diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 3346b6e1878..a024ec5c835 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package features
 
 import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
-	genericfeatures "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features"
 	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	clientfeatures "k8s.io/client-go/features"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/featuregate"
@@ -960,11 +959,4 @@ func init() {
 //
 // Entries are separated from each other with blank lines to avoid sweeping gofmt changes
 // when adding or removing one entry.
-var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureSpec{
-	// inherited features from generic apiserver, relisted here to get a conflict if it is changed
-	// unintentionally on either side:
-
-	genericfeatures.KMSv1: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Deprecated},
-
-	InPlacePodVerticalScaling: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
-}
+var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureSpec{}
diff --git a/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go b/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go
index 14652a2be66..6f5d9046289 100644
--- a/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go
@@ -250,6 +250,11 @@ var defaultVersionedKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.24"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true},
 	},
 
+	genericfeatures.KMSv1: {
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.28"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Deprecated},
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.29"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Deprecated},
+	},
+
 	genericfeatures.MutatingAdmissionPolicy: {
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.30"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	},
@@ -362,6 +367,10 @@ var defaultVersionedKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.31"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	},
 
+	InPlacePodVerticalScaling: {
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.27"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
+	},
+
 	InTreePluginPortworxUnregister: {
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.23"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	},
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 ced24a03d45..50ac6930b2e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -363,6 +363,11 @@ var defaultVersionedKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.24"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true},
 	},
 
+	KMSv1: {
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.28"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Deprecated},
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.29"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Deprecated},
+	},
+
 	MutatingAdmissionPolicy: {
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.30"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	},
@@ -448,9 +453,6 @@ var defaultVersionedKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate
 	},
 }
 
-// defaultKubernetesFeatureGates consists of all known Kubernetes-specific feature keys.
-// To add a new feature, define a key for it above and add it here. The features will be
-// available throughout Kubernetes binaries.
-var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureSpec{
-	KMSv1: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Deprecated},
-}
+// defaultKubernetesFeatureGates consists of legacy unversioned Kubernetes-specific feature keys.
+// Please do not add to this struct and use defaultVersionedKubernetesFeatureGates instead.
+var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureSpec{}
diff --git a/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/unversioned_feature_list.yaml b/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/unversioned_feature_list.yaml
index 562275ed2d7..4296ca06761 100644
--- a/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/unversioned_feature_list.yaml
+++ b/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/unversioned_feature_list.yaml
@@ -10,18 +10,6 @@
     lockToDefault: false
     preRelease: Beta
     version: ""
-- name: InPlacePodVerticalScaling
-  versionedSpecs:
-  - default: false
-    lockToDefault: false
-    preRelease: Alpha
-    version: ""
-- name: KMSv1
-  versionedSpecs:
-  - default: false
-    lockToDefault: false
-    preRelease: Deprecated
-    version: ""
 - name: LoggingAlphaOptions
   versionedSpecs:
   - default: false
diff --git a/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml b/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml
index 31ab0f31838..e7de7567a78 100644
--- a/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml
+++ b/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml
@@ -462,6 +462,12 @@
     lockToDefault: false
     preRelease: Alpha
     version: "1.31"
+- name: InPlacePodVerticalScaling
+  versionedSpecs:
+  - default: false
+    lockToDefault: false
+    preRelease: Alpha
+    version: "1.27"
 - name: InTreePluginPortworxUnregister
   versionedSpecs:
   - default: false
@@ -518,6 +524,16 @@
     lockToDefault: false
     preRelease: Beta
     version: "1.31"
+- name: KMSv1
+  versionedSpecs:
+  - default: true
+    lockToDefault: false
+    preRelease: Deprecated
+    version: "1.28"
+  - default: false
+    lockToDefault: false
+    preRelease: Deprecated
+    version: "1.29"
 - name: KubeletCgroupDriverFromCRI
   versionedSpecs:
   - default: false