diff --git a/inspirehep/celery.py b/inspirehep/celery.py
index 10c62b4f1f..35c7e29a0a 100644
--- a/inspirehep/celery.py
+++ b/inspirehep/celery.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # This file is part of INSPIRE.
-# Copyright (C) 2014-2017 CERN.
+# Copyright (C) 2014-2023 CERN.
 #
 # INSPIRE is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 import os
 import signal
 
+from celery import bootsteps
+from celery.signals import worker_ready, worker_shutdown
 from flask_celeryext import AppContextTask, create_celery_app
 from psycopg2 import OperationalError as Psycopg2OperationalError
 from sqlalchemy.exc import InvalidRequestError, OperationalError
@@ -35,23 +37,69 @@
 from inspirehep.factory import create_app
 
 
+HEARTBEAT_FILE = "/tmp/celery_live"
+READINESS_FILE = "/tmp/celery_ready"
+
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class CeleryTask(AppContextTask):
-
     def on_failure(self, exc, task_id, args, kwargs, einfo):
-        if isinstance(exc, (InvalidRequestError, OperationalError, Psycopg2OperationalError)):
-            LOGGER.exception('Shutting down celery process because of'.format(exc))
+        if isinstance(
+            exc, (InvalidRequestError, OperationalError, Psycopg2OperationalError)
+        ):
+            LOGGER.exception("Shutting down celery process because of".format(exc))
             try:
-                with open('/dev/termination-log', 'w') as term_log:
+                with open("/dev/termination-log", "w") as term_log:
                     term_log.write(str(exc))
             finally:
                 os.kill(os.getppid(), signal.SIGTERM)
 
 
+# adapted from https://github.com/celery/celery/issues/4079#issuecomment-1128954283
+class LivenessProbe(bootsteps.StartStopStep):
+    requires = {"celery.worker.components:Timer"}
+
+    def __init__(self, worker, **kwargs):
+        self.requests = []
+        self.tref = None
+
+    def start(self, worker):
+        self.tref = worker.timer.call_repeatedly(
+            1.0,
+            self.update_heartbeat_file,
+            (worker,),
+            priority=10,
+        )
+
+    def stop(self, worker):
+        try:
+            os.remove(HEARTBEAT_FILE)
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+
+    def update_heartbeat_file(self, worker):
+        if not os.path.exists(READINESS_FILE):
+            open(HEARTBEAT_FILE, 'w').close()
+
+
+@worker_ready.connect
+def worker_ready(**_):
+    if not os.path.exists(READINESS_FILE):
+        open(READINESS_FILE, 'w').close()
+
+
+@worker_shutdown.connect
+def worker_shutdown(**_):
+    try:
+        os.remove(READINESS_FILE)
+    except OSError:
+        pass
+
+
 celery = create_celery_app(create_app(LOGGING_SENTRY_CELERY=True))
 celery.Task = CeleryTask
+celery.steps["worker"].add(LivenessProbe)
 
 # We don't want to log to Sentry backoff errors
-logging.getLogger('backoff').propagate = 0
+logging.getLogger("backoff").propagate = 0