diff --git a/docs/metrics/workload/statefulset-metrics.md b/docs/metrics/workload/statefulset-metrics.md
index b3a47fd125..08fd7c75c0 100644
--- a/docs/metrics/workload/statefulset-metrics.md
+++ b/docs/metrics/workload/statefulset-metrics.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 | kube_statefulset_status_replicas_updated                | Gauge       |                                                                                                                           | `statefulset`=&lt;statefulset-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;statefulset-namespace&gt;                                                                                                                               | STABLE       |
 | kube_statefulset_status_observed_generation             | Gauge       |                                                                                                                           | `statefulset`=&lt;statefulset-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;statefulset-namespace&gt;                                                                                                                               | STABLE       |
 | kube_statefulset_replicas                               | Gauge       |                                                                                                                           | `statefulset`=&lt;statefulset-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;statefulset-namespace&gt;                                                                                                                               | STABLE       |
-| kube_statefulset_ordinals_start                         | Gauge       |                                                                                                                           | `statefulset`=&lt;statefulset-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;statefulset-namespace&gt;                                                                                                                               | ALPHA        |
+| kube_statefulset_ordinals_start                         | Gauge       |                                                                                                                           | `statefulset`=&lt;statefulset-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;statefulset-namespace&gt;                                                                                                                               | STABLE       |
 | kube_statefulset_metadata_generation                    | Gauge       |                                                                                                                           | `statefulset`=&lt;statefulset-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;statefulset-namespace&gt;                                                                                                                               | STABLE       |
 | kube_statefulset_persistentvolumeclaim_retention_policy | Gauge       |                                                                                                                           | `statefulset`=&lt;statefulset-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;statefulset-namespace&gt; <br> `when_deleted`=&lt;statefulset-when-deleted-pvc-policy&gt; <br> `when_scaled`=&lt;statefulset-when-scaled-pvc-policy&gt; | EXPERIMENTAL |
 | kube_statefulset_created                                | Gauge       |                                                                                                                           | `statefulset`=&lt;statefulset-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;statefulset-namespace&gt;                                                                                                                               | STABLE       |
diff --git a/internal/store/statefulset.go b/internal/store/statefulset.go
index 332b7bfe11..87f7e36ecf 100644
--- a/internal/store/statefulset.go
+++ b/internal/store/statefulset.go
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func statefulSetMetricFamilies(allowAnnotationsList, allowLabelsList []string) [
 			"kube_statefulset_ordinals_start",
 			"Start ordinal of the StatefulSet.",
 			metric.Gauge,
-			basemetrics.ALPHA,
+			basemetrics.STABLE,
 			"",
 			wrapStatefulSetFunc(func(s *v1.StatefulSet) *metric.Family {
 				ms := []*metric.Metric{}