diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 772f19c8..a8a953d7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 | 2026-02-24 | 0.1.4 | Locked defaults for idempotency, validation, bucket split, model provider, and p95 objectives. |
 | 2026-02-24 | 0.1.5 | Added backend makefile module and CI workflow for backend target validation. |
 | 2026-02-24 | 0.1.6 | Added Cloud SQL-backed idempotency storage, migration script, and command API test coverage. |
+| 2026-02-24 | 0.1.7 | Added `/health` endpoints and switched smoke checks to `/health` for Cloud Run compatibility. |
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8f501219..7872163b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ help:
 	@echo "  make backend-deploy-core [ENV=dev]   Build and deploy core API service"
 	@echo "  make backend-deploy-commands [ENV=dev] Build and deploy command API service"
 	@echo "  make backend-deploy-workers [ENV=dev] Deploy async worker functions scaffold"
-	@echo "  make backend-smoke-core [ENV=dev]    Run health smoke test for core service"
-	@echo "  make backend-smoke-commands [ENV=dev] Run health smoke test for command service"
+	@echo "  make backend-smoke-core [ENV=dev]    Run health smoke test for core service (/health)"
+	@echo "  make backend-smoke-commands [ENV=dev] Run health smoke test for command service (/health)"
 	@echo "  make backend-logs-core [ENV=dev]     Tail/read logs for core service"
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "  🛠️  DEVELOPMENT TOOLS"
diff --git a/backend/command-api/src/routes/health.js b/backend/command-api/src/routes/health.js
index 6cae9737..90cd5690 100644
--- a/backend/command-api/src/routes/health.js
+++ b/backend/command-api/src/routes/health.js
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ import { Router } from 'express';
 
 export const healthRouter = Router();
 
-healthRouter.get('/healthz', (req, res) => {
+function healthHandler(req, res) {
   res.status(200).json({
     ok: true,
     service: 'krow-command-api',
     version: process.env.SERVICE_VERSION || 'dev',
     requestId: req.requestId,
   });
-});
+}
+
+healthRouter.get('/health', healthHandler);
+healthRouter.get('/healthz', healthHandler);
diff --git a/backend/core-api/src/routes/health.js b/backend/core-api/src/routes/health.js
index 761a044a..9196cc83 100644
--- a/backend/core-api/src/routes/health.js
+++ b/backend/core-api/src/routes/health.js
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ import { Router } from 'express';
 
 export const healthRouter = Router();
 
-healthRouter.get('/healthz', (req, res) => {
+function healthHandler(req, res) {
   res.status(200).json({
     ok: true,
     service: 'krow-core-api',
     version: process.env.SERVICE_VERSION || 'dev',
     requestId: req.requestId,
   });
-});
+}
+
+healthRouter.get('/health', healthHandler);
+healthRouter.get('/healthz', healthHandler);
diff --git a/makefiles/backend.mk b/makefiles/backend.mk
index 1e0e4a36..356bbee3 100644
--- a/makefiles/backend.mk
+++ b/makefiles/backend.mk
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ backend-help:
 	@echo "  make backend-deploy-core [ENV=dev]      Build + deploy core API service"
 	@echo "  make backend-deploy-commands [ENV=dev]  Build + deploy command API service"
 	@echo "  make backend-deploy-workers [ENV=dev]   Deploy worker scaffold"
-	@echo "  make backend-smoke-core [ENV=dev]       Smoke test core /healthz"
-	@echo "  make backend-smoke-commands [ENV=dev]   Smoke test commands /healthz"
+	@echo "  make backend-smoke-core [ENV=dev]       Smoke test core /health"
+	@echo "  make backend-smoke-commands [ENV=dev]   Smoke test commands /health"
 	@echo "  make backend-logs-core [ENV=dev]        Read core service logs"
 
 backend-enable-apis:
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ backend-smoke-core:
 		exit 1; \
 	fi; \
 	TOKEN=$$(gcloud auth print-identity-token); \
-	curl -fsS -H "Authorization: Bearer $$TOKEN" "$$URL/healthz" >/dev/null && echo "✅ Core smoke check passed: $$URL/healthz"
+	curl -fsS -H "Authorization: Bearer $$TOKEN" "$$URL/health" >/dev/null && echo "✅ Core smoke check passed: $$URL/health"
 
 backend-smoke-commands:
 	@echo "--> Running commands smoke check..."
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ backend-smoke-commands:
 		exit 1; \
 	fi; \
 	TOKEN=$$(gcloud auth print-identity-token); \
-	curl -fsS -H "Authorization: Bearer $$TOKEN" "$$URL/healthz" >/dev/null && echo "✅ Commands smoke check passed: $$URL/healthz"
+	curl -fsS -H "Authorization: Bearer $$TOKEN" "$$URL/health" >/dev/null && echo "✅ Commands smoke check passed: $$URL/health"
 
 backend-logs-core:
 	@echo "--> Reading logs for core backend service [$(BACKEND_CORE_SERVICE_NAME)]..."