diff --git a/examples/ext_authz/Dockerfile-opa b/examples/ext_authz/Dockerfile-opa
index abcc30a97573f..912c72b259dd2 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:0.49.0-istio@sha256:df55bda3f81c3a692c91000b2384f7438d90a95468650ddf602452d0e4faf44d