diff --git a/examples/ext_authz/Dockerfile-opa b/examples/ext_authz/Dockerfile-opa
index abcc30a97573f..f2d190e3ec548 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:0.50.1-istio@sha256:81388a769203c5c6f2f2a1431d9aca08cee1f75a75e0221953da0614a3b55fab