diff --git a/protos/feast/third_party/grpc/health/v1/HealthService.proto b/protos/feast/third_party/grpc/health/v1/HealthService.proto
index 3c5504e982..7ee681f736 100644
--- a/protos/feast/third_party/grpc/health/v1/HealthService.proto
+++ b/protos/feast/third_party/grpc/health/v1/HealthService.proto
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ message HealthCheckResponse {
 
 service Health {
   rpc Check(HealthCheckRequest) returns (HealthCheckResponse);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/transformation_server.py b/sdk/python/feast/transformation_server.py
index c18350cb7d..21a8cb71d1 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/transformation_server.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/transformation_server.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 from concurrent import futures
 
 import grpc
-from grpc_health.v1 import health
-from grpc_health.v1 import health_pb2_grpc
 import pyarrow as pa
 from grpc_reflection.v1alpha import reflection
 
@@ -21,11 +19,28 @@
     TransformationServiceServicer,
     add_TransformationServiceServicer_to_server,
 )
+from feast.protos.feast.third_party.grpc.health.v1.HealthService_pb2 import (
+    HealthCheckResponse,
+    ServingStatus,
+)
+from feast.protos.feast.third_party.grpc.health.v1.HealthService_pb2_grpc import (
+    HealthServicer,
+    add_HealthServicer_to_server,
+)
 from feast.version import get_version
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+class HealthServer(HealthServicer):
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+
+    def Check(self, request, context):
+        response = HealthCheckResponse(status=ServingStatus.SERVING)
+        return response
+
+
 class TransformationServer(TransformationServiceServicer):
     def __init__(self, fs: FeatureStore) -> None:
         super().__init__()
@@ -64,12 +79,12 @@ def TransformFeatures(self, request, context):
 
 
 def start_server(store: FeatureStore, port: int):
+    log.info("Starting server..")
     server = grpc.server(futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=10))
     add_TransformationServiceServicer_to_server(TransformationServer(store), server)
 
-    # Add health check service
-    health_servicer = health.HealthServicer()
-    health_pb2_grpc.add_HealthServicer_to_server(health_servicer, server)
+    # Add health check service to server
+    add_HealthServicer_to_server(HealthServer(), server)
 
     service_names_available_for_reflection = (
         DESCRIPTOR.services_by_name["TransformationService"].full_name,