diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/event/kafka/processor/KafkaProcessorsHealthCheck.java b/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/event/kafka/processor/KafkaProcessorsHealthCheck.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d70862b18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/event/kafka/processor/KafkaProcessorsHealthCheck.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package org.dependencytrack.event.kafka.processor;
+
+import org.eclipse.microprofile.health.HealthCheck;
+import org.eclipse.microprofile.health.HealthCheckResponse;
+import org.eclipse.microprofile.health.Liveness;
+
+import static org.dependencytrack.event.kafka.processor.KafkaProcessorsInitializer.PROCESSOR_MANAGER;
+
+@Liveness
+public class KafkaProcessorsHealthCheck implements HealthCheck {
+
+    @Override
+    public HealthCheckResponse call() {
+        return PROCESSOR_MANAGER.probeHealth();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/event/kafka/processor/KafkaRecordProcessorInitializer.java b/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/event/kafka/processor/KafkaProcessorsInitializer.java
similarity index 67%
rename from src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/event/kafka/processor/KafkaRecordProcessorInitializer.java
rename to src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/event/kafka/processor/KafkaProcessorsInitializer.java
index 546725540..8f23379ff 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/event/kafka/processor/KafkaRecordProcessorInitializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/event/kafka/processor/KafkaProcessorsInitializer.java
@@ -9,31 +9,32 @@
 import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
 import javax.servlet.ServletContextListener;
 
-public class KafkaRecordProcessorInitializer implements ServletContextListener {
+public class KafkaProcessorsInitializer implements ServletContextListener {
 
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(KafkaRecordProcessorInitializer.class);
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(KafkaProcessorsInitializer.class);
 
-    private final RecordProcessorManager processorManager = new RecordProcessorManager();
+    static final RecordProcessorManager PROCESSOR_MANAGER = new RecordProcessorManager();
 
     @Override
     public void contextInitialized(final ServletContextEvent event) {
         LOGGER.info("Initializing Kafka processors");
 
-        processorManager.register(VulnerabilityMirrorProcessor.PROCESSOR_NAME,
+        PROCESSOR_MANAGER.register(VulnerabilityMirrorProcessor.PROCESSOR_NAME,
                 new VulnerabilityMirrorProcessor(), KafkaTopics.NEW_VULNERABILITY);
-        processorManager.register(RepositoryMetaResultProcessor.PROCESSOR_NAME,
+        PROCESSOR_MANAGER.register(RepositoryMetaResultProcessor.PROCESSOR_NAME,
                 new RepositoryMetaResultProcessor(), KafkaTopics.REPO_META_ANALYSIS_RESULT);
         if (Config.getInstance().getPropertyAsBoolean(ConfigKey.TMP_DELAY_BOM_PROCESSED_NOTIFICATION)) {
-            processorManager.register(DelayedBomProcessedNotificationProcessor.PROCESSOR_NAME,
+            PROCESSOR_MANAGER.register(DelayedBomProcessedNotificationProcessor.PROCESSOR_NAME,
                     new DelayedBomProcessedNotificationProcessor(), KafkaTopics.NOTIFICATION_PROJECT_VULN_ANALYSIS_COMPLETE);
         }
-        processorManager.startAll();
+
+        PROCESSOR_MANAGER.startAll();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void contextDestroyed(final ServletContextEvent event) {
         LOGGER.info("Stopping Kafka processors");
-        processorManager.close();
+        PROCESSOR_MANAGER.close();
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/event/kafka/processor/api/RecordProcessorManager.java b/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/event/kafka/processor/api/RecordProcessorManager.java
index 317084dfb..9c9139674 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/event/kafka/processor/api/RecordProcessorManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/event/kafka/processor/api/RecordProcessorManager.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import alpine.common.metrics.Metrics;
 import io.confluent.parallelconsumer.ParallelConsumerOptions;
 import io.confluent.parallelconsumer.ParallelConsumerOptions.ProcessingOrder;
+import io.confluent.parallelconsumer.ParallelEoSStreamProcessor;
 import io.confluent.parallelconsumer.ParallelStreamProcessor;
 import io.github.resilience4j.core.IntervalFunction;
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.binder.kafka.KafkaClientMetrics;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaConsumer;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.ByteArrayDeserializer;
 import org.dependencytrack.event.kafka.KafkaTopics.Topic;
+import org.eclipse.microprofile.health.HealthCheckResponse;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -87,6 +89,31 @@ public void startAll() {
         }
     }
 
+    public HealthCheckResponse probeHealth() {
+        final var responseBuilder = HealthCheckResponse.named("kafka-processors");
+
+        boolean isUp = true;
+        for (final Map.Entry<String, ManagedRecordProcessor> managedProcessorEntry : managedProcessors.entrySet()) {
+            final String processorName = managedProcessorEntry.getKey();
+            final ParallelStreamProcessor<?, ?> parallelConsumer = managedProcessorEntry.getValue().parallelConsumer();
+            final boolean isProcessorUp = !parallelConsumer.isClosedOrFailed();
+
+            responseBuilder.withData(processorName, isProcessorUp
+                    ? HealthCheckResponse.Status.UP.name()
+                    : HealthCheckResponse.Status.DOWN.name());
+            if (isProcessorUp
+                    && parallelConsumer instanceof final ParallelEoSStreamProcessor<?, ?> concreteParallelConsumer
+                    && concreteParallelConsumer.getFailureCause() != null) {
+                responseBuilder.withData("%s_failure_reason".formatted(processorName),
+                        concreteParallelConsumer.getFailureCause().getMessage());
+            }
+
+            isUp &= isProcessorUp;
+        }
+
+        return responseBuilder.status(isUp).build();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void close() {
         for (final Map.Entry<String, ManagedRecordProcessor> managedProcessorEntry : managedProcessors.entrySet()) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/health/HealthCheckInitializer.java b/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/health/HealthCheckInitializer.java
index 60ad5dd04..7b7e9112f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/health/HealthCheckInitializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/health/HealthCheckInitializer.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import alpine.server.health.checks.DatabaseHealthCheck;
 import io.github.mweirauch.micrometer.jvm.extras.ProcessMemoryMetrics;
 import io.github.mweirauch.micrometer.jvm.extras.ProcessThreadMetrics;
+import org.dependencytrack.event.kafka.processor.KafkaProcessorsHealthCheck;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
 import javax.servlet.ServletContextListener;
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ public class HealthCheckInitializer implements ServletContextListener {
     public void contextInitialized(final ServletContextEvent event) {
         LOGGER.info("Registering health checks");
         HealthCheckRegistry.getInstance().register("database", new DatabaseHealthCheck());
-        HealthCheckRegistry.getInstance().register("kafka-streams", new KafkaStreamsHealthCheck());
+        HealthCheckRegistry.getInstance().register("kafka-processors", new KafkaProcessorsHealthCheck());
 
         // TODO: Move this to its own initializer if it turns out to be useful
         LOGGER.info("Registering extra process metrics");
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index d6b206117..099a11dc1 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         <listener-class>org.dependencytrack.event.EventSubsystemInitializer</listener-class>
     </listener>
     <listener>
-        <listener-class>org.dependencytrack.event.kafka.processor.KafkaRecordProcessorInitializer</listener-class>
+        <listener-class>org.dependencytrack.event.kafka.processor.KafkaProcessorsInitializer</listener-class>
     </listener>
     <listener>
         <listener-class>org.dependencytrack.event.kafka.streams.KafkaStreamsInitializer</listener-class>