diff --git a/config/dependencies/istio/sail/istio.yaml b/config/dependencies/istio/sail/istio.yaml
index 26713ed1e..c8abff12b 100644
--- a/config/dependencies/istio/sail/istio.yaml
+++ b/config/dependencies/istio/sail/istio.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: istio-system
 spec:
   version: v1.20.0
+  namespace: istio-system
   # Disable autoscaling to reduce dev resources
   values:
     pilot:
diff --git a/config/dependencies/istio/sail/kustomization.yaml b/config/dependencies/istio/sail/kustomization.yaml
index ee293cd20..1652c09fb 100644
--- a/config/dependencies/istio/sail/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/dependencies/istio/sail/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ---
 namespace: istio-system
 resources:
-- github.com/maistra/istio-operator/config/default?ref=sail-mvp2
+- github.com/maistra/istio-operator/config/default?ref=623755e3428c5f46262330dbd5dbd92b98ce0106