diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index f40358981..656c50834 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ app.use('/uploads', express.static(path.resolve(__dirname, config.uploadsPath),
 app.use('/default.md', express.static(path.resolve(__dirname, config.defaultNotePath), { maxAge: config.staticCacheTime }))
 
 // session
-app.use(useUnless(['/status', '/metrics'], session({
+app.use(useUnless(['/status', '/metrics', '/_health'], session({
   name: config.sessionName,
   secret: config.sessionSecret,
   resave: false, // don't save session if unmodified
diff --git a/public/docs/release-notes.md b/public/docs/release-notes.md
index fee0a924a..8a9780843 100644
--- a/public/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/public/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 ### Bugfixes
 - Fix a crash when having numeric-only values in opengraph frontmatter
+- Fix unnecessary session creation on healthcheck endpoint
 
 ## <i class="fa fa-tag"></i> 1.9.9 <i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> 2023-07-30