diff --git a/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml b/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
index eccbf52b861bb32a6ce9aa92829ad1c2a3fe225b..495531f71b080fbb22f9c7256a012b8a8903178f 100644
--- a/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -48,8 +48,14 @@ spec:
             cpu: "300m"
         readinessProbe:
           httpGet:
-            path: /api/partition/v1/swagger-ui.html
-            port: 80
+            path: /actuator/health
+            port: 8081
+        livenessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /actuator/health
+            port: 8081
+          initialDelaySeconds: 250
+          periodSeconds: 10
         volumeMounts:
         - name: azure-keyvault
           mountPath: "/mnt/azure-keyvault"
diff --git a/devops/azure/release.yaml b/devops/azure/release.yaml
index b45c367aa116803839ec5b7d3aec78f6f36aee23..b0d07c9e19a5ebbb45f23e2e116aade86f0c8fa0 100644
--- a/devops/azure/release.yaml
+++ b/devops/azure/release.yaml
@@ -74,8 +74,14 @@ spec:
         - containerPort: 80
         readinessProbe:
           httpGet:
-            path: /api/partition/v1/swagger-ui.html
-            port: 80
+            path: /actuator/health
+            port: 8081
+        livenessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /actuator/health
+            port: 8081
+          initialDelaySeconds: 250
+          periodSeconds: 10
         volumeMounts:
         - name: azure-keyvault
           mountPath: "/mnt/azure-keyvault"
diff --git a/docs/api/partition_openapi.yaml b/docs/api/partition_openapi.yaml
index 13c47a88a266b4ac63d06d5b407bd1346c58fb63..df9712e0b20e57538718224d6cc82cf75b29a713 100644
--- a/docs/api/partition_openapi.yaml
+++ b/docs/api/partition_openapi.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ tags:
   - name: health-check
     description: Health Check
 paths:
-  /_ah/liveness_check:
+  /actuator/health:
     get:
       tags:
         - health-check
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ paths:
       security:
         - JWT:
             - global
-  /_ah/readiness_check:
+  /actuator/health:
     get:
       tags:
         - health-check
diff --git a/docs/tutorial/Partition.md b/docs/tutorial/Partition.md
index 516bd50b0c34fb8aff9404ad6bbef5b61c40326d..d3bad4589a346fd08ca19d17455f9e4ab9e6b453 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/Partition.md
+++ b/docs/tutorial/Partition.md
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ Partition service is responsible for creating and retrieving the partition speci
 ## Health Check <a name="checking-service-health"></a>
 An endpoint to check if service is up and running.
 ```
-GET api/partition/v1/_ah/liveness_check
+GET api/partition/v1/actuator/health
 ```
 <details><summary>curl</summary>
 
 ```
 curl --request GET \
-  --url 'https://<base_url>/api/partition/v1/_ah/liveness_check'
+  --url 'https://<base_url>/api/partition/v1/actuator/health'
 ```
 </details>
 
diff --git a/partition-core/pom.xml b/partition-core/pom.xml
index a685b5d85edb6bd72db40d5da0967f054a2c7a5f..a92db618be849b5ab942f32631f1b4f8bd83e8ac 100644
--- a/partition-core/pom.xml
+++ b/partition-core/pom.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
diff --git a/partition-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/HealthCheck.java b/partition-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/HealthCheck.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f76c6b02c59495e6604bc605a095b3add06bd543..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/partition-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/HealthCheck.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2020, Schlumberger
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api;
-
-import java.util.Collections;
-import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.logging.AuditLogger;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
-
-@RestController
-@RequestMapping(path= "/_ah", produces = "application/json")
-public class HealthCheck {
-
-    @Autowired
-    private AuditLogger auditLogger;
-
-    @GetMapping("/liveness_check")
-    public ResponseEntity<String> livenessCheck() {
-        ResponseEntity responseEntity = new ResponseEntity<>("Partition service is alive", HttpStatus.OK);
-        this.auditLogger.readServiceLivenessSuccess(Collections.singletonList(responseEntity.toString()));
-        return responseEntity;
-    }
-
-    @GetMapping("/readiness_check")
-    public ResponseEntity<String> readinessCheck() {
-        return new ResponseEntity<>("Partition service is ready", HttpStatus.OK);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/partition-core/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/HealthCheckTest.java b/partition-core/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/HealthCheckTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f21eaf8b7bb4fb81cd88cb9e48e5ed268ee16719..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/partition-core/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/api/HealthCheckTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2020, Schlumberger
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package org.opengroup.osdu.partition.api;
-
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
-import org.mockito.Mock;
-import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
-import org.opengroup.osdu.partition.logging.AuditLogger;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
-
-@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
-public class HealthCheckTest {
-
-    @Mock
-    private AuditLogger auditLogger;
-
-    @InjectMocks
-    private HealthCheck sut;
-
-    @Test
-    public void should_returnHttp200_when_checkLiveness() {
