diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
index cbb36fce0e5..c89f653ea9b 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ func (f *KubeletFlags) AddFlags(mainfs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 
 	// EXPERIMENTAL FLAGS
 	fs.StringVar(&f.ExperimentalMounterPath, "experimental-mounter-path", f.ExperimentalMounterPath, "[Experimental] Path of mounter binary. Leave empty to use the default mount.")
-	fs.StringSliceVar(&f.AllowedUnsafeSysctls, "experimental-allowed-unsafe-sysctls", f.AllowedUnsafeSysctls, "Comma-separated whitelist of unsafe sysctls or unsafe sysctl patterns (ending in *). Use these at your own risk. Presently, you must also enable the Sysctls feature gate for this flag to take effect.  Sysctls feature gate is enabled by default.")
+	fs.StringSliceVar(&f.AllowedUnsafeSysctls, "allowed-unsafe-sysctls", f.AllowedUnsafeSysctls, "Comma-separated whitelist of unsafe sysctls or unsafe sysctl patterns (ending in *). Use these at your own risk. Sysctls feature gate is enabled by default.")
 	fs.BoolVar(&f.ExperimentalKernelMemcgNotification, "experimental-kernel-memcg-notification", f.ExperimentalKernelMemcgNotification, "If enabled, the kubelet will integrate with the kernel memcg notification to determine if memory eviction thresholds are crossed rather than polling.")
 	fs.StringVar(&f.RemoteRuntimeEndpoint, "container-runtime-endpoint", f.RemoteRuntimeEndpoint, "[Experimental] The endpoint of remote runtime service. Currently unix socket is supported on Linux, and tcp is supported on windows.  Examples:'unix:///var/run/dockershim.sock', 'tcp://localhost:3735'")
 	fs.StringVar(&f.RemoteImageEndpoint, "image-service-endpoint", f.RemoteImageEndpoint, "[Experimental] The endpoint of remote image service. If not specified, it will be the same with container-runtime-endpoint by default. Currently unix socket is supported on Linux, and tcp is supported on windows.  Examples:'unix:///var/run/dockershim.sock', 'tcp://localhost:3735'")
diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 7c671194d84..263b6cc6e23 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ const (
 	HugePages utilfeature.Feature = "HugePages"
 
 	// owner: @sjenning
-	// alpha: v1.4
+	// beta: v1.11
 	//
 	// Enable pods to set sysctls on a pod
 	Sysctls utilfeature.Feature = "Sysctls"
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[utilfeature.Feature]utilfeature.FeatureS
 	PersistentLocalVolumes:                      {Default: true, PreRelease: utilfeature.Beta},
 	LocalStorageCapacityIsolation:               {Default: true, PreRelease: utilfeature.Beta},
 	HugePages:                                   {Default: true, PreRelease: utilfeature.Beta},
-	Sysctls:                                     {Default: true, PreRelease: utilfeature.Alpha},
+	Sysctls:                                     {Default: true, PreRelease: utilfeature.Beta},
 	DebugContainers:                             {Default: false, PreRelease: utilfeature.Alpha},
 	PodShareProcessNamespace:                    {Default: false, PreRelease: utilfeature.Alpha},
 	PodPriority:                                 {Default: true, PreRelease: utilfeature.Beta},