post-author>Apr 22, 2024</p><div><p>This release implements the security updates described in our 22nd of April post, <a href=/v1.26/news/security/istio-security-2024-003/><code>ISTIO-SECURITY-2024-003</code></a> along with bug fixes to improve robustness.</p><p>This release note describes what’s different between Istio 1.20.5 and 1.20.6.</p><div class="relnote-actions call-to-action"><a class=entry href=/v1.26/news/releases/1.20.x/announcing-1.20/upgrade-notes/><h5>BEFORE YOU UPGRADE</h5><p>Things to kno