diff --git a/config/v1/types_feature.go b/config/v1/types_feature.go
index 0145b82c6db..915e52b429d 100644
--- a/config/v1/types_feature.go
+++ b/config/v1/types_feature.go
@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ var FeatureSets = map[FeatureSet]*FeatureGateEnabledDisabled{
 		Enabled:  []string{},
 		Disabled: []string{},
 	},
-	TechPreviewNoUpgrade: newDefaultFeatures().toFeatures(),
+	TechPreviewNoUpgrade: newDefaultFeatures().with(
+		"ExternalCloudProvider",
+	).toFeatures(),
 	LatencySensitive: newDefaultFeatures().
 		with(
 			"TopologyManager", // sig-pod, sjenning