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 ffab26970c7..acdbff9eff4 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ const (
 	// owner: @wojtek-t
 	// alpha: v1.20
 	// beta: v1.21
+	// GA: v1.24
 	//
 	// Allows for updating watchcache resource version with progress notify events.
 	EfficientWatchResumption featuregate.Feature = "EfficientWatchResumption"
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 	RemoveSelfLink:                      {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	SelectorIndex:                       {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true},
 	WarningHeaders:                      {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true},
-	EfficientWatchResumption:            {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
+	EfficientWatchResumption:            {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true},
 	APIServerIdentity:                   {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	APIServerTracing:                    {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	OpenAPIEnums:                        {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher.go
index b6dcd2a8760..edf0d35375e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/cacher.go
@@ -1134,9 +1134,7 @@ func (lw *cacherListerWatcher) Watch(options metav1.ListOptions) (watch.Interfac
 		ResourceVersion: options.ResourceVersion,
 		Predicate:       storage.Everything,
 		Recursive:       true,
-	}
-	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.EfficientWatchResumption) {
-		opts.ProgressNotify = true
+		ProgressNotify:  true,
 	}
 	return lw.storage.Watch(context.TODO(), lw.resourcePrefix, opts)
 }
diff --git a/test/integration/apiserver/watchcache_test.go b/test/integration/apiserver/watchcache_test.go
index 3698bed3977..57786d62642 100644
--- a/test/integration/apiserver/watchcache_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/apiserver/watchcache_test.go
@@ -25,11 +25,8 @@ import (
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
-	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features"
-	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
-	featuregatetesting "k8s.io/component-base/featuregate/testing"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controlplane/reconcilers"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/integration/framework"
 )
@@ -86,8 +83,6 @@ func multiEtcdSetup(t testing.TB) (clientset.Interface, framework.CloseFunc) {
 }
 
 func TestWatchCacheUpdatedByEtcd(t *testing.T) {
-	defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.EfficientWatchResumption, true)()
-
 	c, closeFn := multiEtcdSetup(t)
 	defer closeFn()