diff --git a/examples/ext_authz/Dockerfile-opa b/examples/ext_authz/Dockerfile-opa
index abcc30a97573f..19fe8900be4e7 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:0.50.2-istio@sha256:b8440246c1e2d7bdb32014bebc393b76c759a6146e01b7eeb1ee1e4966324014