diff --git a/features.md b/features.md
index 3f1cb078b54..5979e8f5169 100644
--- a/features.md
+++ b/features.md
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 | Example| | | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span>  |
 | GCPClusterHostedDNS| | | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span>  |
 | GCPCustomAPIEndpoints| | | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span>  |
-| GatewayAPIController| | | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span>  |
 | HighlyAvailableArbiter| | | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span>  |
 | ImageStreamImportMode| | | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span>  |
 | IngressControllerDynamicConfigurationManager| | | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span>  |
@@ -79,6 +78,7 @@
 | DisableKubeletCloudCredentialProviders| <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span>  |
 | GCPLabelsTags| <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span>  |
 | GatewayAPI| <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span>  |
+| GatewayAPIController| <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span>  |
 | HardwareSpeed| <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span>  |
 | IngressControllerLBSubnetsAWS| <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span>  |
 | KMSv1| <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span>  |
diff --git a/features/features.go b/features/features.go
index 8149903396d..dafc18d4070 100644
--- a/features/features.go
+++ b/features/features.go
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ var (
 		// A dedicated feature gate now controls the Gateway Controller to distinguish
 		// its production readiness from that of the CRDs.
 		enhancementPR("https://github.com/openshift/enhancements/pull/1756").
-		enableIn(configv1.DevPreviewNoUpgrade, configv1.TechPreviewNoUpgrade).
+		enableIn(configv1.Default, configv1.DevPreviewNoUpgrade, configv1.TechPreviewNoUpgrade).
 		mustRegister()
 
 	FeatureShortCertRotation = newFeatureGate("ShortCertRotation").
diff --git a/payload-manifests/featuregates/featureGate-Hypershift-Default.yaml b/payload-manifests/featuregates/featureGate-Hypershift-Default.yaml
index 8e74138349f..17f86e5f760 100644
--- a/payload-manifests/featuregates/featureGate-Hypershift-Default.yaml
+++ b/payload-manifests/featuregates/featureGate-Hypershift-Default.yaml
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@
                     {
                         "name": "GCPCustomAPIEndpoints"
                     },
-                    {
-                        "name": "GatewayAPIController"
-                    },
                     {
                         "name": "HighlyAvailableArbiter"
                     },
@@ -252,6 +249,9 @@
                     {
                         "name": "GatewayAPI"
                     },
+                    {
+                        "name": "GatewayAPIController"
+                    },
                     {
                         "name": "HardwareSpeed"
                     },
diff --git a/payload-manifests/featuregates/featureGate-SelfManagedHA-Default.yaml b/payload-manifests/featuregates/featureGate-SelfManagedHA-Default.yaml
index 93f4a1f3c58..eb24365aed4 100644
--- a/payload-manifests/featuregates/featureGate-SelfManagedHA-Default.yaml
+++ b/payload-manifests/featuregates/featureGate-SelfManagedHA-Default.yaml
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@
                     {
                         "name": "GCPCustomAPIEndpoints"
                     },
-                    {
-                        "name": "GatewayAPIController"
-                    },
                     {
                         "name": "HighlyAvailableArbiter"
                     },
@@ -249,6 +246,9 @@
                     {
                         "name": "GatewayAPI"
                     },
+                    {
+                        "name": "GatewayAPIController"
+                    },
                     {
                         "name": "HardwareSpeed"
                     },