diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 369b85357d3..181f9a8ae25 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 	MixedProtocolLBService:                         {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	VolumeCapacityPriority:                         {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	PreferNominatedNode:                            {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
-	ProbeTerminationGracePeriod:                    {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
+	ProbeTerminationGracePeriod:                    {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta}, // Default to false in beta 1.22, set to true in 1.24
 	NodeSwap:                                       {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	PodDeletionCost:                                {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	StatefulSetAutoDeletePVC:                       {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container.go
index 54b116e2556..44fbfee4672 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container.go
@@ -675,16 +675,14 @@ func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) killContainer(pod *v1.Pod, containerID kubec
 	case pod.Spec.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds != nil:
 		gracePeriod = *pod.Spec.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds
 
-		if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.ProbeTerminationGracePeriod) {
-			switch reason {
-			case reasonStartupProbe:
-				if containerSpec.StartupProbe != nil && containerSpec.StartupProbe.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds != nil {
-					gracePeriod = *containerSpec.StartupProbe.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds
-				}
-			case reasonLivenessProbe:
-				if containerSpec.LivenessProbe != nil && containerSpec.LivenessProbe.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds != nil {
-					gracePeriod = *containerSpec.LivenessProbe.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds
-				}
+		switch reason {
+		case reasonStartupProbe:
+			if containerSpec.StartupProbe != nil && containerSpec.StartupProbe.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds != nil {
+				gracePeriod = *containerSpec.StartupProbe.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds
+			}
+		case reasonLivenessProbe:
+			if containerSpec.LivenessProbe != nil && containerSpec.LivenessProbe.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds != nil {
+				gracePeriod = *containerSpec.LivenessProbe.TerminationGracePeriodSeconds
 			}
 		}
 	}