diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 57974962e19..fbb2f28302e 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 	genericfeatures.ValidateProxyRedirects:  {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	genericfeatures.AdvancedAuditing:        {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA},
 	genericfeatures.DynamicAuditing:         {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
-	genericfeatures.APIResponseCompression:  {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
+	genericfeatures.APIResponseCompression:  {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	genericfeatures.APIListChunking:         {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	genericfeatures.DryRun:                  {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	genericfeatures.ServerSideApply:         {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 3cd4f7f8f5a..5a162b0ff7f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 	ValidateProxyRedirects:  {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	AdvancedAuditing:        {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA},
 	DynamicAuditing:         {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
-	APIResponseCompression:  {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
+	APIResponseCompression:  {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	APIListChunking:         {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	DryRun:                  {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	RemainingItemCount:      {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},