diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/routes/health.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/routes/health.rs
index c57e4c7e9..8d42b79bc 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/routes/health.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/routes/health.rs
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ pub fn services(cfg: &mut web::ServiceConfig) {
 
 #[get("/health")]
 async fn get_health() -> Result<HttpResponse, ResponseError> {
-    Ok(HttpResponse::NoContent().finish())
+    let payload = serde_json::json!({ "status": "available" });
+    Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().json(payload))
 }
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/tests/health.rs b/meilisearch-http/tests/health.rs
index f72127431..2be66887f 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/tests/health.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/tests/health.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ async fn test_healthyness() {
 
     // Check that the server is healthy
 
-    let (_response, status_code) = server.get_health().await;
-    assert_eq!(status_code, 204);
+    let (response, status_code) = server.get_health().await;
+    assert_eq!(status_code, 200);
+    assert_eq!(response["status"], "available");
 }