diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-scalability/sig-scalability-experimental-periodic-jobs.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-scalability/sig-scalability-experimental-periodic-jobs.yaml
index e1da9169edc4..cbb50ba44aef 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-scalability/sig-scalability-experimental-periodic-jobs.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-scalability/sig-scalability-experimental-periodic-jobs.yaml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ periodics:
           - --env=CL2_ENABLE_WATCH_LIST_FEATURE=true
           - --env=CONTAINER_IMAGE=registry-sandbox.k8s.io/pause:3.1 #TODO(ameukam): revert when registry.k8s.io is ready
           - --env=KUBE_GCE_PRIVATE_CLUSTER=false #TODO(#29500): revert when private cluster setup is fixed
-          - --env=KUBE_FEATURE_GATES=WatchList=true
+          - --env=KUBE_FEATURE_GATES=WatchList=true,WatchListClient=true
           - --extract=ci/latest
           - --gcp-node-image=gci
           - --gcp-master-size=n2-standard-32