diff --git a/contrib/terraform/aws/modules/elb/main.tf b/contrib/terraform/aws/modules/elb/main.tf
index c465eecd0..0733a8a3a 100644
--- a/contrib/terraform/aws/modules/elb/main.tf
+++ b/contrib/terraform/aws/modules/elb/main.tf
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ resource "aws_elb" "aws-elb-api" {
     healthy_threshold   = 2
     unhealthy_threshold = 2
     timeout             = 3
-    target              = "TCP:${var.k8s_secure_api_port}"
+    target              = "HTTPS:${var.k8s_secure_api_port}/healthz"
     interval            = 30
   }