diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 11c1a7851c70db25a50310d8e4fe6fd44a3982bb..77a80aecd214893f68614608e6d56510285bdb4e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ARG BASE_REGISTRY=registry1.dso.mil
 ARG BASE_IMAGE=ironbank/redhat/ubi/ubi8
 ARG BASE_TAG=8.3
 
-FROM istio/pilot:1.8.2 AS base
+FROM istio/pilot:1.9.0 AS base
 FROM ${BASE_REGISTRY}/${BASE_IMAGE}:${BASE_TAG} 
 
 
diff --git a/hardening_manifest.yaml b/hardening_manifest.yaml
index e093953806069dc4a5d708f44e5a88db2784bc84..28627d41dfcf8246243759f285b89cab70dc438d 100644
--- a/hardening_manifest.yaml
+++ b/hardening_manifest.yaml
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ labels:
 
 
 resources:
-- tag: istio/pilot:1.8.2
-  url: docker://docker.io/istio/pilot@sha256:dc778c52fab4b8081676c87657c249b4920a7acda5d0783391aa832b611128cf
+- tag: istio/pilot:1.9.0
+  url: docker://docker.io/istio/pilot@sha256:76d30c906669920c6beeea7420e2840199e4a3be969db5321d98cc25b3d95c02