diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.istio.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.istio.yaml
index b4dc43f9c..bd72a5d16 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.istio.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.istio.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ on:
 env:
   SKIP_TEST: true
   ES_VERSION: es7
-  ISTIO_VERSION: 1.7.1
   TAG: ${{ github.sha }}
   SCRIPTS_DIR: test/e2e-mesh/e2e-istio/scripts
   SW_OAP_BASE_IMAGE: openjdk:11-jdk
@@ -40,7 +39,10 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
         analyzer: [k8s-mesh, mx-mesh]
-    name: Istio+ALS(${{ matrix.analyzer }})
+        istio_version: [1.7.1, 1.8.2]
+    name: Istio(${{ matrix.istio_version }})+ALS(${{ matrix.analyzer }})
+    env:
+      ISTIO_VERSION: ${{ matrix.istio_version }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
@@ -134,7 +136,13 @@ jobs:
   metrics-service:
     runs-on: ubuntu-16.04
     timeout-minutes: 60
-    name: MetricsService
+    name: Istio(${{ matrix.istio_version }})+MetricsService
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: true
+      matrix:
+        istio_version: [1.7.1, 1.8.2]
+    env:
+      ISTIO_VERSION: ${{ matrix.istio_version }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 91a8d4eaf..51d722c84 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Release Notes.
 * Add `package` to `.proto` files, prevent polluting top-level namespace in some languages; The OAP server supports previous agent releases, whereas the previous OAP server (<=8.3.0) won't recognize newer agents since this version (>= 8.4.0).
 * Add ElasticSearch 7.10 to test matrix and verify it works.
 * Replace Apache RAT with skywalking-eyes to check license headers.
+* Set up test of Envoy ALS / MetricsService under Istio 1.8.2 to verify Envoy V3 protocol
 
 #### Java Agent
 * The operation name of quartz-scheduler plugin, has been changed as the `quartz-scheduler/${className}` format.
diff --git a/test/e2e-mesh/e2e-istio/scripts/istio.sh b/test/e2e-mesh/e2e-istio/scripts/istio.sh
index 2578818bc..1fb8c2a93 100644
--- a/test/e2e-mesh/e2e-istio/scripts/istio.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-mesh/e2e-istio/scripts/istio.sh
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@
 set -ex
 
 istioctl version || (curl -L https://istio.io/downloadIstio | sh - && sudo mv $PWD/istio-$ISTIO_VERSION/bin/istioctl /usr/local/bin/)
-istioctl install $@
+istioctl install -y $@
 kubectl label namespace default istio-injection=enabled