diff --git a/templates/compose/audiobookshelf.yaml b/templates/compose/audiobookshelf.yaml
index 86b932240..3df294ce8 100644
--- a/templates/compose/audiobookshelf.yaml
+++ b/templates/compose/audiobookshelf.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ services:
       - audiobookshelf-config:/config
       - audiobookshelf-metadata:/metadata
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "curl -f http://localhost:80/ping || exit 1"]
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget --quiet --tries=1 --timeout=5 http://localhost:80/ping -O /dev/null || exit 1"]
       interval: 30s
       timeout: 10s
       retries: 3