diff --git a/istio.deps b/istio.deps
index 333616a7fcb..7d7444d54b6 100644
--- a/istio.deps
+++ b/istio.deps
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 		"repoName": "api",
 		"prodBranch": "master",
 		"file": "repositories.bzl",
-		"lastStableSHA": "793db0cb1a2e33012166f1d6ee5918596b8199d4"
+		"lastStableSHA": "78da6e6eb4ad4f158fb58e02f94efde4abf4cabf"
 	},
 	{
 		"_comment": "",
diff --git a/repositories.bzl b/repositories.bzl
index ddb728d0074..a3cd41685c5 100644
--- a/repositories.bzl
+++ b/repositories.bzl
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ cc_library(
             actual = "@googletest_git//:googletest_prod",
         )
 
-ISTIO_API = "793db0cb1a2e33012166f1d6ee5918596b8199d4"
+ISTIO_API = "78da6e6eb4ad4f158fb58e02f94efde4abf4cabf"
 
 def mixerapi_repositories(bind=True):
     BUILD = """