diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/route/metrics.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/route/metrics.go
index b6ef3994a57..27a375e087c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/route/metrics.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/controllers/route/metrics.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ var (
 		Name:           "route_sync_total",
 		Subsystem:      subsystem,
 		Help:           "A metric counting the amount of times routes have been synced with the cloud provider.",
-		StabilityLevel: metrics.BETA,
+		StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
 	})
 )
 
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/testdata/stable-metrics-list.yaml b/test/instrumentation/testdata/stable-metrics-list.yaml
index 9a6146203e3..01f05bbfbd9 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/testdata/stable-metrics-list.yaml
+++ b/test/instrumentation/testdata/stable-metrics-list.yaml
@@ -256,12 +256,6 @@
   labels:
   - deprecated_version
   - stability_level
-- name: route_sync_total
-  subsystem: route_controller
-  help: A metric counting the amount of times routes have been synced with the cloud
-    provider.
-  type: Counter
-  stabilityLevel: BETA
 - name: pod_scheduling_sli_duration_seconds
   subsystem: scheduler
   help: E2e latency for a pod being scheduled, from the time the pod enters the scheduling