diff --git a/config/Makefile b/config/Makefile
index 0de74465d..f9b7289a3 100644
--- a/config/Makefile
+++ b/config/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ detect-change: materialize
 		echo "Please review the diffs below:\n\n"; \
 		echo "$$diff_output"; \
 		echo "\n\n===================================================="; \
-		echo "\n\nOnce you reviewed the changes and consider them meaningful, commit them by running "make -C config/ materialize"."; \
+		echo "\n\nOnce you reviewed the changes and consider them meaningful, commit them by running "make -C config/ materialize" and commit your changes."; \
 		echo "\n\n===================================================="; \
 		exit 1; \
 	else \
diff --git a/config/config.msft.yaml b/config/config.msft.yaml
index 14a69d2b1..be000880e 100644
--- a/config/config.msft.yaml
+++ b/config/config.msft.yaml
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ defaults:
       kvSoftDelete: true
     istio:
       url: "https://istio.io/downloadIstio"
-      istioctlVersion: "1.23.1"
+      istioctlVersion: "1.24.1"
       tag: "prod-stable"
-      newVersion: ""
+      targetVersion: "asm-1-23"
       version: "asm-1-22"
 
   # MGMT cluster specifics
diff --git a/config/config.schema.json b/config/config.schema.json
index d9fd55126..282237563 100644
--- a/config/config.schema.json
+++ b/config/config.schema.json
@@ -678,11 +678,11 @@
                 "type": "string"
               },
               "version": {
-                "description": "The current istio version in the aks cluster",
+                "description": "The current istio version in the AKS cluster",
                 "type": "string"
               },
-              "newVersion": {
-                "description": "The new istio version that will be updated to",
+              "targetVersion": {
+                "description": "The target istio version that will be updated to",
                 "type": "string"
               }
             }
diff --git a/dev-infrastructure/scripts/istio.sh b/dev-infrastructure/scripts/istio.sh
index 636bc18bd..dcd77880f 100755
--- a/dev-infrastructure/scripts/istio.sh
+++ b/dev-infrastructure/scripts/istio.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ set -euxo pipefail
 
 echo "********** ISTIO Upgrade Started **************"
 # Get the current istio and check if it match target version
-export CURRENTVERSION=$(kubectl get pods -n aks-istio-system | tail -n +2 | tail -n 1 | cut -d '-' -f 2,3,4)
-if [ "$CURRENTVERSION" == "$TARGET_VERSION" ] || [ -z "$TARGET_VERSION" ]; then
+export CURRENTVERSION=$(kubectl get pods -n aks-istio-system -o jsonpath='{.items[*].metadata.name}' | tr ' ' '\n' | tail -n +2 | head -n 1 | cut -d '-' -f 2,3,4)
+if [[ "$CURRENTVERSION" == "$TARGET_VERSION" ]] || [[ -z "$TARGET_VERSION" ]]; then
     echo "Istio is using Target Version. Exiting script."
     exit 0
 fi
@@ -17,13 +17,22 @@ export PATH=$PWD/bin:$PATH
 echo "=========================================================================="
 
 export NEWVERSION="$TARGET_VERSION"
+export OLDVERSION="$CURRENT_VERSION"
 echo "********** Istio UpGrade Started with version ${NEWVERSION} **************"
 
-# Overwrite the tag with new istio version
-istioctl tag set "$TAG" --revision "${NEWVERSION}" -i aks-istio-system --overwrite
+# Use revision tag to upgrade istio. 
+istioctl tag set "$TAG" --revision "${OLDVERSION}" --istioNamespace aks-istio-system
+istioctl tag set prod-canary --revision "${NEWVERSION}" --istioNamespace aks-istio-system
 
 # Get the namespaces with the label istio.io/rev=$TAG
 export namespaces=$(kubectl get namespaces --selector=istio.io/rev="$TAG") 
+
+for ns in $namespaces; do
+    kubectl label "$ns" default istio.io/rev="$TAG" --overwrite
+done
+
+istioctl tag set "$TAG" --revision "${NEWVERSION}" --istioNamespace aks-istio-system --overwrite
+
 for ns in $namespaces; do
     # Get all deployments in the namespace
     deployments=$(kubectl get deployments -n "$ns" -o jsonpath='{.items[*].metadata.name}')
@@ -33,4 +42,6 @@ for ns in $namespaces; do
     done
 done
 
+istioctl tag remove prod-canary --istioNamespace aks-istio-system 
+
 echo "********** ISTIO Upgrade Finished**************"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dev-infrastructure/svc-pipeline.yaml b/dev-infrastructure/svc-pipeline.yaml
index 4cef9b76f..d23556cd5 100644
--- a/dev-infrastructure/svc-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/dev-infrastructure/svc-pipeline.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ resourceGroups:
     command: scripts/istio.sh
     variables:
     - name: TARGET_VERSION
-      configRef: svc.istio.newVersion
+      configRef: svc.istio.targetVersion
     - name: ISTIOCTL_VERSION
       configRef: svc.istio.istioctlVersion
     - name: ISTIOCTL_URL