diff --git a/hack/verify-test-featuregates.sh b/hack/verify-test-featuregates.sh
index bd1f1b12375..b0f76c0250b 100755
--- a/hack/verify-test-featuregates.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-test-featuregates.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ fi
 
 
 # ensure all generic features are added in alphabetic order
-lines=$(git grep 'genericfeatures[.].*:' -- pkg/features/kube_features.go)
+lines=$(git grep 'genericfeatures[.].*:' -- pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go)
 sorted_lines=$(echo "$lines" | sort -f)
 if [[ "$lines" != "$sorted_lines" ]]; then
   echo "Generic features in pkg/features/kube_features.go not sorted" >&2
diff --git a/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go b/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go
index 6f5d9046289..dfe88a07582 100644
--- a/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go
@@ -274,6 +274,12 @@ var defaultVersionedKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.31"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	},
 
+	genericfeatures.RetryGenerateName: {
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.30"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.31"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.32"), Default: true, LockToDefault: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA},
+	},
+
 	genericfeatures.SeparateCacheWatchRPC: {
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.28"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	},
@@ -737,9 +743,4 @@ var defaultVersionedKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate
 	WindowsHostNetwork: {
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.26"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	},
-	genericfeatures.RetryGenerateName: {
-		{Version: version.MustParse("1.30"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
-		{Version: version.MustParse("1.31"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
-		{Version: version.MustParse("1.32"), Default: true, LockToDefault: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA},
-	},
 }