diff --git a/packages/health-check/package.json b/packages/health-check/package.json
index 45dd3006..89b478de 100644
--- a/packages/health-check/package.json
+++ b/packages/health-check/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "lowdb": "^1.0.0",
     "object-hash": "^2.1.1",
     "superagent": "^6.0.0",
+    "tmp": "^0.2.1",
     "yargs": "^16.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/health-check/src/checks/critical.js b/packages/health-check/src/checks/critical.js
index 8e04c0c3..4fded35a 100644
--- a/packages/health-check/src/checks/critical.js
+++ b/packages/health-check/src/checks/critical.js
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
+const fs = require("fs");
 const superagent = require("superagent");
+const tmp = require('tmp');
 const { StatusCodes } = require("http-status-codes");
 const { calculateElapsedTime, getResponseContent } = require("../utils");
 
 // uploadCheck returns the result of uploading a sample file
 async function uploadCheck(done) {
   const time = process.hrtime();
+  const file = tmp.fileSync();
+  
+  fs.writeSync(file.fd, Buffer.from(new Date())); // write current date to temp file
 
   superagent
     .post(`${process.env.PORTAL_URL}/skynet/skyfile`)
-    .attach("file", "package.json", "package.json")
+    .attach("file", file.name, file.name)
     .end((error, response) => {
+      file.removeCallback();
+
       const statusCode = (response && response.statusCode) || (error && error.statusCode) || null;
 
       done({