diff --git a/src/main/java/com/DeploymentPortal/api/Manifest/schema/healthChecks.json b/src/main/java/com/DeploymentPortal/api/Manifest/schema/healthChecks.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1a6b890
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/DeploymentPortal/api/Manifest/schema/healthChecks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema/#",
+  "definitions": {
+    "healthCheck": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "type": {
+          "enum": ["tcp", "http"]
+        },
+        "port": {
+          "enum": ["metrics","serviceport"]
+        },
+        "successThreshold": {
+          "type": "integer"
+        },
+        "initialDelaySeconds": {
+          "type": "integer"
+        },
+        "periodSeconds": {
+          "type": "integer"
+        },
+        "failureThreshold": {
+          "type": "integer"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "livenessCheck": {
+      "$ref": "#/definitions/healthCheck"
+    },
+    "readinessCheck":{
+  "allOf": [
+    {
+      "$ref": "#/definitions/healthCheck"
+    },
+    {
+      "properties": {
+        "path": {
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/java/com/DeploymentPortal/api/Manifest/SchemaTest.java b/src/test/java/com/DeploymentPortal/api/Manifest/SchemaTest.java
index d96f90c2..7d5ddb59 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/DeploymentPortal/api/Manifest/SchemaTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/DeploymentPortal/api/Manifest/SchemaTest.java
@@ -83,4 +83,13 @@ public class SchemaTest {
 
         assertFalse(validationUtils.isJsonValid(schemaFile, jsonFile));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void expectTrueWhenAllThePropertiesOfHealthChecksAreValid() throws IOException, ProcessingException {
+        File schemaFile = new File(schemaPath + "healthChecks.json");
+        File jsonFile = new File(testData + "validHealthChecks.json");
+        ValidationUtils validationUtils = new ValidationUtils();
+
+        assertTrue(validationUtils.isJsonValid(schemaFile, jsonFile));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/DeploymentPortal/api/Manifest/schema/TestData/validHealthChecks.json b/src/test/java/com/DeploymentPortal/api/Manifest/schema/TestData/validHealthChecks.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d5b4b0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/DeploymentPortal/api/Manifest/schema/TestData/validHealthChecks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "livenessCheck": {
+    "type": "tcp",
+    "port": "metrics",
+    "successThreshold": 1,
+    "initialDelaySeconds": 120,
+    "periodSeconds": 15,
+    "failureThreshold": 5
+  },
+  "readinessCheck": {
+    "type": "http",
+    "port": "metrics",
+    "path": "/actuator/health",
+    "successThreshold": 1,
+    "initialDelaySeconds": 120,
+    "periodSeconds": 15,
+    "failureThreshold": 5
+  }
+}
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