diff --git a/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/rootfs.sh b/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/rootfs.sh
index b13acb2751..657f618369 100755
--- a/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/rootfs.sh
+++ b/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/rootfs.sh
@@ -719,12 +719,20 @@ EOF
 			#   	OPA should be built from the cached source code instead of downloading
 			#   	this binary.
 			#
+			local opa_repo_url="$(get_package_version_from_kata_yaml externals.open-policy-agent.url)"
+			local opa_version="$(get_package_version_from_kata_yaml externals.open-policy-agent.version)"
 			if [ "$ARCH" == "ppc64le" ] || [ "$ARCH" == "s390x" ]; then
-				opa_repo_url="$(get_package_version_from_kata_yaml externals.open-policy-agent.url)"
 				info "Building OPA binary from source at ${opa_repo_url}"
 				build_opa_from_source "${opa_repo_url}" || die "Failed to build OPA"
 			else
-				opa_bin_url="$(get_package_version_from_kata_yaml externals.open-policy-agent.meta.binary)"
+				local opa_binary_arch
+				case ${ARCH} in
+					x86_64) opa_binary_arch="amd64" ;;
+					aarch64) opa_binary_arch="arm64" ;;
+					*) die "Unsupported architecture for the OPA binary" ;;
+				esac
+
+				local opa_bin_url="${opa_repo_url}/releases/download/${opa_version}/opa_linux_${opa_binary_arch}_static"
 				info "Downloading OPA binary from ${opa_bin_url}"
 				curl --fail -L "${opa_bin_url}" -o opa || die "Failed to download OPA"
 			fi
diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index d888613f2a..d6088189f5 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -297,17 +297,6 @@ externals:
     description: "Open Policy Agent"
     url: "https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa"
     version: "v0.55.0"
-    meta:
-      # - If an OPA package is available for the Guest image distro, that
-      #   package is used instead of the binary below.
-      #
-      # - TODO: if an OPA package is not available for the Guest image distro,
-      #   Kata should cache the OPA source code, toolchain information, etc.
-      #   OPA should be built from the cached source code instead of downloading
-      #   this binary.
-      #
-      # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
-      binary: "https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/releases/download/v0.55.0/opa_linux_amd64_static"
 
   ovmf:
     description: "Firmware, implementation of UEFI for virtual machines."