diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
index ad9a91a169b..2964754eb30 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ const defaultRootDir = "/var/lib/kubelet"
 type KubeletFlags struct {
 	KubeConfig          string
 	BootstrapKubeconfig string
-	RotateCertificates  bool
 
 	// Insert a probability of random errors during calls to the master.
 	ChaosChance float64
@@ -232,7 +231,6 @@ func NewKubeletFlags() *KubeletFlags {
 		RegisterSchedulable:                 true,
 		ExperimentalKernelMemcgNotification: false,
 		RemoteRuntimeEndpoint:               remoteRuntimeEndpoint,
-		RotateCertificates:                  false,
 		// TODO(#54161:v1.11.0): Remove --enable-custom-metrics flag, it is deprecated.
 		EnableCustomMetrics: false,
 		NodeLabels:          make(map[string]string),
@@ -352,7 +350,6 @@ func (f *KubeletFlags) AddFlags(mainfs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 		"If the file specified by --kubeconfig does not exist, the bootstrap kubeconfig is used to request a client certificate from the API server. "+
 		"On success, a kubeconfig file referencing the generated client certificate and key is written to the path specified by --kubeconfig. "+
 		"The client certificate and key file will be stored in the directory pointed by --cert-dir.")
-	fs.BoolVar(&f.RotateCertificates, "rotate-certificates", f.RotateCertificates, "<Warning: Beta feature> Auto rotate the kubelet client certificates by requesting new certificates from the kube-apiserver when the certificate expiration approaches.")
 
 	fs.BoolVar(&f.ReallyCrashForTesting, "really-crash-for-testing", f.ReallyCrashForTesting, "If true, when panics occur crash. Intended for testing.")
 	fs.Float64Var(&f.ChaosChance, "chaos-chance", f.ChaosChance, "If > 0.0, introduce random client errors and latency. Intended for testing.")
@@ -497,6 +494,7 @@ func AddKubeletConfigFlags(mainfs *pflag.FlagSet, c *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfig
 	fs.StringVar(&c.TLSMinVersion, "tls-min-version", c.TLSMinVersion,
 		"Minimum TLS version supported. "+
 			"Value must match version names from https://golang.org/pkg/crypto/tls/#pkg-constants.")
+	fs.BoolVar(&c.RotateCertificates, "rotate-certificates", c.RotateCertificates, "<Warning: Beta feature> Auto rotate the kubelet client certificates by requesting new certificates from the kube-apiserver when the certificate expiration approaches.")
 
 	fs.Int32Var(&c.RegistryPullQPS, "registry-qps", c.RegistryPullQPS, "If > 0, limit registry pull QPS to this value.  If 0, unlimited.")
 	fs.Int32Var(&c.RegistryBurst, "registry-burst", c.RegistryBurst, "Maximum size of a bursty pulls, temporarily allows pulls to burst to this number, while still not exceeding registry-qps. Only used if --registry-qps > 0")
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/helpers_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/helpers_test.go
index a8775171c4c..929ac004223 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/helpers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/helpers_test.go
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ var (
 		"KubeReserved[*]",
 		"KubeletCgroups",
 		"MakeIPTablesUtilChains",
+		"RotateCertificates",
 		"ServerTLSBootstrap",
 		"StaticPodURL",
 		"StaticPodURLHeader[*][*]",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/types.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/types.go
index e0337e5aaf5..7a2c75055b0 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/types.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/types.go
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ type KubeletConfiguration struct {
 	// TLSMinVersion is the minimum TLS version supported.
 	// Values are from tls package constants (https://golang.org/pkg/crypto/tls/#pkg-constants).
 	TLSMinVersion string
+	// rotateCertificates enables client certificate rotation. The Kubelet will request a
+	// new certificate from the certificates.k8s.io API. This requires an approver to approve the
+	// certificate signing requests. The RotateKubeletClientCertificate feature
+	// must be enabled.
+	RotateCertificates bool
 	// serverTLSBootstrap enables server certificate bootstrap. Instead of self
 	// signing a serving certificate, the Kubelet will request a certificate from
 	// the certificates.k8s.io API. This requires an approver to approve the
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/v1beta1/types.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/v1beta1/types.go
index 984b61b3047..00b3a837e9b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/v1beta1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/v1beta1/types.go
@@ -108,12 +108,20 @@ type KubeletConfiguration struct {
 	// Default: ""
 	// +optional
 	TLSMinVersion string `json:"tlsMinVersion,omitempty"`
+	// rotateCertificates enables client certificate rotation. The Kubelet will request a
+	// new certificate from the certificates.k8s.io API. This requires an approver to approve the
+	// certificate signing requests. The RotateKubeletClientCertificate feature
+	// must be enabled.
+	// Default: false
+	// +optional
+	RotateCertificates bool `json:"rotateCertificates,omitempty"`
 	// serverTLSBootstrap enables server certificate bootstrap. Instead of self
 	// signing a serving certificate, the Kubelet will request a certificate from
 	// the certificates.k8s.io API. This requires an approver to approve the
 	// certificate signing requests. The RotateKubeletServerCertificate feature
 	// must be enabled.
 	// Default: false
+	// +optional
 	ServerTLSBootstrap bool `json:"serverTLSBootstrap,omitempty"`
 	// authentication specifies how requests to the Kubelet's server are authenticated
 	// Defaults:
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/validation/validation.go b/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/validation/validation.go
index ab3bc4e14b4..aa0192183bb 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig/validation/validation.go
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ func ValidateKubeletConfiguration(kc *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration) error
 	if kc.RegistryPullQPS < 0 {
 		allErrors = append(allErrors, fmt.Errorf("invalid configuration: RegistryPullQPS (--registry-qps) %v must not be a negative number", kc.RegistryPullQPS))
 	}
+	if kc.RotateCertificates && !localFeatureGate.Enabled(features.RotateKubeletClientCertificate) {
+		allErrors = append(allErrors, fmt.Errorf("invalid configuration: RotateCertificates %v requires feature gate RotateKubeletClientCertificate", kc.RotateCertificates))
+	}
 	if kc.ServerTLSBootstrap && !localFeatureGate.Enabled(features.RotateKubeletServerCertificate) {
 		allErrors = append(allErrors, fmt.Errorf("invalid configuration: ServerTLSBootstrap %v requires feature gate RotateKubeletServerCertificate", kc.ServerTLSBootstrap))
 	}