diff --git a/pkg/operator/featuresgate.go b/pkg/operator/featuresgate.go
index 92c8d3800..655c47ca9 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/featuresgate.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/featuresgate.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// MachineAPIFeatureGateName contains a name of the machine API FeatureGate object
-	MachineAPIFeatureGateName = "machine-api"
+	MachineAPIFeatureGateName = "cluster"
 
 	// FeatureGateMachineHealthCheck contains the name of the MachineHealthCheck feature gate
 	FeatureGateMachineHealthCheck = "MachineHealthCheck"