diff --git a/examples/ext_authz/Dockerfile-opa b/examples/ext_authz/Dockerfile-opa
index ff19250effc1d..9b69a5373a4c3 100644
--- a/examples/ext_authz/Dockerfile-opa
+++ b/examples/ext_authz/Dockerfile-opa
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM openpolicyagent/opa:0.58.0-istio@sha256:f53e69eeee948b1d725877751720864221f6353e515211d54455f08b5abad671
+FROM openpolicyagent/opa:0.59.0-istio@sha256:559c15eeea98c78b4b88779afc17b1db4a09858b59af19594eccaefc96fb29e3