diff --git a/test/e2e-istio.sh b/test/e2e-istio.sh
index 1cb04e95..a7d9d9d0 100755
--- a/test/e2e-istio.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-istio.sh
@@ -2,23 +2,15 @@
 
 set -o errexit
 
-ISTIO_VER="1.4.5"
+ISTIO_VER="1.5.0"
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 
+echo ">>> Downloading Istio ${ISTIO_VER}"
+cd ${REPO_ROOT}/bin && \
+curl -L https://istio.io/downloadIstio | ISTIO_VERSION=${ISTIO_VER} sh -
+
 echo ">>> Installing Istio ${ISTIO_VER}"
-kubectl create ns istio-system
-helm repo add istio.io https://storage.googleapis.com/istio-release/releases/${ISTIO_VER}/charts
-
-echo '>>> Installing Istio CRDs'
-helm upgrade -i istio-init istio.io/istio-init --wait --namespace istio-system
-
-echo '>>> Waiting for Istio CRDs to be ready'
-kubectl -n istio-system wait --for=condition=complete job/istio-init-crd-10-${ISTIO_VER}
-kubectl -n istio-system wait --for=condition=complete job/istio-init-crd-11-${ISTIO_VER}
-kubectl -n istio-system wait --for=condition=complete job/istio-init-crd-14-${ISTIO_VER}
-
-echo '>>> Installing Istio control plane'
-helm upgrade -i istio istio.io/istio --wait --namespace istio-system -f ${REPO_ROOT}/test/e2e-istio-values.yaml
+${REPO_ROOT}/bin/istio-${ISTIO_VER}/bin/istioctl manifest apply --set profile=default
 
 kubectl -n istio-system get all