diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 1c33298..6d8f9f2 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup Label="SharedVersions">
     <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
-    <AkkaVersion>1.5.53</AkkaVersion>
-    <AkkaHostingVersion>1.5.53</AkkaHostingVersion>
-    <AkkaManagementVersion>1.5.52</AkkaManagementVersion>
+    <AkkaVersion>1.5.55</AkkaVersion>
+    <AkkaHostingVersion>1.5.55</AkkaHostingVersion>
+    <AkkaManagementVersion>1.5.55</AkkaManagementVersion>
     <PetabridgeCmdVersion>1.4.5</PetabridgeCmdVersion>
     <AspireVersion>9.5.1</AspireVersion>
     <PlaywrightVersion>1.52.0</PlaywrightVersion>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Akka.Discovery.KubernetesApi" Version="$(AkkaManagementVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Akka.Hosting" Version="$(AkkaHostingVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Akka.Management" Version="$(AkkaManagementVersion)" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Akka.Persistence.Sql.Hosting" Version="1.5.53" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Akka.Persistence.Sql.Hosting" Version="1.5.55.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Akka.Streams" Version="$(AkkaVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Akka.Streams.TestKit" Version="$(AkkaVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Aspire.Hosting.Azure.Storage" Version="$(AspireVersion)" />
diff --git a/src/DrawTogether/Config/AkkaConfiguration.cs b/src/DrawTogether/Config/AkkaConfiguration.cs
index 593e3dc..3ce2b7e 100644
--- a/src/DrawTogether/Config/AkkaConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/DrawTogether/Config/AkkaConfiguration.cs
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ public static IServiceCollection ConfigureAkka(this IServiceCollection services,
         {
             builder.ConfigureNetwork(provider)
                 .AddDrawingProtocolSerializer()
-                .WithAkkaClusterReadinessCheck()
-                .WithActorSystemLivenessCheck()
+                .WithAkkaClusterReadinessCheck(tags:["Akka", "ready", "Akka.Cluster"])
+                .WithActorSystemLivenessCheck(tags:["Akka", "liveness"])
                 .WithSqlPersistence(
                     connectionString: connectionString,
                     providerName: ProviderName.SqlServer2022,
@@ -44,10 +44,11 @@ public static IServiceCollection ConfigureAkka(this IServiceCollection services,
                     useWriterUuidColumn: true,
                     autoInitialize: true, journalBuilder: journalBuilder =>
                     {
-                        journalBuilder.WithHealthCheck(name:"Akka.Persistence.Sql.Journal[default]");
+                        journalBuilder.WithHealthCheck(name:"Akka.Persistence.Sql.Journal[default]", tags:["Akka.Persistence", "Akka.Persistence.Sql.Journal", "ready"]);
+                        journalBuilder.WithConnectivityCheck();
                     }, snapshotBuilder: snapshotBuilder =>
                     {
-                        snapshotBuilder.WithHealthCheck(name:"Akka.Persistence.Sql.SnapshotStore[default]");
+                        snapshotBuilder.WithHealthCheck(name:"Akka.Persistence.Sql.SnapshotStore[default]", tags:["Akka.Persistence", "Akka.Persistence.Sql.SnapshotStore", "ready"]);
                     })
                 .AddAllDrawingsIndexActor(roleName)
                 .AddDrawingSessionActor(roleName)
diff --git a/src/DrawTogether/Config/HealthCheckEndpointsExtensions.cs b/src/DrawTogether/Config/HealthCheckEndpointsExtensions.cs
index 2258c9d..ab486bf 100644
--- a/src/DrawTogether/Config/HealthCheckEndpointsExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/DrawTogether/Config/HealthCheckEndpointsExtensions.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public static IEndpointRouteBuilder MapHealthCheckEndpoints(this IEndpointRouteB
         // /healthz/ready - only readiness checks (Akka.Persistence checks by name pattern)
         endpoints.MapHealthChecks("/healthz/ready", new HealthCheckOptions
         {
-            Predicate = check => check.Name.Contains("Akka.Persistence"),
+            Predicate = check => check.Name.Contains("ready"),
             ResponseWriter = WriteHealthCheckResponse
         });