diff --git a/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml
index 9d77a42742bc6..70e263c338fe4 100644
--- a/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ kind: Kustomization
 images:
 - name: argoproj/argocd
   newName: argoproj/argocd
-  newTag: latest
+  newTag: v1.8.0-rc1
 resources:
 - ./application-controller
 - ./dex
diff --git a/manifests/ha/base/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/ha/base/kustomization.yaml
index fea1d047ac34d..a958122b7f954 100644
--- a/manifests/ha/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/ha/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ patchesStrategicMerge:
 images:
 - name: argoproj/argocd
   newName: argoproj/argocd
-  newTag: latest
+  newTag: v1.8.0-rc1
 resources:
 - ../../base/application-controller
 - ../../base/dex
diff --git a/manifests/ha/install.yaml b/manifests/ha/install.yaml
index fbbbb6232bec5..c5df0599888e0 100644
--- a/manifests/ha/install.yaml
+++ b/manifests/ha/install.yaml
@@ -2864,7 +2864,7 @@ spec:
         - -n
         - /usr/local/bin/argocd-util
         - /shared
-        image: argoproj/argocd:latest
+        image: argoproj/argocd:v1.8.0-rc1
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: copyutil
         volumeMounts:
@@ -3002,7 +3002,7 @@ spec:
         - argocd-repo-server
         - --redis
         - argocd-redis-ha-haproxy:6379
-        image: argoproj/argocd:latest
+        image: argoproj/argocd:v1.8.0-rc1
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: argocd-repo-server
         ports:
@@ -3076,7 +3076,7 @@ spec:
         env:
         - name: ARGOCD_API_SERVER_REPLICAS
           value: "2"
-        image: argoproj/argocd:latest
+        image: argoproj/argocd:v1.8.0-rc1
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: argocd-server
         ports:
@@ -3146,7 +3146,7 @@ spec:
         - "10"
         - --redis
         - argocd-redis-ha-haproxy:6379
-        image: argoproj/argocd:latest
+        image: argoproj/argocd:v1.8.0-rc1
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
diff --git a/manifests/ha/namespace-install.yaml b/manifests/ha/namespace-install.yaml
index 4aeb95cc4e84e..ed16babd40dfe 100644
--- a/manifests/ha/namespace-install.yaml
+++ b/manifests/ha/namespace-install.yaml
@@ -2779,7 +2779,7 @@ spec:
         - -n
         - /usr/local/bin/argocd-util
         - /shared
-        image: argoproj/argocd:latest
+        image: argoproj/argocd:v1.8.0-rc1
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: copyutil
         volumeMounts:
@@ -2917,7 +2917,7 @@ spec:
         - argocd-repo-server
         - --redis
         - argocd-redis-ha-haproxy:6379
-        image: argoproj/argocd:latest
+        image: argoproj/argocd:v1.8.0-rc1
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: argocd-repo-server
         ports:
@@ -2991,7 +2991,7 @@ spec:
         env:
         - name: ARGOCD_API_SERVER_REPLICAS
           value: "2"
-        image: argoproj/argocd:latest
+        image: argoproj/argocd:v1.8.0-rc1
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: argocd-server
         ports:
@@ -3061,7 +3061,7 @@ spec:
         - "10"
         - --redis
         - argocd-redis-ha-haproxy:6379
-        image: argoproj/argocd:latest
+        image: argoproj/argocd:v1.8.0-rc1
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
diff --git a/manifests/install.yaml b/manifests/install.yaml
index 08106ce232a72..da6b7b9f3367d 100644
--- a/manifests/install.yaml
+++ b/manifests/install.yaml
@@ -2453,7 +2453,7 @@ spec:
         - -n
         - /usr/local/bin/argocd-util
         - /shared
-        image: argoproj/argocd:latest
+        image: argoproj/argocd:v1.8.0-rc1
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: copyutil
         volumeMounts:
@@ -2553,7 +2553,7 @@ spec:
         - argocd-repo-server
         - --redis
         - argocd-redis:6379
-        image: argoproj/argocd:latest
+        image: argoproj/argocd:v1.8.0-rc1
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: argocd-repo-server
         ports:
@@ -2623,7 +2623,7 @@ spec:
         - argocd-server
         - --staticassets
         - /shared/app
-        image: argoproj/argocd:latest
+        image: argoproj/argocd:v1.8.0-rc1
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: argocd-server
         ports:
@@ -2692,7 +2692,7 @@ spec:
         - "20"
         - --operation-processors
         - "10"
-        image: argoproj/argocd:latest
+        image: argoproj/argocd:v1.8.0-rc1
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
diff --git a/manifests/namespace-install.yaml b/manifests/namespace-install.yaml
index 22ddf75b472c5..2e5471a2b35b2 100644
--- a/manifests/namespace-install.yaml
+++ b/manifests/namespace-install.yaml
@@ -2368,7 +2368,7 @@ spec:
         - -n
         - /usr/local/bin/argocd-util
         - /shared
-        image: argoproj/argocd:latest
+        image: argoproj/argocd:v1.8.0-rc1
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: copyutil
         volumeMounts:
@@ -2468,7 +2468,7 @@ spec:
         - argocd-repo-server
         - --redis
         - argocd-redis:6379
-        image: argoproj/argocd:latest
+        image: argoproj/argocd:v1.8.0-rc1
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: argocd-repo-server
         ports:
@@ -2538,7 +2538,7 @@ spec:
         - argocd-server
         - --staticassets
         - /shared/app
-        image: argoproj/argocd:latest
+        image: argoproj/argocd:v1.8.0-rc1
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: argocd-server
         ports:
@@ -2607,7 +2607,7 @@ spec:
         - "20"
         - --operation-processors
         - "10"
-        image: argoproj/argocd:latest
+        image: argoproj/argocd:v1.8.0-rc1
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet: