diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 59f0c6bac38377f4d93d9a8ed53afb8fb6683292..43ec35b60d82ffb7935628eb669ebc77daeea037 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ARG BASE_REGISTRY=registry1.dsop.io
 ARG BASE_IMAGE=ironbank/redhat/ubi/ubi8
 ARG BASE_TAG=8.3
 
-FROM istio/istioctl:1.7.7 AS base
+FROM istio/istioctl:1.7.8 AS base
 
 FROM ${BASE_REGISTRY}/${BASE_IMAGE}:${BASE_TAG}
 
diff --git a/hardening_manifest.yaml b/hardening_manifest.yaml
index ce2bc515d3cd495483f292a2a848d20af0948d69..de0222952f2887f976daeac676e0948cda82f1e7 100644
--- a/hardening_manifest.yaml
+++ b/hardening_manifest.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ name: "opensource/istio-1.7/istioctl-1.7"
 # The most specific version should be the first tag and will be shown
 # on ironbank.dsop.io
 tags:
-- "1.7.7"
+- "1.7.8"
 - "latest"
 
 # Build args passed to Dockerfile ARGs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ labels:
   org.opencontainers.image.url: "https://istio.io/"
   ## Name of the distributing entity, organization or individual
   org.opencontainers.image.vendor: "opensource"
-  org.opencontainers.image.version: "1.7.7"
+  org.opencontainers.image.version: "1.7.8"
   ## Keywords to help with search (ex. "cicd,gitops,golang")
   mil.dso.ironbank.image.keywords: "istio"
   ## This value can be "opensource" or "commercial"
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ labels:
 
 # List of resources to make available to the offline build context
 resources:
-- tag: istio/istioctl:1.7.7
-  url: docker://docker.io/istio/istioctl@sha256:0f5da8324b916bb96cde6d9befb07c9a0ef311b2eba6acdde25ef82025046df4
+- tag: istio/istioctl:1.7.8
+  url: docker://docker.io/istio/istioctl@sha256:33d4a03fb59cb70f1b53e0a06ed041c163a15641f221587ad10bf9ced55dddca
 
 # List of project maintainers
 # FIXME: Fill in the following details for the current container owner in the whitelist