diff --git a/kong-2.1.4-0.rockspec b/kong-2.1.4-0.rockspec
index 13e1ea687e0b..66de045aa517 100644
--- a/kong-2.1.4-0.rockspec
+++ b/kong-2.1.4-0.rockspec
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dependencies = {
   "lua-resty-dns-client == 5.1.0",
   "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 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 = {