diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 8f7d2035b5c..59e683d5d0e 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -1105,6 +1105,7 @@ var defaultVersionedKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate
 	DisableNodeKubeProxyVersion: {
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.29"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.31"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Deprecated},
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.33"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Deprecated}, // lock to default in 1.34 and remove in v1.37
 	},
 
 	DRAAdminAccess: {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_node_status_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_node_status_test.go
index 64eca034457..312f18bd9b4 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_node_status_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_node_status_test.go
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ func TestUpdateNewNodeStatus(t *testing.T) {
 						Architecture:            goruntime.GOARCH,
 						ContainerRuntimeVersion: "test://1.5.0",
 						KubeletVersion:          version.Get().String(),
-						KubeProxyVersion:        version.Get().String(),
+						KubeProxyVersion:        "",
 					},
 					Capacity: v1.ResourceList{
 						v1.ResourceCPU:              *resource.NewMilliQuantity(2000, resource.DecimalSI),
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ func TestUpdateExistingNodeStatus(t *testing.T) {
 				Architecture:            goruntime.GOARCH,
 				ContainerRuntimeVersion: "test://1.5.0",
 				KubeletVersion:          version.Get().String(),
-				KubeProxyVersion:        version.Get().String(),
+				KubeProxyVersion:        "",
 			},
 			Capacity: v1.ResourceList{
 				v1.ResourceCPU:              *resource.NewMilliQuantity(2000, resource.DecimalSI),
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ func TestUpdateNodeStatusWithRuntimeStateError(t *testing.T) {
 				Architecture:            goruntime.GOARCH,
 				ContainerRuntimeVersion: "test://1.5.0",
 				KubeletVersion:          version.Get().String(),
-				KubeProxyVersion:        version.Get().String(),
+				KubeProxyVersion:        "",
 			},
 			Capacity: v1.ResourceList{
 				v1.ResourceCPU:              *resource.NewMilliQuantity(2000, resource.DecimalSI),
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ func TestUpdateNodeStatusWithLease(t *testing.T) {
 				Architecture:            goruntime.GOARCH,
 				ContainerRuntimeVersion: "test://1.5.0",
 				KubeletVersion:          version.Get().String(),
-				KubeProxyVersion:        version.Get().String(),
+				KubeProxyVersion:        "",
 			},
 			Capacity: v1.ResourceList{
 				v1.ResourceCPU:              *resource.NewMilliQuantity(2000, resource.DecimalSI),
diff --git a/test/compatibility_lifecycle/reference/versioned_feature_list.yaml b/test/compatibility_lifecycle/reference/versioned_feature_list.yaml
index 380100da3d0..45b016efecb 100644
--- a/test/compatibility_lifecycle/reference/versioned_feature_list.yaml
+++ b/test/compatibility_lifecycle/reference/versioned_feature_list.yaml
@@ -429,6 +429,10 @@
     lockToDefault: false
     preRelease: Deprecated
     version: "1.31"
+  - default: true
+    lockToDefault: false
+    preRelease: Deprecated
+    version: "1.33"
 - name: DRAAdminAccess
   versionedSpecs:
   - default: false