diff --git a/.chezmoitemplates/after/software_bins.tmpl b/.chezmoitemplates/after/software_bins.tmpl
index 22d198d..305c238 100644
--- a/.chezmoitemplates/after/software_bins.tmpl
+++ b/.chezmoitemplates/after/software_bins.tmpl
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ YQ_VERSION=4.30.8
 
 #https://github.com/istio/istio/releases/
 # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=istio/istio
-ISTIOCTL_VERSION=1.16.1
+ISTIOCTL_VERSION=1.20.1
 
 #https://github.com/tilt-dev/ctlptl/releases
 # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=tilt-dev/ctlptl extractVersion=^v(?<version>.*)$