diff --git a/docs/deployment/feature-gates.md b/docs/deployment/feature-gates.md
index 92c31986c..46e80a0ba 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/feature-gates.md
+++ b/docs/deployment/feature-gates.md
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ The following tables are a summary of the feature gates that you can set on etcd
 
 | Feature          | Default | Stage   | Since  | Until |
 |------------------|---------|---------|--------|-------|
-| `UseEtcdWrapper` | `false` | `Alpha` | `0.19` |       |
+| `UseEtcdWrapper` | `false` | `Alpha` | `0.19` | `0.21`|
+| `UseEtcdWrapper` | `true`  | `Beta`  | `0.22` |       |
 
 ## Feature Gates for Graduated or Deprecated Features
 
diff --git a/pkg/features/features.go b/pkg/features/features.go
index a7941de36..30a96cb76 100644
--- a/pkg/features/features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/features.go
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@ const (
 	// changes required for the usage of the etcd-wrapper image.
 	// owner @unmarshall @aaronfern
 	// alpha: v0.19
+	// beta:  v0.22
 	UseEtcdWrapper featuregate.Feature = "UseEtcdWrapper"
 )
 
 var defaultFeatures = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureSpec{
-	UseEtcdWrapper: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
+	UseEtcdWrapper: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 }
 
 // GetDefaultFeatures returns the default feature gates known to etcd-druid.
diff --git a/skaffold.yaml b/skaffold.yaml
index 8017b46ef..42c33ba01 100644
--- a/skaffold.yaml
+++ b/skaffold.yaml
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ deploy:
         eventsThreshold: 15
         metricsScrapeWaitDuration: "30s"
 profiles:
-- name: use-feature-gates
+- name: do-not-use-feature-gates
   activation:
-  - env: "USE_ETCD_DRUID_FEATURE_GATES=true"
+  - env: "USE_ETCD_DRUID_FEATURE_GATES=false"
   patches:
   - op: add
     path: /deploy/helm/releases/0/setValues/featureGates
     value:
-      UseEtcdWrapper: true
+      UseEtcdWrapper: false
 ---
 apiVersion: skaffold/v2beta25
 kind: Config