diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 165cb3a..eab615c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/opendatahub-io/odh-platform
 
 go 1.21
+toolchain go1.22.5
 
 // Enforce versions to be aligned with ODH Operator,
 // as long as we are pulling this code as dependency.
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/kuadrant/authorino v0.15.0
 	github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20230918194705-55e9a6dcc436 // pins to be aligned with ODH Operator (k8s and golang versions)
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0
-	istio.io/api v1.20.2-0.20231213020515-8655fab91d5d
+	istio.io/api v1.24.0-rc.0
 	istio.io/client-go v1.20.2
 	k8s.io/api v0.31.0
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.31.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 887ed08..0f90983 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible h1:VsBPFP1AI068pPrMxtb/S8Zkgf9xEmTLJjfM+P5UIEo=
 gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:DsYFclhRJ6vuDpmuTbkuFWG+y2sxOXAzmJt81HFBacw=
-istio.io/api v1.20.2-0.20231213020515-8655fab91d5d h1:Yz1kAzxwyJtzI6FmXiWl95I6KaCKVLXS1leQpv4o/pY=
-istio.io/api v1.20.2-0.20231213020515-8655fab91d5d/go.mod h1:hm1PE/mGdIAsjCDkTIAplP53H7TjO5LUQCiVvF26SVg=
+istio.io/api v1.24.0-rc.0 h1:bwyN1YIrWtyb3hHv1dvYSbrUXRwSjqXL0Wf7pkcVB4M=
+istio.io/api v1.24.0-rc.0/go.mod h1:MQnRok7RZ20/PE56v0LxmoWH0xVxnCQPNuf9O7PAN1I=
 istio.io/client-go v1.20.2 h1:FL99qw5f5W+QFPHutLpGOoPmoKgLwNFrGCEemAvLm00=
 istio.io/client-go v1.20.2/go.mod h1:mub0nwPDAj98cjns7KYLzbvDk0Fg9rx0k2o+KZ4UIUY=
 k8s.io/api v0.28.4 h1:8ZBrLjwosLl/NYgv1P7EQLqoO8MGQApnbgH8tu3BMzY=