diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5eff95514d57db183c33f1a6d69b87b7db918595..b7a9d8b7de423f1b8cf18d9f131bd756dede7ebb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ARG BASE_REGISTRY=nexus-docker-secure.levelup-dev.io
 ARG BASE_IMAGE=redhat/ubi/ubi8
 ARG BASE_TAG=8.2
 
-FROM istio/operator:1.6.7 AS base
+FROM istio/operator:1.6.8 AS base
 
 FROM ${BASE_REGISTRY}/${BASE_IMAGE}:${BASE_TAG}
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.title="istio-operator" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="The istio-operator allows you to package, deploy, and manage Istio in Kubernetes." \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
       org.opencontainers.image.url="https://istio.io" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.version="1.6.7" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.version="1.6.8" \
       maintainer="cht@dsop.io"
 
 COPY --from=base /usr/local/bin/operator /usr/local/bin/operator
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 8dcfc3aa933710d50ebc032508469218ef2efd6d..0b62c9574b61bed720e16c22774c1fc4ca897c8f 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 @Library('DCCSCR@master') _
-dccscrPipeline(version: "1.6.7")
+dccscrPipeline(version: "1.6.8")
diff --git a/download.yaml b/download.yaml
index af80da405f7476e5095e91d023aab540c7bd6655..f941b9ef29d73e3040cdb46c7442555d9ac5bf73 100644
--- a/download.yaml
+++ b/download.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ---
 resources:
-  - url: "docker://docker.io/istio/operator@sha256:0baaf9df261c4618fb5bdeb2b7b8c09652ee7cd2f7a64889059205ba50ab92b0"
-    tag: "istio/operator:1.6.7"
+  - url: "docker://docker.io/istio/operator@sha256:c13d223e3bf0a55ec8b861d8551ef36c1b800bc9777db27264b2576bcf5625e3"
+    tag: "istio/operator:1.6.8"