st manually update the Istio data plane
by restarting any pods with Istio sidecars:</p><pre><code class=language-bash data-expandlinks=true data-repo=istio>$ kubectl rollout restart deployment
</code></pre></li></ol><h2 id=downgrade-prerequisites>Downgrade prerequisites</h2><p>Before you begin the downgrade process, check the following prerequisites:</p><ul><li><p>Your Istio installation was <a href=/v1.10/docs/setup/install/istioctl/>installed using istioctl</a>.</p></li><li><p>The Istio version you intend