diff --git a/airflow-core/pyproject.toml b/airflow-core/pyproject.toml
index 3b9fbe1763a4f..4f51b6b66d667 100644
--- a/airflow-core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/airflow-core/pyproject.toml
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "deprecated>=1.2.13",
     "dill>=0.2.2",
     "fastapi[standard-no-fastapi-cloud-cli]>=0.116.0,<0.118.0",
+    "uvicorn>=0.37.0",
     "starlette>=0.45.0",
     "httpx>=0.25.0",
     'importlib_metadata>=6.5;python_version<"3.12"',
diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/cli/commands/api_server_command.py b/airflow-core/src/airflow/cli/commands/api_server_command.py
index 734a6fb74fc70..01844398f79b2 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/cli/commands/api_server_command.py
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/cli/commands/api_server_command.py
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ def _run_api_server(args, apps: str, num_workers: int, worker_timeout: int, prox
         "workers": num_workers,
         "timeout_keep_alive": worker_timeout,
         "timeout_graceful_shutdown": worker_timeout,
+        "timeout_worker_healthcheck": worker_timeout,
         "ssl_keyfile": ssl_key,
         "ssl_certfile": ssl_cert,
         "access_log": True,
diff --git a/airflow-core/tests/unit/cli/commands/test_api_server_command.py b/airflow-core/tests/unit/cli/commands/test_api_server_command.py
index bfb9750c300dc..8fd5dcfc2cd66 100644
--- a/airflow-core/tests/unit/cli/commands/test_api_server_command.py
+++ b/airflow-core/tests/unit/cli/commands/test_api_server_command.py
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ def test_args_to_uvicorn(self, ssl_cert_and_key, cli_args, expected_additional_k
                     "workers": args.workers,
                     "timeout_keep_alive": args.worker_timeout,
                     "timeout_graceful_shutdown": args.worker_timeout,
+                    "timeout_worker_healthcheck": args.worker_timeout,
                     "access_log": True,
                     "proxy_headers": args.proxy_headers,
                     **expected_additional_kwargs,
@@ -241,6 +242,7 @@ def test_run_command_daemon(
             workers=2,
             timeout_keep_alive=60,
             timeout_graceful_shutdown=60,
+            timeout_worker_healthcheck=60,
             ssl_keyfile=None,
             ssl_certfile=None,
             access_log=True,