diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index cabd850f7..f0b5308e8 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -33,9 +33,12 @@ const (
 	// owner: @tallclair
 	// alpha: v1.5
 	// beta: v1.6
+	// deprecated: v1.18
 	//
 	// StreamingProxyRedirects controls whether the apiserver should intercept (and follow)
 	// redirects from the backend (Kubelet) for streaming requests (exec/attach/port-forward).
+	//
+	// This feature is deprecated, and will be removed in v1.22.
 	StreamingProxyRedirects featuregate.Feature = "StreamingProxyRedirects"
 
 	// owner: @tallclair
@@ -156,7 +159,7 @@ func init() {
 // To add a new feature, define a key for it above and add it here. The features will be
 // available throughout Kubernetes binaries.
 var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureSpec{
-	StreamingProxyRedirects: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
+	StreamingProxyRedirects: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Deprecated},
 	ValidateProxyRedirects:  {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	AdvancedAuditing:        {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA},
 	DynamicAuditing:         {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},