diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index aff0f83ef0e..5ad19eaad8b 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 	NodeSwap:                                       {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	PodDeletionCost:                                {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	StatefulSetAutoDeletePVC:                       {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
-	TopologyAwareHints:                             {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
+	TopologyAwareHints:                             {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	PodAffinityNamespaceSelector:                   {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true}, // remove in 1.26
 	ServiceLoadBalancerClass:                       {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	IngressClassNamespacedParams:                   {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true}, // remove in 1.25