diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-backend.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-backend.yaml
index c9b7326..a99d8ea 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-backend.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-backend.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ jobs:
           "${compose[@]}" config --quiet
           "${compose[@]}" build api
           "${compose[@]}" up -d --wait --wait-timeout 180
-          curl --fail --silent --show-error http://127.0.0.1:8080/readyz
+          docker run --rm --network host --entrypoint wget "ballet-island-api:${IMAGE_TAG}" \
+            -q -T 3 -O /dev/null http://127.0.0.1:8080/readyz
 
       - name: Show container status
         if: always()