diff --git a/metricbeat/module/elasticsearch/_meta/Dockerfile b/metricbeat/module/elasticsearch/_meta/Dockerfile
index 7e3c6e92f9dc..535344e910b3 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/elasticsearch/_meta/Dockerfile
+++ b/metricbeat/module/elasticsearch/_meta/Dockerfile
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 FROM docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:6.5.1
-HEALTHCHECK --interval=1s --retries=300 CMD curl -f http://localhost:9200/_cluster/health
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=1s --retries=300 CMD curl -f http://localhost:9200/_xpack/license