diff --git a/templates/compose/forgejo-with-runner-with-mariadb.yaml b/templates/compose/forgejo-with-runner-with-mariadb.yaml
index 372da38668..a751ee2848 100644
--- a/templates/compose/forgejo-with-runner-with-mariadb.yaml
+++ b/templates/compose/forgejo-with-runner-with-mariadb.yaml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ services:
     privileged: true
     restart: 'unless-stopped'
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "nc", "-z", "127.0.0.1", "2376"]
+      test: ["CMD", "pgrep", "dockerd"]
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 30s
       retries: 10
diff --git a/templates/compose/forgejo-with-runner-with-mysql.yaml b/templates/compose/forgejo-with-runner-with-mysql.yaml
index c7abc3193e..ccc33644f2 100644
--- a/templates/compose/forgejo-with-runner-with-mysql.yaml
+++ b/templates/compose/forgejo-with-runner-with-mysql.yaml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ services:
     privileged: true
     restart: 'unless-stopped'
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "nc", "-z", "127.0.0.1", "2376"]
+      test: ["CMD", "pgrep", "dockerd"]
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 30s
       retries: 10
diff --git a/templates/compose/forgejo-with-runner-with-postgresql.yaml b/templates/compose/forgejo-with-runner-with-postgresql.yaml
index 16c9278ffc..0b4dcd3fe3 100644
--- a/templates/compose/forgejo-with-runner-with-postgresql.yaml
+++ b/templates/compose/forgejo-with-runner-with-postgresql.yaml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ services:
     privileged: true
     restart: 'unless-stopped'
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "nc", "-z", "127.0.0.1", "2376"]
+      test: ["CMD", "pgrep", "dockerd"]
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 30s
       retries: 10
diff --git a/templates/compose/forgejo-with-runner.yaml b/templates/compose/forgejo-with-runner.yaml
index 9e54fdda01..abcaa6e7ea 100644
--- a/templates/compose/forgejo-with-runner.yaml
+++ b/templates/compose/forgejo-with-runner.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ services:
     privileged: true
     restart: 'unless-stopped'
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "nc", "-z", "127.0.0.1", "2376"]
+      test: ["CMD", "pgrep", "dockerd"]
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 30s
       retries: 10