diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
index 90dbc53596..4fd6dd180c 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
@@ -1325,6 +1325,7 @@ enable_prometheus_proxysql_exporter: "{{ enable_prometheus | bool and enable_pro
 prometheus_alertmanager_user: "admin"
 prometheus_ceph_exporter_interval: "{{ prometheus_scrape_interval }}"
 prometheus_grafana_user: "grafana"
+prometheus_haproxy_user: "haproxy"
 prometheus_skyline_user: "skyline"
 prometheus_scrape_interval: "60s"
 prometheus_openstack_exporter_interval: "{{ prometheus_scrape_interval }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/opensearch/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/opensearch/defaults/main.yml
index 8a0fa366fc..b669a6f269 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/opensearch/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/opensearch/defaults/main.yml
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ opensearch_services:
         auth_user: "{{ opensearch_dashboards_user }}"
         auth_pass: "{{ opensearch_dashboards_password }}"
         backend_http_extra:
-          - "option httpchk"
-          - "http-check expect status 401"
+          - "option httpchk GET /api/status"
       opensearch_dashboards_external:
         enabled: "{{ enable_opensearch_dashboards_external | bool }}"
         mode: "http"
@@ -51,8 +50,7 @@ opensearch_services:
         auth_user: "{{ opensearch_dashboards_user }}"
         auth_pass: "{{ opensearch_dashboards_password }}"
         backend_http_extra:
-          - "option httpchk"
-          - "http-check expect status 401"
+          - "option httpchk  GET /api/status"
 
 
 ####################
diff --git a/ansible/roles/prometheus/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/prometheus/defaults/main.yml
index e96988434b..e5588d3a26 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/prometheus/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/prometheus/defaults/main.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ prometheus_services:
         port: "{{ prometheus_port }}"
         active_passive: "{{ prometheus_active_passive | bool }}"
         backend_http_extra:
-          - "option httpchk"
+          - "option httpchk GET /-/ready HTTP/1.0"
+          - "http-check send hdr Authorization 'Basic {{ (prometheus_haproxy_user + ':' + prometheus_haproxy_password) | b64encode }}'"
       prometheus_server_external:
         enabled: "{{ enable_prometheus_server_external | bool }}"
         mode: "http"
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@ prometheus_services:
         listen_port: "{{ prometheus_listen_port }}"
         active_passive: "{{ prometheus_active_passive | bool }}"
         backend_http_extra:
-          - "option httpchk"
+          - "option httpchk GET /-/ready HTTP/1.0"
+          - "http-check send hdr Authorization 'Basic {{ (prometheus_haproxy_user + ':' + prometheus_haproxy_password) | b64encode }}'"
   prometheus-node-exporter:
     container_name: prometheus_node_exporter
     group: prometheus-node-exporter
@@ -156,12 +158,14 @@ prometheus_basic_auth_users_default:
   - username: "{{ prometheus_grafana_user }}"
     password: "{{ prometheus_grafana_password }}"
     enabled: "{{ enable_grafana }}"
+  - username: "{{ prometheus_haproxy_user }}"
+    password: "{{ prometheus_haproxy_password }}"
+    enabled: "{{ enable_haproxy | bool }}"
   - username: "{{ prometheus_skyline_user }}"
     password: "{{ prometheus_skyline_password }}"
     enabled: "{{ enable_skyline }}"
 
 prometheus_basic_auth_users_extra: []
-
 ####################
 # Database
 ####################
diff --git a/etc/kolla/passwords.yml b/etc/kolla/passwords.yml
index 5ce37b5b54..c8330296cb 100644
--- a/etc/kolla/passwords.yml
+++ b/etc/kolla/passwords.yml
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ prometheus_mysql_exporter_database_password:
 prometheus_alertmanager_password:
 prometheus_password:
 prometheus_grafana_password:
+prometheus_haproxy_password:
 prometheus_skyline_password:
 prometheus_bcrypt_salt:
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/haproxy_healthchecks_to_l7-b05e8c7b177d1544.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/haproxy_healthchecks_to_l7-b05e8c7b177d1544.yaml
index e9308c6d47..e7189b4f40 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/haproxy_healthchecks_to_l7-b05e8c7b177d1544.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/haproxy_healthchecks_to_l7-b05e8c7b177d1544.yaml
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ features:
   - |
     Implement Layer 7 Healthchecks for HA Proxy.
     This should fix traffic being sent to unhealthy servers in some scenarios.
+    Adds Prometheus ``haproxy`` user for handling authenticated l7
+    healthchecks.