: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 
 	CustomResourceValidationExpressions: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},