diff --git a/awx/main/tasks/policy.py b/awx/main/tasks/policy.py
index 6adb089dca..579b247757 100644
--- a/awx/main/tasks/policy.py
+++ b/awx/main/tasks/policy.py
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ import json
 import tempfile
 import contextlib
 
+from typing import Optional, Union
+
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from flags.state import flag_enabled
 from opa_client import OpaClient
+from opa_client.base import BaseClient
 from requests import HTTPError
 from rest_framework import serializers
 from rest_framework import fields
@@ -14,6 +17,29 @@ from awx.main import models
 from awx.main.exceptions import PolicyEvaluationError
 
 
+# Monkey patching opa_client.base.BaseClient to fix retries and timeout settings
+_original_opa_base_client_init = BaseClient.__init__
+
+
+def _opa_base_client_init_fix(
+    self,
+    host: str = "localhost",
+    port: int = 8181,
+    version: str = "v1",
+    ssl: bool = False,
+    cert: Optional[Union[str, tuple]] = None,
+    headers: Optional[dict] = None,
+    retries: int = 2,
+    timeout: float = 1.5,
+):
+    _original_opa_base_client_init(self, host, port, version, ssl, cert, headers)
+    self.retries = retries
+    self.timeout = timeout
+
+
+BaseClient.__init__ = _opa_base_client_init_fix
+
+
 class _UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     class Meta:
         model = models.User
@@ -212,8 +238,8 @@ def opa_client(headers=None):
             headers=headers,
             ssl=settings.OPA_SSL,
             cert=cert_temp_file_name,
-            retries=settings.OPA_REQUEST_RETRIES,
             timeout=settings.OPA_REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
+            retries=settings.OPA_REQUEST_RETRIES,
         ) as client:
             yield client
 
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.in b/requirements/requirements.in
index 50740aa7ef..599cb9f475 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements/requirements.in
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Markdown  # used for formatting API help
 maturin  # pydantic-core build dep
 msgpack<1.0.6  # 1.0.6+ requires cython>=3
 msrestazure
-OPA-python-client
+OPA-python-client==2.0.2 # Code contain monkey patch targeted to 2.0.2 to fix https://github.com/Turall/OPA-python-client/issues/29
 openshift
 opentelemetry-api~=1.24     # new y streams can be drastically different, in a good way
 opentelemetry-sdk~=1.24