diff --git a/docs/pod-metrics.md b/docs/pod-metrics.md
index 627ae4f9..b8274752 100644
--- a/docs/pod-metrics.md
+++ b/docs/pod-metrics.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 | kube_pod_container_status_terminated | Gauge | Describes whether the container is currently in terminated state      | |`container`=&lt;container-name&gt; <br> `pod`=&lt;pod-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;pod-namespace&gt; <br> `uid`=&lt;pod-uid&gt; | STABLE | - |
 | kube_pod_container_status_terminated_reason | Gauge | Describes the reason the container is currently in terminated state   | |`container`=&lt;container-name&gt; <br> `pod`=&lt;pod-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;pod-namespace&gt; <br> `reason`=&lt;container-terminated-reason&gt; <br> `uid`=&lt;pod-uid&gt; | EXPERIMENTAL | - |
 | kube_pod_container_status_last_terminated_reason | Gauge | Describes the last reason the container was in terminated state       | |`container`=&lt;container-name&gt; <br> `pod`=&lt;pod-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;pod-namespace&gt; <br> `reason`=&lt;last-terminated-reason&gt; <br> `uid`=&lt;pod-uid&gt; | EXPERIMENTAL | - |
-| kube_pod_container_status_last_terminated_exitcode | Gauge | Describes the exit code for the last container in terminated state.   |  | `container`=&lt;container-name&gt; <br> `pod`=&lt;pod-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;pod-namespace&gt; <br> `uid`=&lt;pod-uid&gt; | EXPERIMENTAL | - |
+| kube_pod_container_status_last_terminated_exitcode | Gauge | Describes the exit code for the last container in terminated state. |  | `container`=&lt;container-name&gt; <br> `pod`=&lt;pod-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;pod-namespace&gt; <br> `uid`=&lt;pod-uid&gt; | STABLE | - |
 | kube_pod_container_status_ready | Gauge | Describes whether the containers readiness check succeeded            | |`container`=&lt;container-name&gt; <br> `pod`=&lt;pod-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;pod-namespace&gt; <br> `uid`=&lt;pod-uid&gt; | STABLE | - |
 | kube_pod_container_status_restarts_total | Counter | The number of container restarts per container                        | | `container`=&lt;container-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;pod-namespace&gt; <br> `pod`=&lt;pod-name&gt; <br> `uid`=&lt;pod-uid&gt; | STABLE | - |
 | kube_pod_container_resource_requests | Gauge | The number of requested request resource by a container. It is recommended to use the `kube_pod_resource_requests` metric exposed by kube-scheduler instead, as it is more precise.               | `cpu`=&lt;core&gt; <br> `memory`=&lt;bytes&gt; |`resource`=&lt;resource-name&gt; <br> `unit`=&lt;resource-unit&gt; <br> `container`=&lt;container-name&gt; <br> `pod`=&lt;pod-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;pod-namespace&gt; <br> `node`=&lt; node-name&gt; <br> `uid`=&lt;pod-uid&gt; | EXPERIMENTAL | - |
diff --git a/internal/store/pod.go b/internal/store/pod.go
index 2bbbde9f..09a0ea37 100644
--- a/internal/store/pod.go
+++ b/internal/store/pod.go
@@ -341,10 +341,11 @@ func createPodContainerStatusLastTerminatedReasonFamilyGenerator() generator.Fam
 }
 
 func createPodContainerStatusLastTerminatedExitCodeFamilyGenerator() generator.FamilyGenerator {
-	return *generator.NewFamilyGenerator(
+	return *generator.NewFamilyGeneratorWithStability(
 		"kube_pod_container_status_last_terminated_exitcode",
 		"Describes the exit code for the last container in terminated state.",
 		metric.Gauge,
+		basemetrics.STABLE,
 		"",
 		wrapPodFunc(func(p *v1.Pod) *metric.Family {
 			ms := make([]*metric.Metric, 0, len(p.Status.ContainerStatuses))