diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ec06f0b97f..96cf53a426 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Our versioning strategy is as follows:
    - `scTextEmptyFieldEditingTemplate` for _scText_
 * `[sitecore-jss-angular]` `[templates/angular-xmcloud]` Render clientScripts / clientData. The new `sc-editing-scripts` component is exposed from `sitecore-jss-angular` package and required to be rendered on the page to enable Metadata Edit mode. ([#1924](https://github.com/Sitecore/jss/pull/1924))
 * `[sitecore-jss]` GenericFieldValue model is updated to accept Date type ([#1916](https://github.com/Sitecore/jss/pull/1916))
+* `[template/node-xmcloud-proxy]` `[sitecore-jss-proxy]` Introduced /api/healthz endpoint ([#1928](https://github.com/Sitecore/jss/pull/1928))
 
 ### 🛠 Breaking Change
 
diff --git a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/node-xmcloud-proxy/src/index.ts b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/node-xmcloud-proxy/src/index.ts
index 6431f400f8..65d1f3f8cf 100644
--- a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/node-xmcloud-proxy/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/node-xmcloud-proxy/src/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import compression from 'compression';
 import { createProxyMiddleware } from 'http-proxy-middleware';
 import { debug } from '@sitecore-jss/sitecore-jss';
 import { editingRouter } from '@sitecore-jss/sitecore-jss-proxy';
+import { healthCheck } from '@sitecore-jss/sitecore-jss-proxy';
 import { config } from './config';
 
 const server = express();
@@ -127,6 +128,11 @@ server.use(
   })
 );
 
+/**
+ * The health check endpoint
+ */
+server.use(healthCheck());
+
 /**
  * Proxy editing requests through the editing router
  */
diff --git a/packages/sitecore-jss-proxy/src/middleware/healthcheck/index.test.ts b/packages/sitecore-jss-proxy/src/middleware/healthcheck/index.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..252b4928d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sitecore-jss-proxy/src/middleware/healthcheck/index.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import express from 'express';
+import request from 'supertest';
+import { healthCheck } from './index';
+
+describe('healthcheck router - /api/healthz', () => {
+  const app = express();
+
+  it('should handle request', async () => {
+    app.use(healthCheck());
+
+    request(app)
+      .get('/api/healthz')
+      .expect(200, 'Healthy');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/sitecore-jss-proxy/src/middleware/healthcheck/index.ts b/packages/sitecore-jss-proxy/src/middleware/healthcheck/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ebbc0e04f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sitecore-jss-proxy/src/middleware/healthcheck/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { Router, Request, Response } from 'express';
+
+/**
+ * Creates a router for health check requests.
+ * @returns {Router} Editing router
+ */
+export const healthCheck = (): Router => {
+  const router = Router();
+
+  router.get('/api/healthz', (_req: Request, res: Response) => {
+    res.status(200).send('Healthy');
+  });
+
+  return router;
+};
diff --git a/packages/sitecore-jss-proxy/src/middleware/index.ts b/packages/sitecore-jss-proxy/src/middleware/index.ts
index a517e03e02..4b614bde3c 100644
--- a/packages/sitecore-jss-proxy/src/middleware/index.ts
+++ b/packages/sitecore-jss-proxy/src/middleware/index.ts
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 // eslint-disable-next-line prettier/prettier
 export * as headlessProxy from './headless-ssr-proxy';
 export { editingRouter } from './editing';
+export { healthCheck } from './healthcheck';