diff --git a/pkg/api/testing/defaulting_test.go b/pkg/api/testing/defaulting_test.go
index b6b0533cdbb..6599a32f8c9 100644
--- a/pkg/api/testing/defaulting_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/testing/defaulting_test.go
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ func TestDefaulting(t *testing.T) {
 		{Group: "networking.k8s.io", Version: "v1", Kind: "NetworkPolicyList"}:                                  {},
 		{Group: "networking.k8s.io", Version: "v1beta1", Kind: "Ingress"}:                                       {},
 		{Group: "networking.k8s.io", Version: "v1beta1", Kind: "IngressList"}:                                   {},
+		{Group: "networking.k8s.io", Version: "v1", Kind: "IngressClass"}:                                       {},
+		{Group: "networking.k8s.io", Version: "v1", Kind: "IngressClassList"}:                                   {},
 		{Group: "storage.k8s.io", Version: "v1beta1", Kind: "StorageClass"}:                                     {},
 		{Group: "storage.k8s.io", Version: "v1beta1", Kind: "StorageClassList"}:                                 {},
 		{Group: "storage.k8s.io", Version: "v1beta1", Kind: "CSIDriver"}:                                        {},
diff --git a/pkg/apis/networking/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/apis/networking/validation/validation_test.go
index 046a10ea3ba..d941324af08 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/networking/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/networking/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -1884,9 +1884,11 @@ func TestValidateIngressClassUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 				Spec: networking.IngressClassSpec{
 					Controller: "foo.co/bar",
 					Parameters: &networking.IngressClassParametersReference{
-						APIGroup: utilpointer.StringPtr("v1"),
-						Kind:     "ConfigMap",
-						Name:     "foo",
+						APIGroup:  utilpointer.StringPtr("v1"),
+						Scope:     utilpointer.StringPtr("Namespace"),
+						Kind:      "ConfigMap",
+						Name:      "foo",
+						Namespace: utilpointer.StringPtr("bar"),
 					},
 				},
 			},
diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index ec3c7afcbaf..a69a38c42b1 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -692,6 +692,7 @@ const (
 
 	// owner: @hbagdi
 	// alpha: v1.21
+	// beta: v1.22
 	//
 	// Enable Scope and Namespace fields on IngressClassParametersReference.
 	IngressClassNamespacedParams featuregate.Feature = "IngressClassNamespacedParams"
@@ -830,7 +831,7 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 	PodAffinityNamespaceSelector:                   {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	ServiceLoadBalancerClass:                       {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	LogarithmicScaleDown:                           {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
-	IngressClassNamespacedParams:                   {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
+	IngressClassNamespacedParams:                   {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	ServiceInternalTrafficPolicy:                   {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	SuspendJob:                                     {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	KubeletPodResourcesGetAllocatable:              {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},