diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index 00ef6003e..ed7d49740 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Health check
         run: |
-          response=$(curl ${{secrets.NOTIFY_E2E_TEST_URI}}_status -header "Accept: application/json" -header "X-Username: ${{ secrets.NOTIFY_E2E_TEST_HTTP_AUTH_USER }}" -header "X-Password: ${{ secrets.NOTIFY_E2E_TEST_HTTP_AUTH_PASSWORD }}")         
+          response=$(curl -url ${{secrets.NOTIFY_E2E_TEST_URI}}_status -u "${{ secrets.NOTIFY_E2E_TEST_HTTP_AUTH_USER }}:${{ secrets.NOTIFY_E2E_TEST_HTTP_AUTH_PASSWORD }}"         
           echo "response from curl=$response"
         env:
           # login: ${{secrets.NOTIFY_E2E_TEST_HTTP_AUTH_USER}}:${{secrets.NOTIFY_E2E_TEST_HTTP_AUTH_PASSWORD}}