diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2c3d184ecab51922c9c1ba850b8a45c19b0b669c..bfca62830749be6ae315b82ae00b189e5341c1e6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ARG BASE_IMAGE=redhat/ubi/ubi8
 ARG BASE_TAG=8.2
 ###############################################################
 # Copy Pilot contents to base image
-FROM opensource/istio-1.6/pilot-1.6/pilot:1.6.0 AS base
+FROM opensource/istio-1.6/pilot-1.6/pilot:1.6.1 AS base
 
 FROM ${BASE_REGISTRY}/${BASE_IMAGE}:${BASE_TAG}
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ COPY --from=base /cacert.pem /cacert.pem
 LABEL name="istio-pilot" \
       maintainer="gavin.scallon@parsons.com" \
       vendor="Open Source" \
-      version="1.6.0" \
+      version="1.6.1" \
       release="1" \
       summary="Istio Pilot provides traffic management capabilities in the Istio Service mesh" \
       description="provides service discovery for the Envoy sidecars, traffic management capabilities for intelligent routing, and resiliency."
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index f376c5c23c78804b42eb77abc15ada50e8ad1606..c536db007cdd4fe920d2158a2fe1a3866b75d6ba 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 @Library('DCCSCR@master') _
-dccscrPipeline( version: "1.6.0")
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+dccscrPipeline( version: "1.6.1")
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 75082f194fe3124915e3e6002206b19acd33ec6d..ea687d6d696289cf981ed873e795da83c62a9547 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # pilot
 
-Version 1.6.0
+Version 1.6.1
 
 # To Build/Run
 ```bash 
diff --git a/download.yaml b/download.yaml
index bbc52c99cef4a990f9496f976bd96e911a351fba..a4be3ba3f1f24a5482453f091cd63f20a22c8652 100644
--- a/download.yaml
+++ b/download.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ---
 resources:
-  - url: "docker://docker.io/istio/pilot@sha256:5c0e326d4387039f0ed124d008e50cd6ecfe4a8e76cabf045fc1329902948610"
-    tag: "opensource/istio-1.6/pilot-1.6/pilot:1.6.0"
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+  - url: "docker://docker.io/istio/pilot@sha256:b82b8bc19e697318983f11fc9488086c236537def391d0c72fc01e37531cbdaa"
+    tag: "opensource/istio-1.6/pilot-1.6/pilot:1.6.1"
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