diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge_iotdb/src/emqx_bridge_iotdb.app.src b/apps/emqx_bridge_iotdb/src/emqx_bridge_iotdb.app.src
index 4fd96d5e7..86d2a93b3 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge_iotdb/src/emqx_bridge_iotdb.app.src
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge_iotdb/src/emqx_bridge_iotdb.app.src
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %% -*- mode: erlang -*-
 {application, emqx_bridge_iotdb, [
     {description, "EMQX Enterprise Apache IoTDB Bridge"},
-    {vsn, "0.1.5"},
+    {vsn, "0.1.6"},
     {modules, [
         emqx_bridge_iotdb,
         emqx_bridge_iotdb_connector
diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge_iotdb/src/emqx_bridge_iotdb_connector.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge_iotdb/src/emqx_bridge_iotdb_connector.erl
index d42ccfd71..0090e472a 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge_iotdb/src/emqx_bridge_iotdb_connector.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge_iotdb/src/emqx_bridge_iotdb_connector.erl
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@
 
 -import(hoconsc, [mk/2, enum/1, ref/2]).
 
+-dialyzer({no_match, [on_get_channel_status/3]}).
+
 %%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% connector examples
 %%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -372,7 +374,12 @@ on_get_channels(InstanceId) ->
     emqx_bridge_v2:get_channels_for_connector(InstanceId).
 
 on_get_channel_status(InstanceId, _ChannelId, State) ->
-    on_get_status(InstanceId, State).
+    case on_get_status(InstanceId, State) of
+        connected ->
+            connected;
+        _ ->
+            disconnected
+    end.
 
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% Internal Functions
diff --git a/changes/ee/feat-12602.en.md b/changes/ee/feat-12602.en.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a62dfb75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/ee/feat-12602.en.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Enhanced health checking for IOTDB connector, using its `ping` API replacing the old method which only validating via a socket connection.