diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 79623f7f..2f370efe 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ RUN .ci/writeBuildInformation.sh
 
 FROM node:23.6.1-slim
 
-ENV TINI_VERSION=v0.19.0
-ADD --chmod=755 https://github.com/krallin/tini/releases/download/${TINI_VERSION}/tini /usr/local/bin/tini
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=5s --retries=5 CMD ["node","-e",'require("http").get("http://localhost/health", res => process.exit(res.statusCode === 200 ? 0 : 1))']
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/nmshd/connector"
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -qq install -y --no-install-recommends tini && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 RUN mkdir -p /var/log/enmeshed-connector && chown -R node:node /var/log/enmeshed-connector
 
@@ -29,9 +31,7 @@ RUN npm ci --omit=dev
 
 COPY --from=builder /usr/app/dist/ dist/
 
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/nmshd/connector"
-
 USER node
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/tini", "--", "node", "/usr/app/dist/index.js"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/tini", "--", "node", "/usr/app/dist/index.js"]
 CMD ["start"]