diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3993981218e85399bd415e1ea683bbfcd9fdb5a0..11adeb189985c8ab57f92465fe51c652aea64bf5 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/pilot:1.9.7 AS base
+FROM istio/pilot:1.9.8 AS base
 
 FROM ${BASE_REGISTRY}/${BASE_IMAGE}:${BASE_TAG} 
 
diff --git a/hardening_manifest.yaml b/hardening_manifest.yaml
index 856be11cdd0e7868a43e3455e121896adb18488f..0c0932122ad846789f935483aac7d83b98cf7a42 100644
--- a/hardening_manifest.yaml
+++ b/hardening_manifest.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ name: "opensource/istio/pilot"
 # 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/pilot"
   ## 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,servishmesh"
   ## 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:1.9.7
-  url: docker://docker.io/istio/pilot@sha256:5266bc8a7623b2d36ac46602c20374f3e8da9a63c2f89bb5b4627428cf2f1953
+- tag: istio/pilot:1.9.8
+  url: docker://docker.io/istio/pilot@sha256:ed81261b4baf2749e85d9209086623a8ca3692a4674efcb8b361460f10a863e0
 
 # List of project maintainers
 maintainers: