diff --git a/examples/ext_authz/Dockerfile-opa b/examples/ext_authz/Dockerfile-opa
index ff19250effc1d..5afaffa73be2b 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:0.61.0-istio@sha256:5ee86eb43bbe8a80e24d4d218a7fd568e5e5c1a782f20aa03a5643cad307034f