diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 4b5702f3a3c..c30588fb4bb 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ const (
 	SizeMemoryBackedVolumes featuregate.Feature = "SizeMemoryBackedVolumes"
 
 	// owner: @mattcary
-	// alpha: v1.22
+	// alpha: v1.23
 	// beta: v1.27
 	//
 	// Enables policies controlling deletion of PVCs created by a StatefulSet.
diff --git a/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go b/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go
index ec9d0034bd1..e88426ed0e7 100644
--- a/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ var defaultVersionedKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.22"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	},
 	StatefulSetAutoDeletePVC: {
-		{Version: version.MustParse("1.22"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.23"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.27"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	},
 	StatefulSetStartOrdinal: {
diff --git a/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml b/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml
index 06ac0efdf5c..2a5653ac3ba 100644
--- a/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml
+++ b/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@
   - default: false
     lockToDefault: false
     preRelease: Alpha
-    version: "1.22"
+    version: "1.23"
   - default: true
     lockToDefault: false
     preRelease: Beta