diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a72a2b56f..e4d8ac89b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20250319213039-6b142a213afd
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250319092800-e8a77bd768fd
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20250319213423-b0ed7301c5de
-	k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20250319214529-fdef30f29c5a
+	k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20250320013750-4906cf71e3c5
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/kms v0.0.0-20250308014716-89c23671c056
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250318190949-c8a335a9a2ff
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0fcaa4839..b6a324f3d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -373,8 +373,8 @@ k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250319092800-e8a77bd768fd h1:KoXgjwEokLM8o95kMxowg5
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250319092800-e8a77bd768fd/go.mod h1:D2UW665TVSpInyOuG6C+PMtC1MZheP0KQz65UPQEiI4=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20250319213423-b0ed7301c5de h1:g07flpDMKdUPeXcMejYRAXvDkM11BaEMfLJMlACJu5E=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20250319213423-b0ed7301c5de/go.mod h1:mXZyivI7eM6XOlLcqYNrgTSYKl/zQI+PnQp9Jan6tNE=
-k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20250319214529-fdef30f29c5a h1:WJov8mJq1N0ZR4L+H6MzOFDPVNZsa3+BY/1VMBqa+F0=
-k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20250319214529-fdef30f29c5a/go.mod h1:m8hCxocIntSfb4M3aX9CirJDLE6KJ69v7KhwRW3NzBQ=
+k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20250320013750-4906cf71e3c5 h1:sBfGgwMUXJmLQX3E1OmqUGv3gYYQ8FWslmV/L2HtLb8=
+k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20250320013750-4906cf71e3c5/go.mod h1:ouCCSR6YA6K2ytcrWVnI4cqLmlmBK+aGivLR4FhrmJU=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
 k8s.io/kms v0.0.0-20250308014716-89c23671c056 h1:gbxlOdJXB8kVFrYsdlutvYMKCwkMvHuz7Z/k0dBvR1s=
diff --git a/pkg/server/deleted_kinds.go b/pkg/server/deleted_kinds.go
index fb48ddc29..dd2368f91 100644
--- a/pkg/server/deleted_kinds.go
+++ b/pkg/server/deleted_kinds.go
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ type ResourceExpirationEvaluator interface {
 type ResourceExpirationEvaluatorOptions struct {
 	// CurrentVersion is the current version of the apiserver.
 	CurrentVersion *apimachineryversion.Version
+	// Prerelease holds an optional prerelease portion of the version.
+	// This is used to determine if the current binary is an alpha.
+	Prerelease string
 	// EmulationForwardCompatible indicates whether the apiserver should serve resources that are introduced after the current version,
 	// when resources of the same group and resource name but with lower priority are served.
 	EmulationForwardCompatible bool
@@ -76,7 +79,8 @@ type ResourceExpirationEvaluatorOptions struct {
 
 func NewResourceExpirationEvaluator(currentVersion *apimachineryversion.Version) (ResourceExpirationEvaluator, error) {
 	opts := ResourceExpirationEvaluatorOptions{
-		CurrentVersion: currentVersion,
+		CurrentVersion: apimachineryversion.MajorMinor(currentVersion.Major(), currentVersion.Minor()),
+		Prerelease:     currentVersion.PreRelease(),
 	}
 	return NewResourceExpirationEvaluatorFromOptions(opts)
 }
@@ -94,8 +98,8 @@ func NewResourceExpirationEvaluatorFromOptions(opts ResourceExpirationEvaluatorO
 	}
 	// Only keeps the major and minor versions from input version.
 	ret.currentVersion = apimachineryversion.MajorMinor(currentVersion.Major(), currentVersion.Minor())
-	ret.isAlpha = strings.Contains(currentVersion.PreRelease(), "alpha")
-	ret.isAlphaZero = strings.Contains(currentVersion.PreRelease(), "alpha.0")
+	ret.isAlpha = strings.Contains(opts.Prerelease, "alpha")
+	ret.isAlphaZero = strings.Contains(opts.Prerelease, "alpha.0")
 
 	if envString, ok := os.LookupEnv("KUBE_APISERVER_STRICT_REMOVED_API_HANDLING_IN_ALPHA"); !ok {
 		// do nothing