diff --git a/ray-operator/controllers/ray/common/pod.go b/ray-operator/controllers/ray/common/pod.go
index 6cce6a2a9d..b9ef800f27 100644
--- a/ray-operator/controllers/ray/common/pod.go
+++ b/ray-operator/controllers/ray/common/pod.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 )
 
@@ -248,27 +249,11 @@ func DefaultWorkerPodTemplate(ctx context.Context, instance rayv1.RayCluster, wo
 }
 
 func initLivenessAndReadinessProbe(rayContainer *corev1.Container, rayNodeType rayv1.RayNodeType, creatorCRDType utils.CRDType) {
-	rayAgentRayletHealthCommand := fmt.Sprintf(
-		utils.BaseWgetHealthCommand,
-		utils.DefaultReadinessProbeTimeoutSeconds,
-		utils.DefaultDashboardAgentListenPort,
-		utils.RayAgentRayletHealthPath,
-	)
-	rayDashboardGCSHealthCommand := fmt.Sprintf(
-		utils.BaseWgetHealthCommand,
-		utils.DefaultReadinessProbeFailureThreshold,
-		utils.DefaultDashboardPort,
-		utils.RayDashboardGCSHealthPath,
-	)
-
-	// Generally, the liveness and readiness probes perform the same checks.
-	// For head node => Check GCS and Raylet status.
-	// For worker node => Check Raylet status.
-	commands := []string{}
+	healthCheckPath := utils.RayAgentRayletHealthPath
+	healthCheckPort := intstr.FromInt(utils.DefaultDashboardAgentListenPort)
 	if rayNodeType == rayv1.HeadNode {
-		commands = append(commands, rayAgentRayletHealthCommand, rayDashboardGCSHealthCommand)
-	} else {
-		commands = append(commands, rayAgentRayletHealthCommand)
+		healthCheckPath = utils.RayDashboardGCSHealthPath
+		healthCheckPort = intstr.FromInt(utils.DefaultDashboardPort)
 	}
 
 	if rayContainer.LivenessProbe == nil {
@@ -284,7 +269,7 @@ func initLivenessAndReadinessProbe(rayContainer *corev1.Container, rayNodeType r
 			SuccessThreshold:    utils.DefaultLivenessProbeSuccessThreshold,
 			FailureThreshold:    utils.DefaultLivenessProbeFailureThreshold,
 		}
-		rayContainer.LivenessProbe.Exec = &corev1.ExecAction{Command: []string{"bash", "-c", strings.Join(commands, " && ")}}
+		rayContainer.LivenessProbe.HTTPGet = &corev1.HTTPGetAction{Path: healthCheckPath, Port: healthCheckPort}
 	}
 
 	if rayContainer.ReadinessProbe == nil {
@@ -299,21 +284,14 @@ func initLivenessAndReadinessProbe(rayContainer *corev1.Container, rayNodeType r
 			SuccessThreshold:    utils.DefaultReadinessProbeSuccessThreshold,
 			FailureThreshold:    utils.DefaultReadinessProbeFailureThreshold,
 		}
-		rayContainer.ReadinessProbe.Exec = &corev1.ExecAction{Command: []string{"bash", "-c", strings.Join(commands, " && ")}}
+		rayContainer.ReadinessProbe.HTTPGet = &corev1.HTTPGetAction{Path: healthCheckPath, Port: healthCheckPort}
 
