diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 259be4e9b49..f1d4870d5c1 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -1725,6 +1725,7 @@ var defaultVersionedKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate
 	genericfeatures.APIServerTracing: {
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.22"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.27"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.34"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true}, // remove in 1.37
 	},
 
 	genericfeatures.APIServingWithRoutine: {
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 60b45e63a24..95337f5910b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ var defaultVersionedKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate
 	APIServerTracing: {
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.22"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.27"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.34"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true}, // remove in 1.37
 	},
 
 	APIServingWithRoutine: {
diff --git a/test/compatibility_lifecycle/reference/versioned_feature_list.yaml b/test/compatibility_lifecycle/reference/versioned_feature_list.yaml
index 4ab412e079f..cdc94465cd5 100644
--- a/test/compatibility_lifecycle/reference/versioned_feature_list.yaml
+++ b/test/compatibility_lifecycle/reference/versioned_feature_list.yaml
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@
     lockToDefault: false
     preRelease: Beta
     version: "1.27"
+  - default: true
+    lockToDefault: true
+    preRelease: GA
+    version: "1.34"
 - name: APIServingWithRoutine
   versionedSpecs:
   - default: false