diff --git a/examples/ext_authz/Dockerfile-opa b/examples/ext_authz/Dockerfile-opa
index abcc30a97573f..6db48700cae3c 100644
--- a/examples/ext_authz/Dockerfile-opa
+++ b/examples/ext_authz/Dockerfile-opa
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM openpolicyagent/opa:0.47.4-istio@sha256:6bc3c651ade7df5aea1826aaa2d7ccb026a50982ca13c547787f50c55b462c04
+FROM openpolicyagent/opa:0.48.0-istio@sha256:4ecec6aaaf17f728c937e38353d49f205ee5ac345229b4a843eeaaad663197b5