diff --git a/assets/rancher-istio/rancher-istio-104.4.0+up1.22.1.tgz b/assets/rancher-istio/rancher-istio-104.4.0+up1.22.1.tgz
index cb497dbab5..36da1b45ee 100644
Binary files a/assets/rancher-istio/rancher-istio-104.4.0+up1.22.1.tgz and b/assets/rancher-istio/rancher-istio-104.4.0+up1.22.1.tgz differ
diff --git a/charts/rancher-istio/104.4.0+up1.22.1/Chart.yaml b/charts/rancher-istio/104.4.0+up1.22.1/Chart.yaml
index f99b82ef17..de82163df4 100644
--- a/charts/rancher-istio/104.4.0+up1.22.1/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/rancher-istio/104.4.0+up1.22.1/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 annotations:
   catalog.cattle.io/certified: rancher
   catalog.cattle.io/display-name: Istio
+  catalog.cattle.io/hidden: "true"
   catalog.cattle.io/kube-version: '>= 1.23.0-0 < 1.31.0-0'
   catalog.cattle.io/namespace: istio-system
   catalog.cattle.io/os: linux
   catalog.cattle.io/permits-os: linux,windows
-  catalog.cattle.io/rancher-version: '>= 2.9.0-0 < 2.10.0-0'
+  catalog.cattle.io/rancher-version: '>= 2.9.99-9 < 2.10.0-0'
   catalog.cattle.io/release-name: rancher-istio
   catalog.cattle.io/requests-cpu: 710m
   catalog.cattle.io/requests-memory: 2314Mi
diff --git a/index.yaml b/index.yaml
index e53019d82b..b7efe1a337 100755
--- a/index.yaml
+++ b/index.yaml
@@ -15246,11 +15246,12 @@ entries:
   - annotations:
       catalog.cattle.io/certified: rancher
       catalog.cattle.io/display-name: Istio
+      catalog.cattle.io/hidden: "true"
       catalog.cattle.io/kube-version: '>= 1.23.0-0 < 1.31.0-0'
       catalog.cattle.io/namespace: istio-system
       catalog.cattle.io/os: linux
       catalog.cattle.io/permits-os: linux,windows
-      catalog.cattle.io/rancher-version: '>= 2.9.0-0 < 2.10.0-0'
+      catalog.cattle.io/rancher-version: '>= 2.9.99-9 < 2.10.0-0'
       catalog.cattle.io/release-name: rancher-istio
       catalog.cattle.io/requests-cpu: 710m
       catalog.cattle.io/requests-memory: 2314Mi
@@ -15259,7 +15260,7 @@ entries:
       catalog.cattle.io/upstream-version: 1.22.1
     apiVersion: v1
     appVersion: 1.22.1
-    created: "2024-07-12T17:22:54.723597-03:00"
+    created: "2025-01-17T19:50:12.245641796-03:00"
     dependencies:
     - condition: kiali.enabled
       name: kiali
@@ -15271,7 +15272,7 @@ entries:
       version: 1.57.0
     description: A basic Istio setup that installs with the istioctl. Refer to https://istio.io/latest/
       for details.
-    digest: f819a6fa20bb10da46f2ef15dc0ac5a559b5cb5c476b0111ee38750bda4e293d
+    digest: a51dbccdf4986fabc6cf9067e44fe1146aa025133fb3a2fb3b67240d23eb0bdc
     icon: https://charts.rancher.io/assets/logos/istio.svg
     keywords:
     - networking
diff --git a/release.yaml b/release.yaml
index 5a2a960bc7..b1a64752b4 100644
--- a/release.yaml
+++ b/release.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ rancher-gke-operator-crd:
   - 105.2.0+up1.10.2-rc.3
 rancher-istio:
   - 105.5.1+up1.24.1
+  - 104.4.0+up1.22.1
 rancher-logging:
   - 105.2.0-rc.1+up4.10.0
 rancher-logging-crd: