diff --git a/docs/networking/ipv6.md b/docs/networking/ipv6.md
index 9d2fda67bc..d2cba45276 100644
--- a/docs/networking/ipv6.md
+++ b/docs/networking/ipv6.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # IPv6
 
-{{ kops_feature_table(kops_added_ff='1.23') }}
+{{ kops_feature_table(kops_added_ff='1.23', kops_added_beta='1.26') }}
 
-kOps has experimental support for configuring clusters with IPv6-only pods and IPv6-only or dual-stack nodes.
+kOps has beta support for configuring clusters with IPv6-only pods and IPv6-only or dual-stack nodes.
 
 IPv6 mode is specified by setting `nonMasqueradeCIDR: "::/0"` in the cluster spec.
 The `--ipv6` flag of `kops create cluster` sets this field, among others.
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.26-NOTES.md b/docs/releases/1.26-NOTES.md
index edd0062f9e..e4b1592c6c 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.26-NOTES.md
+++ b/docs/releases/1.26-NOTES.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ with "control-plane-". The names of groups for existing clusters are unchanged.
 
 * As of Kubernetes version 1.26 and with IRSA enabled, control plane nodes will now run with a max hop limit of 1 for the metadata service. This will prevent Pods without host networking from accessing the instance metadata service.
 
-* New IPv6 clusters now default to using private topology.
+* IPv6 is now beta. New IPv6 clusters now default to using private topology.
 
 * CapacityRebalance can be enabled/disabled on ASGs through a new `capacityRebalance` field in InstanceGroup specs.
 
diff --git a/hack/mkdocs_macros/feature_stability_table.py b/hack/mkdocs_macros/feature_stability_table.py
index 546ecdf943..3eb5750eb8 100644
--- a/hack/mkdocs_macros/feature_stability_table.py
+++ b/hack/mkdocs_macros/feature_stability_table.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def define_env(env):
         Generate a markdown table which will be rendered when called, along with the supported passed keyword args.
         :param kwargs:
                        kops_added_ff => kOps version in which this feature was added as a feature flag
+                       kops_added_beta => kOps version in which this feature was introduced as beta
                        kops_added_default => kOps version in which this feature was introduced as stable
                        k8s_min => Minimum k8s version which supports this feature
         :return: rendered markdown table
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ def define_env(env):
         # this dict object maps the kwarg to its description, which will be used in the final table
         supported_args = {
             'kops_added_ff': 'Alpha (Feature Flag)',
+            'kops_added_beta': 'Beta',
             'kops_added_default': 'Default',
             'k8s_min': 'Minimum K8s Version'
         }
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ def define_env(env):
         for arg, header in supported_args.items():
             if arg not in kwargs.keys():
                 continue
-            if arg == 'kops_added_default' and 'kops_added_ff' not in kwargs.keys():
+            if arg == 'kops_added_default' and 'kops_added_ff' not in kwargs.keys() and 'kops_added_beta' not in kwargs.keys():
                 title += ' Introduced |'
             else:
                 title += f' {header} |'