diff --git a/apps/api/tests/test_phase15_ops.py b/apps/api/tests/test_phase15_ops.py
index e20d423..cad6388 100644
--- a/apps/api/tests/test_phase15_ops.py
+++ b/apps/api/tests/test_phase15_ops.py
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ class Phase15OpsTests(unittest.TestCase):
             finally:
                 server.shutdown(); server.server_close(); thread.join(timeout=2)
 
+    def test_web_healthcheck_uses_image_runtime(self):
+        compose = (ROOT / "docker-compose.yml").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("python", compose)
+        self.assertIn("urllib.request.urlopen('http://127.0.0.1:8080/healthz'", compose)
+        self.assertNotIn('test: ["CMD", "wget", "--spider"', compose)
+
     def test_backup_restore_integrity_and_checksum(self):
         with TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
             root = Path(tmp); db = root / "prospects.db"; backups = root / "backups"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 10a650c..816c6b6 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ services:
     cap_drop:
       - ALL
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "wget", "--spider", "--quiet", "http://127.0.0.1:8080/healthz"]
+      test: ["CMD", "python", "-c", "import urllib.request; urllib.request.urlopen('http://127.0.0.1:8080/healthz', timeout=2)"]
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 3s
       retries: 5