diff --git a/scripts/config/kind/vap-v1beta1.yaml b/scripts/config/kind/vap-v1beta1.yaml
index 41a46d8211..8b9b433eb1 100644
--- a/scripts/config/kind/vap-v1beta1.yaml
+++ b/scripts/config/kind/vap-v1beta1.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ featureGates:
   ValidatingAdmissionPolicy: true
 runtimeConfig:
   admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1beta1: true
+  admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1alpha1: true
 kubeadmConfigPatches:
   - |-
     kind: ClusterConfiguration