 		// For worker Pods serving traffic, we need to add an additional HTTP proxy health check for the readiness probe.
 		// Note: head Pod checks the HTTP proxy's health at every rayservice controller reconcile instaed of using readiness probe.
 		// See https://github.com/ray-project/kuberay/pull/1808 for reasons.
 		if creatorCRDType == utils.RayServiceCRD && rayNodeType == rayv1.WorkerNode {
 			rayContainer.ReadinessProbe.FailureThreshold = utils.ServeReadinessProbeFailureThreshold
-			rayServeProxyHealthCommand := fmt.Sprintf(
-				utils.BaseWgetHealthCommand,
-				utils.DefaultReadinessProbeInitialDelaySeconds,
-				utils.FindContainerPort(rayContainer, utils.ServingPortName, utils.DefaultServingPort),
-				utils.RayServeProxyHealthPath,
-			)
-			commands = append(commands, rayServeProxyHealthCommand)
-			rayContainer.ReadinessProbe.Exec = &corev1.ExecAction{Command: []string{"bash", "-c", strings.Join(commands, " && ")}}
+			rayContainer.ReadinessProbe.HTTPGet = &corev1.HTTPGetAction{Path: utils.RayServeProxyHealthPath, Port: intstr.FromInt(utils.DefaultServingPort)}
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/ray-operator/controllers/ray/common/pod_test.go b/ray-operator/controllers/ray/common/pod_test.go
index b9890f28b6..1749ce2d39 100644
--- a/ray-operator/controllers/ray/common/pod_test.go
+++ b/ray-operator/controllers/ray/common/pod_test.go
@@ -1168,23 +1168,21 @@ func TestInitLivenessAndReadinessProbe(t *testing.T) {
 	rayContainer := &podTemplateSpec.Spec.Containers[utils.RayContainerIndex]
 
 	// Test 1: User defines a custom HTTPGet probe.
-	httpGetProbe := corev1.Probe{
+	execProbe := corev1.Probe{
 		ProbeHandler: corev1.ProbeHandler{
-			HTTPGet: &corev1.HTTPGetAction{
-				// Check Raylet status
-				Path: fmt.Sprintf("/%s", utils.RayAgentRayletHealthPath),
-				Port: intstr.FromInt(utils.DefaultDashboardAgentListenPort),
+			Exec: &corev1.ExecAction{
+				Command: []string{"foo", "bar"},
 			},
 		},
 	}
 
-	rayContainer.LivenessProbe = &httpGetProbe
-	rayContainer.ReadinessProbe = &httpGetProbe
+	rayContainer.LivenessProbe = &execProbe
+	rayContainer.ReadinessProbe = &execProbe
 	initLivenessAndReadinessProbe(rayContainer, rayv1.HeadNode, "")
-	assert.NotNil(t, rayContainer.LivenessProbe.HTTPGet)
-	assert.NotNil(t, rayContainer.ReadinessProbe.HTTPGet)
-	assert.Nil(t, rayContainer.LivenessProbe.Exec)
-	assert.Nil(t, rayContainer.ReadinessProbe.Exec)
+	assert.NotNil(t, rayContainer.LivenessProbe.Exec)
+	assert.NotNil(t, rayContainer.ReadinessProbe.Exec)
+	assert.Nil(t, rayContainer.LivenessProbe.HTTPGet)
+	assert.Nil(t, rayContainer.ReadinessProbe.HTTPGet)
 
 	// Test 2: User does not define a custom probe. KubeRay will inject Exec probe for worker pod.
 	// Here we test the case where the Ray Pod originates from RayServiceCRD,
@@ -1205,13 +1203,12 @@ func TestInitLivenessAndReadinessProbe(t *testing.T) {
 	rayContainer.LivenessProbe = nil
 	rayContainer.ReadinessProbe = nil
 	initLivenessAndReadinessProbe(rayContainer, rayv1.HeadNode, utils.RayServiceCRD)
-	assert.NotNil(t, rayContainer.LivenessProbe.Exec)
-	assert.NotNil(t, rayContainer.ReadinessProbe.Exec)
-	// head pod should not have Ray Serve proxy health probes
-	assert.False(t, strings.Contains(strings.Join(rayContainer.LivenessProbe.Exec.Command, " "), utils.RayServeProxyHealthPath))
-	assert.False(t, strings.Contains(strings.Join(rayContainer.ReadinessProbe.Exec.Command, " "), utils.RayServeProxyHealthPath))
 	assert.Equal(t, int32(5), rayContainer.LivenessProbe.TimeoutSeconds)
 	assert.Equal(t, int32(5), rayContainer.ReadinessProbe.TimeoutSeconds)
+	assert.NotNil(t, rayContainer.LivenessProbe.HTTPGet)
+	assert.NotNil(t, rayContainer.ReadinessProbe.HTTPGet)
+	assert.Equal(t, rayContainer.ReadinessProbe.HTTPGet.Path, utils.RayServeProxyHealthPath)
+	assert.Equal(t, rayContainer.ReadinessProbe.HTTPGet.Port, intstr.FromInt(utils.DefaultServingPort))
 }
 
 func TestGenerateRayStartCommand(t *testing.T) {