diff --git a/keycloak/docker-compose.yml b/keycloak/docker-compose.yml
index a86945a..f97d80d 100644
--- a/keycloak/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/keycloak/docker-compose.yml
@@ -26,10 +26,9 @@ services:
       - ${HOST_PORT1}:8080
       - ${HOST_PORT2}:8443
     healthcheck:
-      # Use a bash-based socket check if curl is missing
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "timeout 1 bash -c 'cat < /dev/null > /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/8080' || exit 1"]
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "exec 3<>/dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/9000; echo -e 'GET /health/ready HTTP/1.1\r\nhost: localhost\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n' >&3; grep 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK' <&3"]
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 5s
-      retries: 5
-      start_period: 30s # Gives Keycloak time to boot before failing it
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 30s
     entrypoint: '/opt/keycloak/bin/kc.sh'
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