diff --git a/pkg/api/pod/util_test.go b/pkg/api/pod/util_test.go
index 3f882483cc1..7bdf597fa91 100644
--- a/pkg/api/pod/util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/pod/util_test.go
@@ -4026,12 +4026,15 @@ func TestValidateAllowSidecarResizePolicy(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			gotOptions := GetValidationOptionsFromPodSpecAndMeta(&api.PodSpec{}, tc.oldPodSpec, nil, nil)
-			if tc.wantOption != gotOptions.AllowSidecarResizePolicy {
-				t.Errorf("Got AllowSidecarResizePolicy=%t, want %t", gotOptions.AllowSidecarResizePolicy, tc.wantOption)
-			}
-		})
+		for _, ippvsEnabled := range []bool{true, false} {
+			t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%t", tc.name, ippvsEnabled), func(t *testing.T) {
+				featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.InPlacePodVerticalScaling, ippvsEnabled)
+
+				gotOptions := GetValidationOptionsFromPodSpecAndMeta(&api.PodSpec{}, tc.oldPodSpec, nil, nil)
+				expected := tc.wantOption || ippvsEnabled
+				assert.Equal(t, expected, gotOptions.AllowSidecarResizePolicy, "AllowSidecarResizePolicy")
+			})
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods_test.go
index c3c865456ca..5fd49e8db05 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods_test.go
@@ -3349,6 +3349,10 @@ func Test_generateAPIPodStatus(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 	}
+	withResources := func(cs v1.ContainerStatus) v1.ContainerStatus {
+		cs.Resources = &v1.ResourceRequirements{}
+		return cs
+	}
 
 	now := metav1.Now()
 	normalized_now := now.Rfc3339Copy()
@@ -3725,7 +3729,7 @@ func Test_generateAPIPodStatus(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				ContainerStatuses: []v1.ContainerStatus{
 					ready(waitingStateWithReason("containerA", "ContainerCreating")),
-					ready(withID(runningStateWithStartedAt("containerB", time.Unix(1, 0).UTC()), "://foo")),
+					withResources(ready(withID(runningStateWithStartedAt("containerB", time.Unix(1, 0).UTC()), "://foo"))),
 				},
 			},
 			expectedPodReadyToStartContainersCondition: v1.PodCondition{
@@ -3783,8 +3787,8 @@ func Test_generateAPIPodStatus(t *testing.T) {
 					{Type: v1.PodScheduled, Status: v1.ConditionTrue},
 				},
 				ContainerStatuses: []v1.ContainerStatus{
-					ready(withID(runningStateWithStartedAt("containerA", time.Unix(1, 0).UTC()), "://c1")),
-					ready(withID(runningStateWithStartedAt("containerB", time.Unix(2, 0).UTC()), "://c2")),
+					withResources(ready(withID(runningStateWithStartedAt("containerA", time.Unix(1, 0).UTC()), "://c1"))),
+					withResources(ready(withID(runningStateWithStartedAt("containerB", time.Unix(2, 0).UTC()), "://c2"))),
 				},
 			},
 			expectedPodReadyToStartContainersCondition: v1.PodCondition{
@@ -4606,11 +4610,6 @@ func TestSortPodIPs(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// func init() {
-// 	klog.InitFlags(flag.CommandLine)
-// 	flag.CommandLine.Lookup("v").Value.Set("5")
-// }
-
 func TestConvertToAPIContainerStatusesDataRace(t *testing.T) {
 	pod := podWithUIDNameNs("12345", "test-pod", "test-namespace")
 
@@ -5170,6 +5169,7 @@ func TestConvertToAPIContainerStatusesForUser(t *testing.T) {
 				ContainerID: testContainerID.String(),
 				Image:       "img",
 				State:       v1.ContainerState{Running: &v1.ContainerStateRunning{StartedAt: metav1.NewTime(nowTime)}},
+				Resources:   &v1.ResourceRequirements{},
 				User:        user,
 			},
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager_test.go
index cd309597a17..baf0a6de8f6 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager_test.go
@@ -1262,6 +1262,10 @@ func verifyActions(t *testing.T, expected, actual *podActions, desc string) {
 			actual.ContainersToKill[k] = info
 		}
 	}
+	if expected.ContainersToUpdate == nil && actual.ContainersToUpdate != nil {
+		// No need to distinguish empty and nil maps for the test.
+		expected.ContainersToUpdate = map[v1.ResourceName][]containerToUpdateInfo{}
+	}
 	assert.Equal(t, expected, actual, desc)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy_test.go b/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy_test.go
index b327578a099..b9be8a4fb30 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/core/pod/strategy_test.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import (
 	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/warning"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
+	"k8s.io/component-base/featuregate"
 	featuregatetesting "k8s.io/component-base/featuregate/testing"
 	ptr "k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
@@ -3330,6 +3331,7 @@ func TestStatusPrepareForUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 		oldPod      *api.Pod
 		newPod      *api.Pod
 		expected    *api.Pod
+		features    map[featuregate.Feature]bool
 	}{
 		{
 			description: "preserve old owner references",
@@ -3371,7 +3373,10 @@ func TestStatusPrepareForUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			description: "drop disabled status fields",
+			description: "drop disabled status fields/InPlacePodVerticalScaling=false",
+			features: map[featuregate.Feature]bool{
+				features.InPlacePodVerticalScaling: false,
+			},
 			oldPod: &api.Pod{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "pod"},
 				Status:     api.PodStatus{},
@@ -3394,6 +3399,35 @@ func TestStatusPrepareForUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			description: "drop disabled status fields/InPlacePodVerticalScaling=true",
+			features: map[featuregate.Feature]bool{
+				features.InPlacePodVerticalScaling: true,
+			},
+			oldPod: &api.Pod{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "pod"},
+				Status:     api.PodStatus{},
+			},
+			newPod: &api.Pod{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "pod"},
+				Status: api.PodStatus{
+					ResourceClaimStatuses: []api.PodResourceClaimStatus{
+						{Name: "my-claim", ResourceClaimName: ptr.To("pod-my-claim")},
+					},
+					ContainerStatuses: []api.ContainerStatus{
+						{Resources: &api.ResourceRequirements{}},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expected: &api.Pod{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "pod"},
+				Status: api.PodStatus{
+					ContainerStatuses: []api.ContainerStatus{
+						{Resources: &api.ResourceRequirements{}},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			description: "preserve old status.observedGeneration if empty",
 			oldPod: &api.Pod{
@@ -3553,6 +3587,9 @@ func TestStatusPrepareForUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.description, func(t *testing.T) {
+			for f, v := range tc.features {
+				featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, f, v)
+			}
 			StatusStrategy.PrepareForUpdate(genericapirequest.NewContext(), tc.newPod, tc.oldPod)
 			if !cmp.Equal(tc.expected, tc.newPod) {
 				t.Errorf("StatusStrategy.PrepareForUpdate() diff = %v", cmp.Diff(tc.expected, tc.newPod))