diff --git a/docs/syncserver/Dockerfile b/docs/syncserver/Dockerfile
index 72bb9ba4b5f..8482f0e1c0e 100644
--- a/docs/syncserver/Dockerfile
+++ b/docs/syncserver/Dockerfile
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-FROM rust:1.76-alpine3.19 AS builder
+FROM rust:1.79-alpine3.20 AS builder
 
 ARG ANKI_VERSION="23.12.1"
 
 RUN apk update && apk add --no-cache build-base protobuf && rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
 RUN cargo install --git https://github.com/ankitects/anki.git \
-    --tag ${ANKI_VERSION} \
-    --root /anki-server  \
-    anki-sync-server
+--tag ${ANKI_VERSION} \
+--root /anki-server  \
+anki-sync-server
 
-FROM alpine:3.19.1
+FROM alpine:3.20
 
 RUN adduser -D -h /home/anki anki
 
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ EXPOSE ${SYNC_PORT}
 
 CMD ["anki-sync-server"]
 
-# TODO - consider exposing endpoint /health to check on health cause currently it will return 404 error
-# HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=10s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
-#     CMD wget -qO- http://localhost:${SYNC_PORT} || exit 1
+# This health check will work for Anki versions 24.06.3 and newer.
+# For older versions, it may incorrectly report an unhealthy status, which should not be the case.
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=10s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
+    CMD wget -qO- http://localhost:${SYNC_PORT}/health || exit 1
 
 LABEL maintainer="Jean Khawand <jk@jeankhawand.com>"
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