diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 78c0df32d43c59884a12a70cdb231ef48c464ede..cac6fa5e462a731ce9fbe5cf3b1b5b30cd3cc613 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/pilot:1.7.7 AS base
+FROM istio/pilot:1.7.8 AS base
 
 FROM ${BASE_REGISTRY}/${BASE_IMAGE}:${BASE_TAG}
 
diff --git a/hardening_manifest.yaml b/hardening_manifest.yaml
index fa1ffc471885002eb766f438b56c529c9b3712c7..f9d06d5efd7d78bd085b89e8afa748dfa236ac0c 100644
--- a/hardening_manifest.yaml
+++ b/hardening_manifest.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ name: "opensource/istio-1.7/pilot-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/pilot:1.7.7
-  url: docker://docker.io/istio/pilot@sha256:9a84860fdc2bd8bff1a5e97dba82b1b76f9f326e7b4c47191f57853443a9f0ae
+- tag: istio/pilot:1.7.8
+  url: docker://docker.io/istio/pilot@sha256:23ade0c166918383df72922f06c7b7b98310d7a9e7a2b4bb3afb7bea402c1d3e
 
 # List of project maintainers
 # FIXME: Fill in the following details for the current container owner in the whitelist