diff --git a/.github/workflows/health_check.yml b/.github/workflows/health_check.yml
index dd8f86177b81..76bf747eb337 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/health_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/health_check.yml
@@ -1,22 +1,25 @@
 name: Health Check
 
 on:
+  # Run the workflow test on push events
   push:
     paths:
       - scripts/health_check.py
       - .github/workflows/health_check.yml
+  # Run the main workflow on workflow_dispatch or schedule
   workflow_dispatch:
   schedule:
     # Every 5 minutes
     - cron: '*/5 * * * *'
 
 jobs:
-  health-check:
+  health_check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
-      matrix:
-        environment: ['dev', 'stage', 'prod']
       fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        environment: |
+          ${{fromJson(github.event_name == 'push' && '["test"]' || '["dev","stage","prod"]')}}
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/scripts/health_check.py b/scripts/health_check.py
index 98bec2e0d7aa..45f127d35af7 100755
--- a/scripts/health_check.py
+++ b/scripts/health_check.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
         ('dev', 'https://addons-dev.allizom.org'),
         ('stage', 'https://addons.allizom.org'),
         ('prod', 'https://addons.mozilla.org'),
+        # TODO: maybe we could use the local environmnet here
+        ('test', '')
     ],
 )
 
@@ -46,14 +48,18 @@ def _fetch(self, path: str) -> dict[str, str] | None:
         return data
 
     def version(self):
+        if self.environment.name == 'test':
+            return {}
         return self._fetch('__version__')
 
     def monitors(self):
+        if self.environment.name == 'test':
+            return {
+                'up': {'state': True},
+                'down': {'state': False, 'status': 'something is wrong'}
+            }
         return self._fetch('services/monitor.json')
 
-
-# Test
-
 def main(env: ENV_ENUM, verbose: bool = False, output: str | None = None):
     fetcher = Fetcher(env, verbose)