diff --git a/packages/testcontainers/fixtures/docker-compose/docker-compose-with-healthcheck-with-start-period.yml b/packages/testcontainers/fixtures/docker-compose/docker-compose-with-healthcheck-with-start-period.yml
index 383738482..160da896b 100644
--- a/packages/testcontainers/fixtures/docker-compose/docker-compose-with-healthcheck-with-start-period.yml
+++ b/packages/testcontainers/fixtures/docker-compose/docker-compose-with-healthcheck-with-start-period.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,5 @@ services:
     ports:
       - 8080
     healthcheck:
-      test: "curl -f http://localhost:8080/hello-world || exit 1"
-      interval: 1s
-      timeout: 1s
-      retries: 1
-      start_period: 10s
\ No newline at end of file
+      test: "sleep 10"
+      timeout: 10s
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/testcontainers/src/docker-compose-environment/docker-compose-environment.test.ts b/packages/testcontainers/src/docker-compose-environment/docker-compose-environment.test.ts
index f2673fb07..48dbf147f 100644
--- a/packages/testcontainers/src/docker-compose-environment/docker-compose-environment.test.ts
+++ b/packages/testcontainers/src/docker-compose-environment/docker-compose-environment.test.ts
@@ -135,18 +135,16 @@ describe("DockerComposeEnvironment", { timeout: 180_000 }, () => {
     ).rejects.toThrow(`Health check failed: unhealthy`);
   });
 
-  if (!process.env.CI_PODMAN) {
-    it("should stop the container when the health check wait strategy times out", async () => {
-      await expect(
-        new DockerComposeEnvironment(fixtures, "docker-compose-with-healthcheck-with-start-period.yml")
-          .withWaitStrategy(await composeContainerName("container"), Wait.forHealthCheck())
-          .withStartupTimeout(0)
-          .up()
-      ).rejects.toThrow(`Health check not healthy after 0ms`);
-
-      expect(await getRunningContainerNames()).not.toContain("container_1");
-    });
-  }
+  it("should stop the container when the health check wait strategy times out", async () => {
+    await expect(
+      new DockerComposeEnvironment(fixtures, "docker-compose-with-healthcheck-with-start-period.yml")
+        .withWaitStrategy(await composeContainerName("container"), Wait.forHealthCheck())
+        .withStartupTimeout(0)
+        .up()
+    ).rejects.toThrow(`Health check not healthy after 0ms`);
+
+    expect(await getRunningContainerNames()).not.toContain("container_1");
+  });
 
   it("should remove volumes when downing an environment", async () => {
     const environment = await new DockerComposeEnvironment(fixtures, "docker-compose-with-volume.yml").up();
diff --git a/packages/testcontainers/src/wait-strategies/health-check-wait-strategy.test.ts b/packages/testcontainers/src/wait-strategies/health-check-wait-strategy.test.ts
index ad7005a56..73a46acf5 100644
--- a/packages/testcontainers/src/wait-strategies/health-check-wait-strategy.test.ts
+++ b/packages/testcontainers/src/wait-strategies/health-check-wait-strategy.test.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ describe("HealthCheckWaitStrategy", { timeout: 180_000 }, () => {
         .withName(containerName)
         .withExposedPorts(8080)
         .withWaitStrategy(Wait.forHealthCheck())
+        .withHealthCheck({ test: ["CMD-SHELL", "sleep 10"], timeout: 10_000 })
         .withStartupTimeout(0)
         .start()
     ).rejects.toThrowError("Health check not healthy after 0ms");