diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 3b294186f72..29bce3980de 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -669,6 +669,12 @@ const (
 	// which benefits to reduce the useless requeueing.
 	SchedulerQueueingHints featuregate.Feature = "SchedulerQueueingHints"
 
+	// owner: @macsko
+	// kep: http://kep.k8s.io/5229
+	//
+	// Makes all API calls during scheduling asynchronous, by introducing a new kube-scheduler-wide way of handling such calls.
+	SchedulerAsyncAPICalls featuregate.Feature = "SchedulerAsyncAPICalls"
+
 	// owner: @sanposhiho
 	// kep: http://kep.k8s.io/4832
 	//
@@ -1663,6 +1669,10 @@ var defaultVersionedKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.29"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	},
 
+	SchedulerAsyncAPICalls: {
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.34"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
+	},
+
 	SchedulerAsyncPreemption: {
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.32"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.33"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
diff --git a/test/compatibility_lifecycle/reference/versioned_feature_list.yaml b/test/compatibility_lifecycle/reference/versioned_feature_list.yaml
index f52877ce83e..7e23ac849d7 100644
--- a/test/compatibility_lifecycle/reference/versioned_feature_list.yaml
+++ b/test/compatibility_lifecycle/reference/versioned_feature_list.yaml
@@ -1251,6 +1251,12 @@
     lockToDefault: false
     preRelease: Alpha
     version: "1.29"
+- name: SchedulerAsyncAPICalls
+  versionedSpecs:
+  - default: true
+    lockToDefault: false
+    preRelease: Beta
+    version: "1.34"
 - name: SchedulerAsyncPreemption
   versionedSpecs:
   - default: false