diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/rules.rego b/src/tools/genpolicy/rules.rego
index 528c0e46e49f..6c1b60f4e675 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/rules.rego
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/rules.rego
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ default WriteStreamRequest := false
 # them and inspect OPA logs for the root cause of a failure.
 default AllowRequestsFailingPolicy := false
 
+# Constants
+S_NAME_KEY = "io.kubernetes.cri.sandbox-name"
+S_NAMESPACE_KEY = "io.kubernetes.cri.sandbox-namespace"
+
 CreateContainerRequest:= {"ops": ops, "allowed": true} {
     # Check if the input request should be rejected even before checking the
     # policy_data.containers information.
@@ -63,7 +67,7 @@ CreateContainerRequest:= {"ops": ops, "allowed": true} {
     ops_builder := []
 
     # check sandbox name
-    sandbox_name = i_oci.Annotations["io.kubernetes.cri.sandbox-name"]
+    sandbox_name = i_oci.Annotations[S_NAME_KEY]
     add_sandbox_name_to_state := state_allows("sandbox_name", sandbox_name)
     ops := concat_op_if_not_null(ops_builder, add_sandbox_name_to_state)
 
@@ -205,16 +209,14 @@ allow_anno_key(i_key, p_oci) {
     print("allow_anno_key 2: true")
 }
 
-# Get the value of the "io.kubernetes.cri.sandbox-name" annotation and
+# Get the value of the S_NAME_KEY annotation and
 # correlate it with other annotations and process fields.
 allow_by_anno(p_oci, i_oci, p_storages, i_storages) {
     print("allow_by_anno 1: start")
 
-    s_name := "io.kubernetes.cri.sandbox-name"
-
-    not p_oci.Annotations[s_name]
+    not p_oci.Annotations[S_NAME_KEY]
 
-    i_s_name := i_oci.Annotations[s_name]
+    i_s_name := i_oci.Annotations[S_NAME_KEY]
     print("allow_by_anno 1: i_s_name =", i_s_name)
 
     allow_by_sandbox_name(p_oci, i_oci, p_storages, i_storages, i_s_name)
@@ -224,10 +226,8 @@ allow_by_anno(p_oci, i_oci, p_storages, i_storages) {
 allow_by_anno(p_oci, i_oci, p_storages, i_storages) {
     print("allow_by_anno 2: start")
 
-    s_name := "io.kubernetes.cri.sandbox-name"
-
-    p_s_name := p_oci.Annotations[s_name]
-    i_s_name := i_oci.Annotations[s_name]
+    p_s_name := p_oci.Annotations[S_NAME_KEY]
+    i_s_name := i_oci.Annotations[S_NAME_KEY]
     print("allow_by_anno 2: i_s_name =", i_s_name, "p_s_name =", p_s_name)
 
     allow_sandbox_name(p_s_name, i_s_name)
@@ -239,10 +239,8 @@ allow_by_anno(p_oci, i_oci, p_storages, i_storages) {
 allow_by_sandbox_name(p_oci, i_oci, p_storages, i_storages, s_name) {
     print("allow_by_sandbox_name: start")
 
-    s_namespace := "io.kubernetes.cri.sandbox-namespace"
-
-    p_namespace := p_oci.Annotations[s_namespace]
-    i_namespace := i_oci.Annotations[s_namespace]
+    p_namespace := p_oci.Annotations[S_NAMESPACE_KEY]
+    i_namespace := i_oci.Annotations[S_NAMESPACE_KEY]
     print("allow_by_sandbox_name: p_namespace =", p_namespace, "i_namespace =", i_namespace)
     p_namespace == i_namespace