diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c268f9ba0ff..8898aff62da 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - db  # Indicates that this service depends on the 'db' service, ensuring 'db' starts first
     healthcheck:  # Defines the health check configuration for the container
-      test: [ "CMD-SHELL", "wget --no-verbose --tries=1 http://localhost:4000/health/liveliness || exit 1" ]  # Command to execute for health check
+      test:
+        - CMD-SHELL
+        - python3 -c "import urllib.request; urllib.request.urlopen('http://localhost:4000/health/liveliness')"  # Command to execute for health check
       interval: 30s  # Perform health check every 30 seconds
       timeout: 10s   # Health check command times out after 10 seconds
       retries: 3     # Retry up to 3 times if health check fails