diff --git a/scripts/install-virtctl b/scripts/install-virtctl
index 4cd281c2..ec015a03 100644
--- a/scripts/install-virtctl
+++ b/scripts/install-virtctl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-KUBEVIRTVERSION=1.5.3
+KUBEVIRTVERSION=1.7.4
 echo "installing virtctl version $KUBEVIRTVERSION"
 curl -L -o /usr/local/bin/virtctl https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/releases/download/v${KUBEVIRTVERSION}/virtctl-v${KUBEVIRTVERSION}-linux-amd64
 chmod +x /usr/local/bin/virtctl