diff --git a/bin/update_deps.sh b/bin/update_deps.sh
index 6c220703c6ea..764f41b3825c 100755
--- a/bin/update_deps.sh
+++ b/bin/update_deps.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ make update-common
 
 export GO111MODULE=on
 go get -u "istio.io/api@${UPDATE_BRANCH}"
+go get -u "istio.io/client-go@${UPDATE_BRANCH}"
 go get -u "istio.io/gogo-genproto@${UPDATE_BRANCH}"
 go get -u "istio.io/pkg@${UPDATE_BRANCH}"
 go mod tidy
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1675be03e29f..1355e6845c37 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ require (
 	helm.sh/helm/v3 v3.4.2
 	honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.5 // indirect
 	istio.io/api v0.0.0-20210219142745-68975986cccb
-	istio.io/client-go v0.0.0-20200908160912-f99162621a1a
+	istio.io/client-go v0.0.0-20210218000043-b598dd019200
 	istio.io/gogo-genproto v0.0.0-20210218000043-b2cfc07e0f6b
 	istio.io/pkg v0.0.0-20210219215147-6639dbf1271c
 	k8s.io/api v0.20.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 685c00ebe322..1e21473ada2f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -358,7 +358,6 @@ github.com/gogo/googleapis v1.1.0/go.mod h1:gf4bu3Q80BeJ6H1S1vYPm8/ELATdvryBaNFG
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.1.1/go.mod h1:r8qH/GZQm5c6nD/R0oafs1akxWv10x8SbQlK7atdtwQ=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.2.0/go.mod h1:r8qH/GZQm5c6nD/R0oafs1akxWv10x8SbQlK7atdtwQ=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.2.1/go.mod h1:hp+jE20tsWTFYpLwKvXlhS1hjn+gTNwPg2I6zVXpSg4=
-github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.0/go.mod h1:SlYgWuQ5SjCEi6WLHjHCa1yvBfUnHcTbrrZtXPKa29o=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.1/go.mod h1:SlYgWuQ5SjCEi6WLHjHCa1yvBfUnHcTbrrZtXPKa29o=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 h1:Ov1cvc58UF3b5XjBnZv7+opcTcQFZebYjWzi34vdm4Q=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2/go.mod h1:P1XiOD3dCwIKUDQYPy72D8LYyHL2YPYrpS2s69NZV8Q=
@@ -1438,12 +1437,11 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.5 h1:nI5egYTGJakVyOryqLs1cQO5dO0ksin5XXs2pspk75k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.5/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-istio.io/api v0.0.0-20200812202721-24be265d41c3/go.mod h1:88HN3o1fSD1jo+Z1WTLlJfMm9biopur6Ct9BFKjiB64=
+istio.io/api v0.0.0-20210131044048-bfeb10697307/go.mod h1:fnENIXK5mEYv7Acq1AE8bSEvba9kG2dltqEzsaCw7ys=
 istio.io/api v0.0.0-20210219142745-68975986cccb h1:0zYy68To6fDO/OricHJaQ8kzz0JvEmWMdeUdO3iN+vY=
 istio.io/api v0.0.0-20210219142745-68975986cccb/go.mod h1:nsSFw1LIMmGL7r/+6fJI6FxeG/UGlLxRK8bkojIvBVs=
-istio.io/client-go v0.0.0-20200908160912-f99162621a1a h1:clPn0fz+rXq5Ytj6Ppb1ygUKeU0RImT4ZbT1oMd1G04=
-istio.io/client-go v0.0.0-20200908160912-f99162621a1a/go.mod h1:SO65MWt7I45dvUwuDowoiB0SVcGpfWZfUTlopvYpbZc=
-istio.io/gogo-genproto v0.0.0-20190930162913-45029607206a/go.mod h1:OzpAts7jljZceG4Vqi5/zXy/pOg1b209T3jb7Nv5wIs=
+istio.io/client-go v0.0.0-20210218000043-b598dd019200 h1:9M2ZxIeSilnH03pFVovgxbm2RFL/J5mASQzlbHAvgJs=
+istio.io/client-go v0.0.0-20210218000043-b598dd019200/go.mod h1:gmwBYzvw0UEaguyZG6E9mYv4HXGr1V9MChouM0tj5KQ=
 istio.io/gogo-genproto v0.0.0-20210113155706-4daf5697332f/go.mod h1:6BwTZRNbWS570wHX/uR1Wqk5e0157TofTAUMzT7N4+s=
 istio.io/gogo-genproto v0.0.0-20210218000043-b2cfc07e0f6b h1:ZzgBFBoMUZVMx+8aoCQgAcZ9a7j9qc+wBZ6qci31wKQ=
 istio.io/gogo-genproto v0.0.0-20210218000043-b2cfc07e0f6b/go.mod h1:6BwTZRNbWS570wHX/uR1Wqk5e0157TofTAUMzT7N4+s=