diff --git a/apps/templates/istio.yaml b/apps/templates/istio.yaml
index 2d3b8d3..e7821d7 100644
--- a/apps/templates/istio.yaml
+++ b/apps/templates/istio.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
 kind: Application
 metadata:
   name: istio
-  namespace: argocd
+  namespace: istio-system
   finalizers:
   - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
 spec: