diff --git a/kong-2.1.4-0.rockspec b/kong-2.1.4-0.rockspec
index 053b6a12bb47..1a44a914ab85 100644
--- a/kong-2.1.4-0.rockspec
+++ b/kong-2.1.4-0.rockspec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dependencies = {
   "lua-resty-dns-client == 5.0.1",
   "lua-resty-worker-events == 1.0.0",
   "lua-resty-mediador == 0.1.2",
-  "lua-resty-healthcheck == 1.3.0",
+  "lua-resty-healthcheck == 2.0.0",
   "lua-resty-cookie == 0.1.0",
   "lua-resty-mlcache == 2.4.1",
   "lua-messagepack == 0.5.2",
diff --git a/spec/01-unit/09-balancer_spec.lua b/spec/01-unit/09-balancer_spec.lua
index f2a824a7f5ae..5cfaf73485da 100644
--- a/spec/01-unit/09-balancer_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/01-unit/09-balancer_spec.lua
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ for _, consistency in ipairs({"strict", "eventual"}) do
 
       local passive_hc = utils.deep_copy(hc_defaults)
       passive_hc.passive.healthy.successes = 1
+      passive_hc.passive.unhealthy.tcp_failures = 1 -- 1 = required because http failures is 1 as well
       passive_hc.passive.unhealthy.http_failures = 1
 
       UPSTREAMS_FIXTURES = {