diff --git a/metricbeat/module/consul/_meta/Dockerfile b/metricbeat/module/consul/_meta/Dockerfile
index 640e783c9a6b..2846d457c3a2 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/consul/_meta/Dockerfile
+++ b/metricbeat/module/consul/_meta/Dockerfile
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@ ENV CONSUL_BIND_INTERFACE='eth0'
 
 EXPOSE 8500
 
-# Use the same healthcheck as the Windows version of the image.
-# https://github.com/Microsoft/mssql-docker/blob/a3020afeec9be1eb2d67645ac739438eb8f2c545/windows/mssql-server-windows/dockerfile#L31
-HEALTHCHECK --interval=1s --retries=90 CMD curl http://0.0.0.0:8500/v1/agent/metrics
+# Wait till the service reports runtime metrics
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=1s --retries=90 CMD curl -s http://0.0.0.0:8500/v1/agent/metrics | grep -q consul.runtime
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/consul/docker-compose.yml b/metricbeat/module/consul/docker-compose.yml
index 5131b14aa32d..998c089b2b74 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/consul/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/metricbeat/module/consul/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: '2.3'
 
 services:
   consul:
-    image: docker.elastic.co/integrations-ci/beats-consul:${CONSUL_VERSION:-1.9.3}-1
+    image: docker.elastic.co/integrations-ci/beats-consul:${CONSUL_VERSION:-1.9.3}-2
     build:
       context: ./_meta
       args: