diff --git a/kfdef/odh-core.yaml b/kfdef/odh-core.yaml
index 0820e7e06..b70949f67 100644
--- a/kfdef/odh-core.yaml
+++ b/kfdef/odh-core.yaml
@@ -69,6 +69,6 @@ spec:
     name: data-science-pipelines-operator
   repos:
   - name: manifests
-    uri: https://github.com/opendatahub-io/odh-manifests/tarball/master
+    uri: https://github.com/opendatahub-io/odh-manifests/tarball/v1.6
   version: master