diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index efdaad83d00..0913e7d3cd7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,23 +1,14 @@
+ARG TARGETPLATFORM
+
 # https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint/issues/861
 # hadolint ignore=DL3029
 FROM --platform="${BUILDPLATFORM:-linux/amd64}" docker.io/busybox:1.37.0@sha256:a7dbc319b1438115a207e11930dc4bb3e643dcb3ec0bdd694bb36cd8fad289ec as builder
-RUN mkdir /.cache && touch -t 202101010000.00 /.cache
+RUN mkdir /.cache /data && touch -t 202101010000.00 /.cache
 
 ARG TARGETOS=linux
 ARG TARGETARCH=amd64
 ARG TARGETVARIANT=v1
 
-# renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=grpc-ecosystem/grpc-health-probe
-ARG GRPC_HEALTH_PROBE_VERSION=v0.4.57
-# Downloading grpc_health_probe from github releases with retry as we have seen it fail a lot on ci.
-RUN for i in $(seq 1 50); do \
-    wget -qO/bin/grpc_health_probe "https://github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-health-probe/releases/download/${GRPC_HEALTH_PROBE_VERSION}/grpc_health_probe-${TARGETOS}-${TARGETARCH}" && \
-    chmod +x /bin/grpc_health_probe && \
-    break; \
-    echo "Failed to download grpc_health_probe on $i th attempt, retrying in 5s..." \
-    sleep 5; \
-    done
-
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY dist dist
 
@@ -33,7 +24,7 @@ RUN chmod +x parca
 
 # https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint/issues/861
 # hadolint ignore=DL3029
-FROM --platform="${TARGETPLATFORM:-linux/amd64}"  docker.io/alpine:3.24.2@sha256:294b683cb724975bec92580e1e685676bd4b50bda910ddb8c51d4cabeaec77e6 AS runner
+FROM --platform="${TARGETPLATFORM}" docker.io/alpine:3.24.2@sha256:294b683cb724975bec92580e1e685676bd4b50bda910ddb8c51d4cabeaec77e6 AS runner
 
 LABEL \
     org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/parca-dev/parca" \
@@ -41,11 +32,10 @@ LABEL \
     org.opencontainers.image.description="Continuous profiling for analysis of CPU and memory usage, down to the line number and throughout time. Saving infrastructure cost, improving performance, and increasing reliability." \
     org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0"
 
-RUN mkdir /data && chown nobody /data
+COPY --chown=65534:0 --from=builder /data /data
 # hadolint ignore=DL3066
 USER nobody
 
-COPY --chown=0:0 --from=builder /bin/grpc_health_probe /
 COPY --chown=0:0 --from=builder /app/parca /parca
 COPY --chown=0:0 parca.yaml /parca.yaml
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.dev b/Dockerfile.dev
index 780f7c71c89..9f384d7110d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -21,16 +21,11 @@ FROM docker.io/golang:1.25.6-alpine@sha256:98e6cffc31ccc44c7c15d83df1d69891efee8
 # renovate: datasource=go depName=github.com/go-delve/delve
 ARG DLV_VERSION=v1.26.1
 
-# renovate: datasource=go depName=github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-health-probe
-ARG GRPC_HEALTH_PROBE_VERSION=v0.4.47
-
 WORKDIR /app
 
 # hadolint ignore=DL3018
 RUN apk update && apk add --no-cache build-base
 RUN go install "github.com/go-delve/delve/cmd/dlv@${DLV_VERSION}"
-# hadolint ignore=DL3059
-RUN go install "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-health-probe@${GRPC_HEALTH_PROBE_VERSION}"
 
 COPY go.mod go.sum /app/
 RUN go mod download -modcacherw
@@ -48,7 +43,6 @@ RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -trimpath -gcflags="all=-N -l
 FROM docker.io/golang:1.25.6-alpine@sha256:98e6cffc31ccc44c7c15d83df1d69891efee8115a5bb7ede2bf30a38af3e3c92
 
 COPY --from=builder /go/bin/dlv /
-COPY --from=builder /go/bin/grpc-health-probe /
 COPY --from=builder /app/parca /parca
 COPY parca.yaml /parca.yaml
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.go.dev b/Dockerfile.go.dev
index 74e376abcb0..924376b8109 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.go.dev
+++ b/Dockerfile.go.dev
@@ -5,16 +5,11 @@ FROM docker.io/golang:1.25.6-alpine@sha256:98e6cffc31ccc44c7c15d83df1d69891efee8
 # renovate: datasource=go depName=github.com/go-delve/delve
 ARG DLV_VERSION=v1.26.1
 
-# renovate: datasource=go depName=github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-health-probe
-ARG GRPC_HEALTH_PROBE_VERSION=v0.4.47
-
 WORKDIR /app
 
 # hadolint ignore=DL3018
 RUN apk update && apk add --no-cache build-base
 RUN go install "github.com/go-delve/delve/cmd/dlv@${DLV_VERSION}"
-# hadolint ignore=DL3059
-RUN go install "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-health-probe@${GRPC_HEALTH_PROBE_VERSION}"
 
 COPY go.mod go.sum /app/
 RUN go mod download -modcacherw
@@ -39,7 +34,6 @@ RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -gcflags="all=-N -l" -o parca
 FROM docker.io/golang:1.25.6-alpine@sha256:98e6cffc31ccc44c7c15d83df1d69891efee8115a5bb7ede2bf30a38af3e3c92
 
 COPY --from=builder /go/bin/dlv /
-COPY --from=builder /go/bin/grpc-health-probe /
 COPY --from=builder /app/parca /parca
 COPY parca.yaml /parca.yaml
 
diff --git a/deploy/lib/parca/parca.libsonnet b/deploy/lib/parca/parca.libsonnet
index 9eeee432077..ae755c5568b 100644
--- a/deploy/lib/parca/parca.libsonnet
+++ b/deploy/lib/parca/parca.libsonnet
@@ -161,14 +161,14 @@ function(params) {
       terminationMessagePolicy: 'FallbackToLogsOnError',
       livenessProbe: if prc.config.livenessProbe == true then {
         initialDelaySeconds: 5,
-        exec: {
-          command: ['/grpc_health_probe', '-v', '-addr=:' + prc.config.port],
+        grpc: {
+          port: prc.config.port,
         },
       },
       readinessProbe: if prc.config.readinessProbe == true then {
         initialDelaySeconds: 10,
-        exec: {
-          command: ['/grpc_health_probe', '-v', '-addr=:' + prc.config.port],
+        grpc: {
+          port: prc.config.port,
         },
       },
     };
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index b10cbd35e18..476c93d90fe 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -29,13 +29,6 @@
       "matchSourceUrls": ["https://github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway"],
       "groupName": "grpc-gateway"
     },
-    {
-      "description": "Group grpc-health-probe packages",
-      "matchSourceUrls": [
-        "https://github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-health-probe"
-      ],
-      "groupName": "grpc-health-probe"
-    },
     {
       "description": "Group protobuf-ts packages",
       "matchSourceUrls": ["https://github.com/timostamm/protobuf-ts"],