diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 91d2b2c4..88b31604 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -156,3 +156,6 @@ require (
 
 // Client-go does not handle different versions of mergo due to some breaking changes - use the matching version
 replace github.com/imdario/mergo => github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.5
+
+// we still reference v1alpha* and v1beta* CRDs, which got removed after this commit
+replace istio.io/istio => istio.io/istio v0.0.0-20240801200413-240c47f2b444