diff --git a/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go b/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go
index fddf302a275..f77e1194f3c 100644
--- a/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go
@@ -808,6 +808,7 @@ var defaultVersionedKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate
 	UserNamespacesSupport: {
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.25"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.30"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.33"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	},
 
 	VolumeAttributesClass: {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
index d8c59dd3a6d..bbd7e9bbdcb 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/sysctl"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/token"
 	kubetypes "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/types"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/userns"
 	kubeletutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/queue"
 	kubeletvolume "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/volumemanager"
@@ -371,6 +372,10 @@ func newTestKubeletWithImageList(
 		ShutdownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 0,
 	})
 	kubelet.shutdownManager = shutdownManager
+	kubelet.usernsManager, err = userns.MakeUserNsManager(kubelet)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create UserNsManager: %v", err)
+	}
 	kubelet.admitHandlers.AddPodAdmitHandler(shutdownManager)
 
 	// Add this as cleanup predicate pod admitter
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/proc_mount_test.go b/test/e2e_node/proc_mount_test.go
index 109fdb849f2..e0023ba8d73 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/proc_mount_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/proc_mount_test.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("DefaultProcMount [LinuxOnly]", framework.WithNodeConformanc
 	f.NamespacePodSecurityLevel = admissionapi.LevelBaseline
 
 	ginkgo.It("will mask proc mounts by default", func(ctx context.Context) {
-		testProcMount(ctx, f, v1.DefaultProcMount, gomega.BeNumerically(">", 1), gomega.BeNumerically(">", 0))
+		testProcMount(ctx, f, v1.DefaultProcMount, true, gomega.BeNumerically(">", 1), gomega.BeNumerically(">", 0))
 	})
 })
 
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("ProcMount [LinuxOnly]", feature.ProcMountType, feature.User
 		if !supportsUserNS(ctx, f) {
 			e2eskipper.Skipf("runtime does not support user namespaces")
 		}
-		testProcMount(ctx, f, v1.UnmaskedProcMount, gomega.Equal(1), gomega.BeZero())
+		testProcMount(ctx, f, v1.UnmaskedProcMount, false, gomega.Equal(1), gomega.BeZero())
 	})
 })
 
-func testProcMount(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework, pmt v1.ProcMountType, expectedLines gomegatypes.GomegaMatcher, expectedReadOnly gomegatypes.GomegaMatcher) {
+func testProcMount(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework, pmt v1.ProcMountType, hostUsers bool, expectedLines gomegatypes.GomegaMatcher, expectedReadOnly gomegatypes.GomegaMatcher) {
 	ginkgo.By("creating a target pod")
 	podClient := e2epod.NewPodClient(f)
 	pod := podClient.CreateSync(ctx, &v1.Pod{
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func testProcMount(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework, pmt v1.ProcMount
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			HostUsers: &falseVar,
+			HostUsers: &hostUsers,
 		},
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml b/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml
index 1ec6fd8b51f..4393d2950a2 100644
--- a/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml
+++ b/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml
@@ -1520,6 +1520,10 @@
     lockToDefault: false
     preRelease: Beta
     version: "1.30"
+  - default: true
+    lockToDefault: false
+    preRelease: Beta
+    version: "1.33"
 - name: VolumeAttributesClass
   versionedSpecs:
   - default: false