diff --git a/tests/features/check-service-status.feature b/tests/features/check-service-status.feature
index 48c2718d44..2e65318237 100644
--- a/tests/features/check-service-status.feature
+++ b/tests/features/check-service-status.feature
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Feature: Check status of the service
   Scenario: I want to check the service health
     Given I fetch the healthcheck endpoint
     Then I see JSON output
-    And it contains a "overall_healthy" key/value pair
+    And the service is declared healthy
 
   @smoke
   Scenario: I want to discover the service version
diff --git a/tests/smoke/context/CommonContext.php b/tests/smoke/context/CommonContext.php
index f6eb612b61..95e9c7f372 100644
--- a/tests/smoke/context/CommonContext.php
+++ b/tests/smoke/context/CommonContext.php
@@ -217,6 +217,17 @@ public function iSeeJsonOutput(): void
         $this->responseJson = $this->assertJsonResponse();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @Then the service is declared healthy
+     */
+    public function theServiceIsDeclaredHealthy(): void
+    {
+        $this->responseJson = $this->assertJsonResponse();
+
+        $this->itContainsAKeyValuePair('overall_healthy');
+        Assert::assertTrue($this->responseJson['overall_healthy']);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @Then it contains a :key key\/value pair
      */