diff --git a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.24/common-services/variables.common-services.auto.tfvars b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.24/common-services/variables.common-services.auto.tfvars
index 340004b..e7347c7 100644
--- a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.24/common-services/variables.common-services.auto.tfvars
+++ b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.24/common-services/variables.common-services.auto.tfvars
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ cert_manager_cainjector_tag    = "v1.12.3"
 cert_manager_controller_tag    = "v1.12.3"
 cert_manager_webhook_tag       = "v1.12.3"
 cluster_autoscaler_tag         = "v1.24.0"
-istio_tag                      = "1.10.1"
+istio_tag                      = "1.18.2"
 metrics_server_tag             = "0.6.2-debian-11-r9"
 tls_crt_b64                    = ""
 tls_crt_contents               = ""