diff --git a/kong-2.3.1-0.rockspec b/kong-2.3.1-0.rockspec
index 1fd906606c85..8855bcdc409e 100644
--- a/kong-2.3.1-0.rockspec
+++ b/kong-2.3.1-0.rockspec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dependencies = {
   "lua_pack == 1.0.5",
   "lua-resty-dns-client == 5.2.1",
   "lua-resty-worker-events == 1.0.0",
-  "lua-resty-healthcheck == 1.4.0",
+  "lua-resty-healthcheck == 2.0.0",
   "lua-resty-cookie == 0.1.0",
   "lua-resty-mlcache == 2.5.0",
   "lua-messagepack == 0.5.2",
diff --git a/spec/01-unit/09-balancer_spec.lua b/spec/01-unit/09-balancer_spec.lua
index 26f0690e9348..9032ed8a82d4 100644
--- a/spec/01-unit/09-balancer_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/01-unit/09-balancer_spec.lua
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ 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 = {