diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 09c0b6eab20..76e7103a9eb 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -1232,6 +1232,8 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 
 	genericfeatures.ServerSideFieldValidation: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true}, // remove in 1.29
 
+	genericfeatures.UnauthenticatedHTTP2DOSMitigation: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
+
 	// inherited features from apiextensions-apiserver, relisted here to get a conflict if it is changed
 	// unintentionally on either side: