diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 77a80aecd214893f68614608e6d56510285bdb4e..bb236dbd55a2feb4db82d2b45f772e6d01cee556 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@ ARG BASE_REGISTRY=registry1.dso.mil
 ARG BASE_IMAGE=ironbank/redhat/ubi/ubi8
 ARG BASE_TAG=8.3
 
-FROM istio/pilot:1.9.0 AS base
+FROM istio/pilot:1.8.4 AS base
 FROM ${BASE_REGISTRY}/${BASE_IMAGE}:${BASE_TAG} 
 
-
 COPY --from=base /usr/local/bin/pilot-discovery /usr/local/bin/pilot-discovery
 
 USER 1337:1337
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/pilot-discovery"]
 
-HEALTHCHECK NONE
\ No newline at end of file
+HEALTHCHECK NONE
diff --git a/hardening_manifest.yaml b/hardening_manifest.yaml
index 28627d41dfcf8246243759f285b89cab70dc438d..43f63d6a4b648ad6a8950592b92bcdbf725acecf 100644
--- a/hardening_manifest.yaml
+++ b/hardening_manifest.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ name: "opensource/istio-1.8/pilot"
 # The most specific version should be the first tag and will be shown
 # on ironbank.dsop.io
 tags:
-- "1.8.2"
+- "1.8.4"
 - "latest"
 
 # Build args passed to Dockerfile ARGs
@@ -27,29 +27,23 @@ labels:
   org.opencontainers.image.url: "https://github.com/istio/istio/tree/master/pilot"
   ## Name of the distributing entity, organization or individual
   org.opencontainers.image.vendor: "opensource"
-  org.opencontainers.image.version: "1.8.2"
+  org.opencontainers.image.version: "1.8.4"
   ## Keywords to help with search (ex. "cicd,gitops,golang")
-  mil.dso.ironbank.image.keywords: "istio, istio-pilot"
+  mil.dso.ironbank.image.keywords: "istio,servishmesh"
   ## This value can be "opensource" or "commercial"
   mil.dso.ironbank.image.type: "opensource"
   ##Product the image belongs to for grouping multiple images
-  mil.dso.ironbank.product.name: "pilot"
+  mil.dso.ironbank.product.name: "istio"
  
 
 # List of resources to make available to the offline build context
-
-
 resources:
-- tag: istio/pilot:1.9.0
-  url: docker://docker.io/istio/pilot@sha256:76d30c906669920c6beeea7420e2840199e4a3be969db5321d98cc25b3d95c02
-
+- tag: istio/pilot:1.8.4
+  url: docker://docker.io/istio/pilot@sha256:32fe6db58bd5be49079614f0254d7ce5f98a2bee10c3c389f5237b6122ffd7cc
 
-  
 # List of project maintainers
 maintainers:
 - email: "olga@alphabravo.io"
-#   # The name of the current container owner
   name: "Olga Ojjeh"
-#   # The gitlab username of the current container owner
   username: "olga"
   cht_member: true # FIXME: Uncomment if the maintainer is a member of CHT
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index b3831d0357624e3ec0e936a84cc470b4111b8035..c1c72ac6d15e5572f0c510b643894392f4bfd63a 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -1,41 +1,40 @@
 {
-    "assignees": [
-      "@olga"
-    ],
-    "baseBranches": [
-      "development"
-    ],
-    "regexManagers": [
-      {
-        "fileMatch": [
-          "^Dockerfile$"
-        ],
-        "matchStrings": [
-          "version=\"(?<currentValue>.*?)\""
-        ],
-        "depNameTemplate": "istio-1.8/pilot",
-        "datasourceTemplate": "docker"
-      },
-      {
-        "fileMatch": [
-          "^hardening_manifest.yaml$"
-        ],
-        "matchStrings": [
-          "org\\.opencontainers\\.image\\.version:\\s+\"(?<currentValue>.+?)\""
-        ],
-        "depNameTemplate": "istio-1.8/pilot",
-        "datasourceTemplate": "docker"
-      },
-      {
-        "fileMatch": [
-          "^hardening_manifest.yaml$"
-        ],
-        "matchStrings": [
-          "tags:\\s+-\\s+\"(?<currentValue>.+?)\""
-        ],
-        "depNameTemplate": "istio-1.8/pilot",
-        "datasourceTemplate": "docker"
+  "assignees": [
+    "@olga"
+  ],
+  "baseBranches": [
+    "development"
+  ],
+  "packageRules": [
+    {
+      "datasources": ["docker"],
+      "packageNames": ["istio/pilot"],
+      "separateMinorPatch": true,
+      "minor": {
+        "enabled": false
       }
-    ]
-  }
-  
+    }
+  ],
+  "regexManagers": [
+    {
+      "fileMatch": [
+        "^hardening_manifest.yaml$"
+      ],
+      "matchStrings": [
+        "org\\.opencontainers\\.image\\.version:\\s+\"(?<currentValue>.+?)\""
+      ],
+      "depNameTemplate": "istio/pilot",
+      "datasourceTemplate": "docker"
+    },
+    {
+      "fileMatch": [
+        "^hardening_manifest.yaml$"
+      ],
+      "matchStrings": [
+        "tags:\\s+-\\s+\"(?<currentValue>.+?)\""
+      ],
+      "depNameTemplate": "istio/pilot",
+      "datasourceTemplate": "docker"
+    }
+  ]
+}