-        assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK, this.sut.livenessCheck().getStatusCode());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void should_returnHttp200_when_checkReadiness() {
-        assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK, this.sut.readinessCheck().getStatusCode());
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/provider/partition-aws/pom.xml b/provider/partition-aws/pom.xml
index 429e74dcb7dd3ee6dab00ea142f11daac4eacafc..85dc54ca4ea305992c858bef8cc7aa6900db7fa2 100644
--- a/provider/partition-aws/pom.xml
+++ b/provider/partition-aws/pom.xml
@@ -93,10 +93,6 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-security-oauth2-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/provider/partition-azure/README.md b/provider/partition-azure/README.md
index e5753d1cbbbcb839d11efba13c10e6e67e301837..8ec2ef3e4ac35ec0dee5c637f9023d55a9c42055 100644
--- a/provider/partition-azure/README.md
+++ b/provider/partition-azure/README.md
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ $ (cd testing/partition-test-core/ && mvn clean install)
 $ (cd testing/partition-test-azure/ && mvn clean test)
 ```
 
-A liveness check can also be performed at `http://localhost:8080/api/partition/v1/_ah/liveness_check`. Other apis can be found on the swagger page
+A liveness check can also be performed at `http://localhost:8080/api/partition/v1/actuator/health`. Other apis can be found on the swagger page
 
 ## Debugging
 
diff --git a/provider/partition-azure/devops/stages.yml b/provider/partition-azure/devops/stages.yml
index 8ea1600127379a49d207d091d45dbf958167f77e..f8f8b205a6e1e76b4c44762f98cddde9e7efff8c 100644
--- a/provider/partition-azure/devops/stages.yml
+++ b/provider/partition-azure/devops/stages.yml
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ stages:
                   attempt_counter=0
                   max_attempts=60
                   # NOTE that the PARTITION_BASE_URL already has a '/' at the end of it
-                  until [ $(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" $(PARTITION_BASE_URL)api/partition/v1/_ah/liveness_check) -eq 200 ]; do
+                  until [ $(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" $(PARTITION_BASE_URL)api/partition/v1/actuator/health) -eq 200 ]; do
                   if [ ${attempt_counter} -eq ${max_attempts} ];then
                       echo "Service is not available, please check the deployment"
                       exit 1
diff --git a/provider/partition-azure/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/provider/azure/security/AADSecurityConfig.java b/provider/partition-azure/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/provider/azure/security/AADSecurityConfig.java
index 427dccaa90a29451ba5f61d3cf72f852a3acc2c4..ba916caea6eb66b0e9bb2dd4789825cf8393dbe4 100644
--- a/provider/partition-azure/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/provider/azure/security/AADSecurityConfig.java
+++ b/provider/partition-azure/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/partition/provider/azure/security/AADSecurityConfig.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class AADSecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
                 .and()
                 .authorizeRequests()
                 .antMatchers("/", "/index.html",
-                        "/_ah/*",
+                        "/actuator/*",
                         "/api-docs",
                         "/configuration/ui",
                         "/swagger-resources/**",
diff --git a/provider/partition-azure/src/main/resources/application.properties b/provider/partition-azure/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 3c241d5981d8c070f66ec74b4a4042098b3728db..7da879f59be16d728b121d0226f59f795cc03381 100644
--- a/provider/partition-azure/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/provider/partition-azure/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ redis.ssl.enabled=true
 redis.connection.timeout=15
 redis.database=${REDIS_DATABASE}
 
+# health check
+management.health.azure-key-vault.enabled=false
+management.server.port=8081
+
 azure.cryptography.enabled=false
 azure.eventgrid.topic.enabled=false
 azure.eventgrid.manager.enabled=false
diff --git a/provider/partition-gcp/pom.xml b/provider/partition-gcp/pom.xml
index 9d0b516b0c78fff8666d4c3a41c590d969341790..6ae38e85ea3ff8785a8f9d0e7a41135da01a33b7 100644
--- a/provider/partition-gcp/pom.xml
+++ b/provider/partition-gcp/pom.xml
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-security-oauth2-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/provider/partition-ibm/pom.xml b/provider/partition-ibm/pom.xml
index c58d1b2d25becbb8af7d351317e43b100cd59333..e2a911ee4cf48fc09dab1aa987bb1a8a60c861e1 100644
--- a/provider/partition-ibm/pom.xml
+++ b/provider/partition-ibm/pom.xml
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
         </dependency> -->
-        <dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-security-oauth2-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/provider/partition-ibm/src/main/resources/application.properties b/provider/partition-ibm/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 59435cdad0effbce72555aa61219cea468c88adf..cd94f42510f955f18220975ac63b507de37940d7 100644
--- a/provider/partition-ibm/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/provider/partition-ibm/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ cache.provider=vm
 cache.expiration=1
 cache.maxSize=1000
 
-ibm.health-check-uri=/api/partition/v1/_ah/liveness_check,/api/partition/v1/_ah/readiness_check
+ibm.health-check-uri=/api/partition/v1/actuator/health,/api/partition/v1/actuator/health
 excluded.uris.for.partition-filter=/api/partition/v1/partitions
 
 #Database Configuration