diff --git a/test/e2e-istio.sh b/test/e2e-istio.sh
index 1043d3f9..8eabc72d 100755
--- a/test/e2e-istio.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-istio.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -o errexit
 
-ISTIO_VER="1.2.2"
+ISTIO_VER="1.2.3"
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 export KUBECONFIG="$(kind get kubeconfig-path --name="kind")"