diff --git a/make/photon/exporter/Dockerfile b/make/photon/exporter/Dockerfile
index 4ffbab24ea5..c3553171461 100644
--- a/make/photon/exporter/Dockerfile
+++ b/make/photon/exporter/Dockerfile
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ RUN chown -R harbor:harbor /etc/pki/tls/certs \
 WORKDIR /harbor
 USER harbor
 
-HEALTHCHECK CMD netstat -ltun|grep 8080
+HEALTHCHECK CMD curl --fail -s http://localhost:8080/metrics || exit 1
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/harbor/entrypoint.sh"]