diff --git a/internal/controller/feature/features.go b/internal/controller/feature/features.go
index 70dfbc0a2..a638faafd 100644
--- a/internal/controller/feature/features.go
+++ b/internal/controller/feature/features.go
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ var defaultCertManagerFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.Feature
 	ExperimentalGatewayAPISupport:                    {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	AdditionalCertificateOutputFormats:               {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	ServerSideApply:                                  {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
-	LiteralCertificateSubject:                        {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
+	LiteralCertificateSubject:                        {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	UseCertificateRequestBasicConstraints:            {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	NameConstraints:                                  {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	OtherNames:                                       {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
diff --git a/internal/webhook/feature/features.go b/internal/webhook/feature/features.go
index 04c1ae20a..b63483b1d 100644
--- a/internal/webhook/feature/features.go
+++ b/internal/webhook/feature/features.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ var webhookFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureSpec{
 	DisallowInsecureCSRUsageDefinition: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA},
 
 	AdditionalCertificateOutputFormats: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
-	LiteralCertificateSubject:          {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
+	LiteralCertificateSubject:          {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	NameConstraints:                    {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 	OtherNames:                         {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 }