diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b895a8f08..10bc81f63 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -133,3 +133,7 @@ test/s3/remote_cache/primary-server.pid
 /test/erasure_coding/filerldb2
 /test/s3/cors/test-mini-data
 /test/s3/filer_group/test-volume-data
+
+# ID and PID files
+*.id
+*.pid
diff --git a/k8s/charts/seaweedfs/values.yaml b/k8s/charts/seaweedfs/values.yaml
index c4fd3a841..a94d7f183 100644
--- a/k8s/charts/seaweedfs/values.yaml
+++ b/k8s/charts/seaweedfs/values.yaml
@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@ worker:
   extraEnvironmentVars: {}
 
   # Health checks for worker pods
-  # Workers expose metrics on the metricsPort with a /health endpoint for readiness checks.
+  # Workers expose /health (liveness) and /ready (readiness) endpoints on the metricsPort
   livenessProbe:
     enabled: true
     httpGet:
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ worker:
   readinessProbe:
     enabled: true
     httpGet:
-      path: /health
+      path: /ready
       port: metrics
     initialDelaySeconds: 20
     periodSeconds: 15
diff --git a/weed/command/worker.go b/weed/command/worker.go
index 84ea55a0d..1ff6678a0 100644
--- a/weed/command/worker.go
+++ b/weed/command/worker.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package command
 
 import (
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	statsCollect "github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/stats"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/util/grace"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/util/version"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/worker"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/worker/tasks"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/worker/types"
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	// TODO: Implement additional task packages (add to default capabilities when ready):
 	// _ "github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/worker/tasks/remote" - for uploading volumes to remote/cloud storage
 	// _ "github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/worker/tasks/replication" - for fixing replication issues and maintaining data consistency
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 )
 
 var cmdWorker = &Command{
@@ -57,6 +60,8 @@ var (
 	workerMetricsIp           = cmdWorker.Flag.String("metricsIp", "0.0.0.0", "Prometheus metrics listen IP")
 	workerDebug               = cmdWorker.Flag.Bool("debug", false, "serves runtime profiling data via pprof on the port specified by -debug.port")
 	workerDebugPort           = cmdWorker.Flag.Int("debug.port", 6060, "http port for debugging")
+
+	workerServerHeader = "SeaweedFS Worker " + version.VERSION
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -257,8 +262,33 @@ type WorkerStatus struct {
 	TasksFailed    int              `json:"tasks_failed"`
 }
 
-// startWorkerMetricsServer starts the HTTP metrics server for the worker
-func startWorkerMetricsServer(ip string, port int, _ *worker.Worker) {
-	// Use the standard SeaweedFS metrics server for consistency with other components
-	statsCollect.StartMetricsServer(ip, port)
+func workerHealthHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	w.Header().Set("Server", workerServerHeader)
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+}
+
+func workerReadyHandler(workerInstance *worker.Worker) http.HandlerFunc {
+	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("Server", workerServerHeader)
+
+		admin := workerInstance.GetAdmin()
+		if admin == nil || !admin.IsConnected() {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
+			return
+		}
+
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	}
+}
+
+func startWorkerMetricsServer(ip string, port int, w *worker.Worker) {
+	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+	mux.HandleFunc("/health", workerHealthHandler)
+	mux.HandleFunc("/ready", workerReadyHandler(w))
+	mux.Handle("/metrics", promhttp.HandlerFor(statsCollect.Gather, promhttp.HandlerOpts{}))
+
+	glog.V(0).Infof("Starting worker metrics server at %s", statsCollect.JoinHostPort(ip, port))
+	if err := http.ListenAndServe(statsCollect.JoinHostPort(ip, port), mux); err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("Worker metrics server failed to start: %v", err)
+	}
 }
diff --git a/weed/worker/worker.go b/weed/worker/worker.go
index bbd1f4662..97e6e7a1e 100644
--- a/weed/worker/worker.go
+++ b/weed/worker/worker.go
@@ -896,6 +896,10 @@ func (w *Worker) GetPerformanceMetrics() *types.WorkerPerformance {
 	}
 }
 
+func (w *Worker) GetAdmin() AdminClient {
+	return w.getAdmin()
+}
+
 // messageProcessingLoop processes incoming admin messages
 func (w *Worker) messageProcessingLoop() {
 	glog.Infof("MESSAGE LOOP STARTED: Worker %s message processing loop started", w.id)