diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 439d1101950..0ff6ff7ae00 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ const (
 	// owner: @harche
 	// kep: http://kep.k8s.io/3386
 	// alpha: v1.25
+	// beta: v1.27
 	//
 	// Allows using event-driven PLEG (pod lifecycle event generator) through kubelet
 	// which avoids frequent relisting of containers which helps optimize performance.
@@ -937,7 +938,7 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 
 	DynamicResourceAllocation: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 
-	EventedPLEG: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
+	EventedPLEG: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta}, // off by default, requires CRI Runtime support
 
 	ExecProbeTimeout: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA}, // lock to default and remove after v1.22 based on KEP #1972 update
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cri/remote/remote_runtime.go b/pkg/kubelet/cri/remote/remote_runtime.go
index 7a886bda395..18e6bf7275f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cri/remote/remote_runtime.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cri/remote/remote_runtime.go
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ import (
 	runtimeapi "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/metrics"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/probe/exec"
+
 	utilexec "k8s.io/utils/exec"
 )
 
@@ -797,6 +799,9 @@ func (r *remoteRuntimeService) GetContainerEvents(containerEventsCh chan *runtim
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// The connection is successfully established and we have a streaming client ready for use.
+	metrics.EventedPLEGConn.Inc()
+
 	for {
 		resp, err := containerEventsStreamingClient.Recv()
 		if err == io.EOF {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go
index a3eca5a37e5..7eeabcaf6e6 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ const (
 	PLEGDiscardEventsKey               = "pleg_discard_events"
 	PLEGRelistIntervalKey              = "pleg_relist_interval_seconds"
 	PLEGLastSeenKey                    = "pleg_last_seen_seconds"
+	EventedPLEGConnErrKey              = "evented_pleg_connection_error_count"
+	EventedPLEGConnKey                 = "evented_pleg_connection_success_count"
+	EventedPLEGConnLatencyKey          = "evented_pleg_connection_latency_seconds"
 	EvictionsKey                       = "evictions"
 	EvictionStatsAgeKey                = "eviction_stats_age_seconds"
 	PreemptionsKey                     = "preemptions"
@@ -250,6 +253,41 @@ var (
 			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
 		},
 	)
+
+	// EventedPLEGConnErr is a Counter that tracks the number of errors encountered during
+	// the establishment of streaming connection with the CRI runtime.
+	EventedPLEGConnErr = metrics.NewCounter(
+		&metrics.CounterOpts{
+			Subsystem:      KubeletSubsystem,
+			Name:           EventedPLEGConnErrKey,
+			Help:           "The number of errors encountered during the establishment of streaming connection with the CRI runtime.",
+			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
+		},
+	)
+
+	// EventedPLEGConn is a Counter that tracks the number of times a streaming client
+	// was obtained to receive CRI Events.
+	EventedPLEGConn = metrics.NewCounter(
+		&metrics.CounterOpts{
+			Subsystem:      KubeletSubsystem,
+			Name:           EventedPLEGConnKey,
+			Help:           "The number of times a streaming client was obtained to receive CRI Events.",
+			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
+		},
+	)
+
+	// EventedPLEGConnLatency is a Histogram that tracks the latency of streaming connection
+	// with the CRI runtime, measured in seconds.
+	EventedPLEGConnLatency = metrics.NewHistogram(
+		&metrics.HistogramOpts{
+			Subsystem:      KubeletSubsystem,
+			Name:           EventedPLEGConnLatencyKey,
+			Help:           "The latency of streaming connection with the CRI runtime, measured in seconds.",
+			Buckets:        metrics.DefBuckets,
+			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
+		},
+	)
+
 	// RuntimeOperations is a Counter that tracks the cumulative number of remote runtime operations.
 	// Broken down by operation type.
 	RuntimeOperations = metrics.NewCounterVec(
@@ -692,6 +730,9 @@ func Register(collectors ...metrics.StableCollector) {
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(PLEGDiscardEvents)
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(PLEGRelistInterval)
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(PLEGLastSeen)
+		legacyregistry.MustRegister(EventedPLEGConnErr)
+		legacyregistry.MustRegister(EventedPLEGConn)
+		legacyregistry.MustRegister(EventedPLEGConnLatency)
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(RuntimeOperations)
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(RuntimeOperationsDuration)
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(RuntimeOperationsErrors)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/pleg/evented.go b/pkg/kubelet/pleg/evented.go
index 46ba5c1525c..1dd176489a5 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/pleg/evented.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/pleg/evented.go
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ func (e *EventedPLEG) watchEventsChannel() {
 
 			err := e.runtimeService.GetContainerEvents(containerEventsResponseCh)
 			if err != nil {
+				metrics.EventedPLEGConnErr.Inc()
 				numAttempts++
 				e.Relist() // Force a relist to get the latest container and pods running metric.
 				klog.V(4).InfoS("Evented PLEG: Failed to get container events, retrying: ", "err", err)
@@ -245,6 +246,7 @@ func (e *EventedPLEG) processCRIEvents(containerEventsResponseCh chan *runtimeap
 
 		e.updateRunningPodMetric(status)
 		e.updateRunningContainerMetric(status)
+		e.updateLatencyMetric(event)
 
 		if event.ContainerEventType == runtimeapi.ContainerEventType_CONTAINER_DELETED_EVENT {
 			for _, sandbox := range status.SandboxStatuses {
@@ -410,6 +412,11 @@ func (e *EventedPLEG) updateRunningContainerMetric(podStatus *kubecontainer.PodS
 	}
 }
 
+func (e *EventedPLEG) updateLatencyMetric(event *runtimeapi.ContainerEventResponse) {
+	duration := time.Duration(time.Now().UnixNano()-event.CreatedAt) * time.Nanosecond
+	metrics.EventedPLEGConnLatency.Observe(duration.Seconds())
+}
+
 func (e *EventedPLEG) UpdateCache(pod *kubecontainer.Pod, pid types.UID) (error, bool) {
 	return fmt.Errorf("not implemented"), false
 }