post-author>Feb 9, 2024</p><div><p>This release implements the security updates described in our February 8th post, <a href=/v1.26/news/security/istio-security-2024-001/><code>ISTIO-SECURITY-2024-001</code></a> along with bug fixes to improve robustness.</p><p>This release note describes what’s different between Istio 1.19.6 and 1.19.7.</p><div class="relnote-actions call-to-action"><a class=entry href=/v1.26/news/releases/1.19.x/announcing-1.19/upgrade-notes/><h5>BEFORE YOU UPGRADE</h5><p>Things to know 