diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5ab6841..fc3a96d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4 v4.19.1
 	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.10.0
 	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.69.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.44.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v1.44.0
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ require (
 require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
 	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
@@ -29,6 +31,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20240606120523-5a60cdf6a761 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.12.3 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
+	github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.2 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.44.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.44.0 // indirect
@@ -41,4 +45,5 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260720171339-e059f2f05d78 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.82.1 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/internal/api/handler/health_test.go b/internal/api/handler/health_test.go
index 0e68da8..2f6885e 100644
--- a/internal/api/handler/health_test.go
+++ b/internal/api/handler/health_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
 	"github.com/robindittmar/dttmr-api/internal/api/handler"
 )
 
@@ -14,12 +16,6 @@ func TestHealthHandler_Success(t *testing.T) {
 
 	handler.HealthHandler(rr, req)
 
-	if rr.Code != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Errorf("HealthHandler returned wrong status code: got %v want %v", rr.Code, http.StatusOK)
-	}
-
-	expected := `{"status":"ok"}`
-	if rr.Body.String() != expected {
-		t.Errorf("HealthHandler returned unexpected body: got %v want %v", rr.Body.String(), expected)
-	}
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, rr.Code)
+	assert.Equal(t, `{"status":"ok"}`, rr.Body.String())
 }