diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 50082cc..dcad7d7 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ services:
     networks:
       - internal
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "healthcheck.sh", "--connect", "--innodb_initialized"]
+      test: ["CMD", "mysqladmin", "ping", "-h", "localhost", "-u", "root", "-p${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}"]
       interval: 10s
-      timeout: 5s
-      retries: 3
-      start_period: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 60s
 
   wordpress:
     image: wordpress:6.4-php8.2-apache