diff --git a/examples/ext_authz/Dockerfile-opa b/examples/ext_authz/Dockerfile-opa
index abcc30a97573f..1807907e4e751 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:0.49.2-istio@sha256:b428449075140e77a6c1125d315c9a25e48e4256a51ca964b4b4bc39029b6f33