 to downgrade to is no more than one minor version less than the installed Istio version.
For example, you can downgrade 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 lowe