wngrade to no lower than 1.6.0 from Istio 1.7.x.</p></li><li><p>Downgrade must be done using the <code>istioctl</code> binary version that
corresponds to the Istio version that you intend to downgrade to.
For example, if you are downgrading from Istio 1.7 to 1.6.5, use <code>istioctl</code>
version 1.6.5.</p></li></ul><h2 id=steps-to-downgrade-to-a-lower-istio-version>Steps to downgrade to a lower Istio version</h2><p>You can use <code>istioctl upgrade</code> to downgrade to a lower version of Istio. The st