diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-lua-resty-healthcheck.yml b/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-lua-resty-healthcheck.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..61262f04dae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-lua-resty-healthcheck.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+message: "Bumped lua-resty-healthcheck from 3.0.1 to 3.1.0, to reduce active healthcheck timer usage."
+type: dependency
+scope: Core
diff --git a/kong-3.6.2-0.rockspec b/kong-3.6.2-0.rockspec
index 15e493b0b566..d099ecd2d636 100644
--- a/kong-3.6.2-0.rockspec
+++ b/kong-3.6.2-0.rockspec
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dependencies = {
   "binaryheap >= 0.4",
   "luaxxhash >= 1.0",
   "lua-protobuf == 0.5.0",
-  "lua-resty-healthcheck == 3.0.1",
+  "lua-resty-healthcheck == 3.1.0",
   "lua-messagepack == 0.5.4",
   "lua-resty-aws == 1.3.6",
   "lua-resty-openssl == 1.2.1",