diff --git a/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go b/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go
index c0de606a44d12..1df6ba498235c 100644
--- a/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ var defaultVersionedKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate
 	},
 
 	genericfeatures.ResilientWatchCacheInitialization: {
-		{Version: version.MustParse("1.31"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.31"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	},
 
 	genericfeatures.RetryGenerateName: {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index c23343346e461..bbba688fbb80d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ var defaultVersionedKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate
 	},
 
 	ResilientWatchCacheInitialization: {
-		{Version: version.MustParse("1.31"), Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
+		{Version: version.MustParse("1.31"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	},
 
 	RetryGenerateName: {
diff --git a/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml b/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml
index 59e9acf691f7f..781e58726261c 100644
--- a/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml
+++ b/test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@
     version: "1.32"
 - name: ResilientWatchCacheInitialization
   versionedSpecs:
-  - default: true
+  - default: false
     lockToDefault: false
     preRelease: Beta
     version: "1.31"