diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 8069c573468..98d379903ac 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 
 	genericfeatures.APIResponseCompression: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 
-	genericfeatures.AdvancedAuditing: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA},
+	genericfeatures.AdvancedAuditing: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true}, // remove in 1.28
 
 	genericfeatures.ValidatingAdmissionPolicy: {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 aa903587d81..624181e9ea1 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 
 	APIServerTracing: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 
-	AdvancedAuditing: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA},
+	AdvancedAuditing: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true}, // remove in 1.28
 
 	ValidatingAdmissionPolicy: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},