diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d03fcfa5a4104e00cef11e12a1d9f5c8393886ef..f2b7871903e06d9b3ac6f5656973829ce91a33a0 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=8.4
 
-FROM istio/operator:1.9.7 AS base
+FROM istio/operator:1.9.8 AS base
 
 FROM ${BASE_REGISTRY}/${BASE_IMAGE}:${BASE_TAG} 
 
diff --git a/hardening_manifest.yaml b/hardening_manifest.yaml
index e43cd4702a4de4e66e2b66bc8f6d95a7263c96b8..94c2bf88792d8eff5cf6c737924e9d3a1229e52e 100644
--- a/hardening_manifest.yaml
+++ b/hardening_manifest.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ name: "opensource/istio/operator"
 # The most specific version should be the first tag and will be shown
 # on ironbank.dsop.io
 tags:
-- "1.9.7"
+- "1.9.8"
 - "1.9"
 
 # Build args passed to Dockerfile ARGs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ labels:
   org.opencontainers.image.url: "https://github.com/istio/istio/tree/master/operator/docker"
   ## Name of the distributing entity, organization or individual
   org.opencontainers.image.vendor: "istio"
-  org.opencontainers.image.version: "1.9.7"
+  org.opencontainers.image.version: "1.9.8"
   ## Keywords to help with search (ex. "cicd,gitops,golang")
   mil.dso.ironbank.image.keywords: "istio,servicemesh,operator"
   ## 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/operator:1.9.7
-  url: docker://docker.io/istio/operator@sha256:6f8de79e410224e46dec3b031466358291b91710cf80d46d64549602fc901b12
+- tag: istio/operator:1.9.8
+  url: docker://docker.io/istio/operator@sha256:3aeae3312f096e4441e648513c5f6fbedf19148d2e24da2e3cd3b1338c276437
 
 maintainers:
 - name: "Sean Melissari"