diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 4873732bcdf..05f411590c9 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ const (
 
 	// owner: @Random-Liu
 	// beta: v1.11
+	// ga:   v1.21
 	//
 	// Enable container log rotation for cri container runtime
 	CRIContainerLogRotation featuregate.Feature = "CRIContainerLogRotation"
@@ -748,7 +749,7 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 	SupportNodePidsLimit:                           {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true}, // remove in 1.23
 	BoundServiceAccountTokenVolume:                 {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	ServiceAccountIssuerDiscovery:                  {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true}, // remove in 1.22
-	CRIContainerLogRotation:                        {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
+	CRIContainerLogRotation:                        {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true}, // remove in 1.22
 	CSIMigration:                                   {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	CSIMigrationGCE:                                {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta}, // Off by default (requires GCE PD CSI Driver)
 	InTreePluginGCEUnregister:                      {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 32719e0ef3d..8de44c0e28c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ func NewMainKubelet(kubeCfg *kubeletconfiginternal.KubeletConfiguration,
 		klet.runtimeClassManager = runtimeclass.NewManager(kubeDeps.KubeClient)
 	}
 
-	if containerRuntime == kubetypes.RemoteContainerRuntime && utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.CRIContainerLogRotation) {
+	if containerRuntime == kubetypes.RemoteContainerRuntime {
 		// setup containerLogManager for CRI container runtime
 		containerLogManager, err := logs.NewContainerLogManager(
 			klet.runtimeService,
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/container_log_rotation_test.go b/test/e2e_node/container_log_rotation_test.go
index d00eca9d1b8..6b0f2ceee0a 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/container_log_rotation_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/container_log_rotation_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 	kubeletconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/config"
 	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 	kubelogs "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/logs"
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("ContainerLogRotation [Slow] [Serial] [Disruptive]", func()
 		})
 
 		tempSetCurrentKubeletConfig(f, func(initialConfig *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration) {
-			initialConfig.FeatureGates[string(features.CRIContainerLogRotation)] = true
 			initialConfig.ContainerLogMaxFiles = testContainerLogMaxFiles
 			initialConfig.ContainerLogMaxSize = testContainerLogMaxSize
 		})