diff --git a/content/en/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/statefulset.md b/content/en/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/statefulset.md
index cfa65e285ad99..8023c1020f04d 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/statefulset.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/statefulset.md
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ pods will be assigned ordinals from 0 up through N-1.
 
 ### Start ordinal
 
-{{< feature-state for_k8s_version="v1.26" state="alpha" >}}
+{{< feature-state for_k8s_version="v1.27" state="beta" >}}
 
 `.spec.ordinals` is an optional field that allows you to configure the integer
 ordinals assigned to each Pod. It defaults to nil. You must enable the
diff --git a/content/en/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates.md b/content/en/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates.md
index 626cc6931f605..1844be19a620a 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates.md
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ For a reference to old feature gates that are removed, please refer to
 | `SizeMemoryBackedVolumes` | `false` | Alpha | 1.20 | 1.21 |
 | `SizeMemoryBackedVolumes` | `true` | Beta | 1.22 | |
 | `StatefulSetAutoDeletePVC` | `false` | Alpha | 1.22 | |
-| `StatefulSetStartOrdinal` | `false` | Alpha | 1.26 | |
+| `StatefulSetStartOrdinal` | `true` | Beta | 1.27 | |
 | `StorageVersionAPI` | `false` | Alpha | 1.20 | |
 | `StorageVersionHash` | `false` | Alpha | 1.14 | 1.14 |
 | `StorageVersionHash` | `true` | Beta | 1.15 | |