diff --git a/test/e2e/helpers.go b/test/e2e/helpers.go
index 0e7c54701..884e95c34 100644
--- a/test/e2e/helpers.go
+++ b/test/e2e/helpers.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"regexp"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -111,8 +112,7 @@ func getHealthStatusInContainer(podName string, containerName string, ns string)
 		fmt.Printf("HealthCheck response: %q\n", stringOutput)
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to execute curl command against health endpoint in container %s:%v with output %s", containerName, err, output)
 	}
-	Expect(healthChecks).ShouldNot(ContainSubstring("\"status\": \"DOWN\""))
-	Expect(healthChecks).Should(ContainSubstring("\"status\": \"UP\""))
+	Expect(slices.Contains(healthChecks, "\"name\": \"alive\",\n            \"status\": \"UP\"")).To(BeTrue())
 	return &h, nil
 }
 func verifyWorkflowIsInRunningStateInNamespace(workflowName string, ns string) bool {