diff --git a/test/agent_otel_merging/agent_otel_merging_test.go b/test/agent_otel_merging/agent_otel_merging_test.go
index 71951e420..380bfdcdc 100644
--- a/test/agent_otel_merging/agent_otel_merging_test.go
+++ b/test/agent_otel_merging/agent_otel_merging_test.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ func TestOtelMerging(t *testing.T) {
 	appendOtelConfig(t)
 	sendPayload(t)
 	verifyMetricsInCloudWatch(t)
+	verifyHealthCheck(t)
 }
 
 func startAgent(t *testing.T) {
@@ -88,3 +89,14 @@ func verifyMetricsInCloudWatch(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to parse CloudWatch response")
 	require.NotEmpty(t, stats.Datapoints, "No data points found for the metric")
 }
+
+func verifyHealthCheck(t *testing.T) {
+	endpoint := "http://localhost:13133/health/status"
+
+	verifyCmd := exec.Command("curl", "-s", "-o", "/dev/null", "-w", "%{http_code}", endpoint)
+	verifyOutput, err := verifyCmd.CombinedOutput()
+	require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to execute curl command: %s", verifyOutput)
+
+	httpCode := string(verifyOutput)
+	require.Equal(t, "200", httpCode, "Expected HTTP status code 200, got %s", httpCode)
+}
diff --git a/test/agent_otel_merging/resources/otel.yaml b/test/agent_otel_merging/resources/otel.yaml
index ca7758cd7..a77e70fbb 100644
--- a/test/agent_otel_merging/resources/otel.yaml
+++ b/test/agent_otel_merging/resources/otel.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@ exporters:
       enabled: true
     version: "0"
 
+extensions:
+  health_check:
+
 service:
+  extensions:
+    - health_check
   pipelines:
     metrics:
       receivers: [otlp]