diff --git a/kubemarine/procedures/upgrade.py b/kubemarine/procedures/upgrade.py
index 6f219e22a..4bd8b2632 100755
--- a/kubemarine/procedures/upgrade.py
+++ b/kubemarine/procedures/upgrade.py
@@ -47,31 +47,46 @@ def prepull_images(cluster: KubernetesCluster) -> None:
     upgrade_group = kubernetes.get_group_for_upgrade(cluster)
     upgrade_group.call(kubernetes.images_grouped_prepull)
 
-	
+
 def enable_control_plane_kubelet_local_mode(cluster: KubernetesCluster) -> None:
     """
     Enable ControlPlaneKubeletLocalMode feature gate to ensure the kubelet communicates
-    with the local API server on control-plane nodes.
+    with the local API server on control-plane nodes, but only for Kubernetes v1.31.x and above.
     """
-    cluster.log.debug("Enabling ControlPlaneKubeletLocalMode feature gate in kubeadm config.")
+    # Check if the target version is v1.31.x or above
+    target_version = kubernetes.get_procedure_upgrade_version(cluster)
+    if not target_version.startswith("v1.31"):
+        cluster.log.debug(f"Skipping ControlPlaneKubeletLocalMode feature gate. Target version is {target_version}.")
+        return
+
+    cluster.log.debug("Enabling ControlPlaneKubeletLocalMode feature gate in kubeadm config for v1.31.x or above.")
+
     # Fetch the existing kubeadm-config ConfigMap
     control_plane_group = cluster.nodes['control-plane']
     config_map_result = control_plane_group.sudo("kubectl get configmap kubeadm-config -n kube-system -o yaml")
+
     # Extract the stdout from the RunnersGroupResult object
     config_map_yaml = config_map_result.get_simple_out()
+
     # Log the output to ensure the ConfigMap is fetched correctly
     cluster.log.debug(f"Fetched kubeadm-config ConfigMap: {config_map_yaml}")
+
     # Convert the yaml string into a Python dictionary
     config_map = yaml.safe_load(config_map_yaml)
+
     # Extract the ClusterConfiguration field
     cluster_configuration = config_map['data'].get('ClusterConfiguration', "")
+
     # Parse the ClusterConfiguration to modify it
     cluster_config_dict = yaml.safe_load(cluster_configuration)
+
     # Ensure apiServer.extraArgs exists and is a list
     if 'apiServer' not in cluster_config_dict:
         cluster_config_dict['apiServer'] = {}
+
     if 'extraArgs' not in cluster_config_dict['apiServer']:
         cluster_config_dict['apiServer']['extraArgs'] = []
+
     # Check if feature-gates already exists, and update or add it
     feature_gates_exists = False
     for arg in cluster_config_dict['apiServer']['extraArgs']:
@@ -79,22 +94,29 @@ def enable_control_plane_kubelet_local_mode(cluster: KubernetesCluster) -> None:
             arg['value'] = 'ControlPlaneKubeletLocalMode=true'
             feature_gates_exists = True
             break
+
     if not feature_gates_exists:
         # Add the feature-gates setting
         cluster_config_dict['apiServer']['extraArgs'].append({
             'name': 'feature-gates',
             'value': 'ControlPlaneKubeletLocalMode=true'
         })
+
     # Convert the modified ClusterConfiguration back to a string
     updated_cluster_config_yaml = yaml.dump(cluster_config_dict)
+
     # Update the ConfigMap with the new ClusterConfiguration
     config_map['data']['ClusterConfiguration'] = updated_cluster_config_yaml
+
     # Convert the entire ConfigMap back to yaml for patching
     updated_config_map_yaml = yaml.dump(config_map)
+
     # Apply the updated ConfigMap
     control_plane_group.sudo(f"kubectl apply -f - <<EOF\n{updated_config_map_yaml}\nEOF")
+
     cluster.log.debug("ControlPlaneKubeletLocalMode feature gate enabled on control-plane nodes.")
 
+
 def kubernetes_upgrade(cluster: KubernetesCluster) -> None:
     initial_kubernetes_version = kubernetes.get_kubernetes_version(cluster.previous_inventory)