diff --git a/chromadb/api/async_fastapi.py b/chromadb/api/async_fastapi.py
index 5e87fab7045..17060187934 100644
--- a/chromadb/api/async_fastapi.py
+++ b/chromadb/api/async_fastapi.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ async def _make_request(
     @trace_method("AsyncFastAPI.heartbeat", OpenTelemetryGranularity.OPERATION)
     @override
     async def heartbeat(self) -> int:
-        response = await self._make_request("get", "")
+        response = await self._make_request("get", "/heartbeat")
         return int(response["nanosecond heartbeat"])
 
     @trace_method("AsyncFastAPI.create_database", OpenTelemetryGranularity.OPERATION)