diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/confluent/rest/TenantDosFilter.java b/core/src/main/java/io/confluent/rest/TenantDosFilter.java
index cbd603d15f..4a0e3daccb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/confluent/rest/TenantDosFilter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/confluent/rest/TenantDosFilter.java
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@
 import static io.confluent.rest.TenantUtils.UNKNOWN_TENANT;
 
 import io.confluent.rest.jetty.DoSFilter;
+import jakarta.servlet.FilterChain;
+import jakarta.servlet.ServletException;
 import jakarta.servlet.ServletRequest;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -36,6 +40,16 @@ public TenantDosFilter() {
     super();
   }
 
+  @Override
+  protected void doFilter(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response,
+      FilterChain filterChain) throws IOException, ServletException {
+    if (TenantUtils.isHealthCheckRequest(request)) {
+      filterChain.doFilter(request, response);
+      return;
+    }
+    super.doFilter(request, response, filterChain);
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected String extractUserId(ServletRequest request) {
     // IMPORTANT: If we can't identify the tenant (or get a bad request), return null to skip
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/confluent/rest/TenantDryRunFilter.java b/core/src/main/java/io/confluent/rest/TenantDryRunFilter.java
index 86a5914067..ed7957e96a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/confluent/rest/TenantDryRunFilter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/confluent/rest/TenantDryRunFilter.java
@@ -55,9 +55,13 @@ protected void doFilter(
       HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, FilterChain filterChain
   )
       throws IOException, ServletException {
+    if (TenantUtils.isHealthCheckRequest(request)) {
+      filterChain.doFilter(request, response);
+      return;
+    }
     // Log tenant classification for all requests (successful and violations)
     logTenantClassification(request);
-    
+
     // Let the parent class handle rate tracking and potential violations
     super.doFilter(request, response, filterChain);
   }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/confluent/rest/TenantUtils.java b/core/src/main/java/io/confluent/rest/TenantUtils.java
index 3ebe6b38b3..2bf0ff561c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/confluent/rest/TenantUtils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/confluent/rest/TenantUtils.java
@@ -34,6 +34,30 @@ public final class TenantUtils {
 
   private TenantUtils() {}
 
+  /**
+   * Checks if the request is a health check request that should bypass tenant rate limiting.
+   * Matches the simple health probe endpoint and health check produce requests.
+   */
+  public static boolean isHealthCheckRequest(HttpServletRequest request) {
+    if (request == null) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    String path = request.getRequestURI();
+    if (path == null) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    // Simple health probe endpoint
+    if (path.equals("/kafka/health")) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    // Health check produce to _confluent-healthcheck-rest topics
+    // Matches paths like /kafka/v3/clusters/lkc-xxx/topics/_confluent-healthcheck-rest_12/records
+    if (path.contains("/topics/_confluent-healthcheck")) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Extracts tenant ID for request
    * Attempts hostname extraction first (applies to V4 networking - majority case),
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/io/confluent/rest/TenantUtilsTest.java b/core/src/test/java/io/confluent/rest/TenantUtilsTest.java
index 96e6382a21..bbfd71bd8f 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/io/confluent/rest/TenantUtilsTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/io/confluent/rest/TenantUtilsTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 package io.confluent.rest;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
@@ -188,7 +190,51 @@ public void testTenantIdExtractionWithFallback() {
         "api.confluent.cloud", TenantUtils.UNKNOWN_TENANT);
   }
 
-  private void assertTenantExtraction(HttpServletRequest request, String requestURI, 
+  @Test
+  public void testIsHealthCheckRequest_HealthEndpoint() {
+    HttpServletRequest request = mock(HttpServletRequest.class);
+    when(request.getRequestURI()).thenReturn("/kafka/health");
+    assertTrue(TenantUtils.isHealthCheckRequest(request));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testIsHealthCheckRequest_HealthCheckRestTopicProduce() {
+    HttpServletRequest request = mock(HttpServletRequest.class);
+    when(request.getRequestURI()).thenReturn(
+        "/kafka/v3/clusters/lkc-3kv9m/topics/_confluent-healthcheck-rest_12/records");
+    assertTrue(TenantUtils.isHealthCheckRequest(request));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testIsHealthCheckRequest_RegularEndpoints() {
+    HttpServletRequest request = mock(HttpServletRequest.class);
+
+    when(request.getRequestURI()).thenReturn(
+        "/kafka/v3/clusters/lkc-abc123/topics/my-topic/records");
+    assertFalse(TenantUtils.isHealthCheckRequest(request));
+
+    when(request.getRequestURI()).thenReturn("/kafka/v3/clusters/lkc-abc123");
+    assertFalse(TenantUtils.isHealthCheckRequest(request));
+
+    // Topic name containing the healthcheck substring should not match
+    when(request.getRequestURI()).thenReturn(
+        "/kafka/v3/clusters/lkc-abc123/topics/malicioususer_confluent-healthcheck/records");
+    assertFalse(TenantUtils.isHealthCheckRequest(request));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testIsHealthCheckRequest_NullUri() {
+    HttpServletRequest request = mock(HttpServletRequest.class);
+    when(request.getRequestURI()).thenReturn(null);
+    assertFalse(TenantUtils.isHealthCheckRequest(request));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testIsHealthCheckRequest_NullRequest() {
+    assertFalse(TenantUtils.isHealthCheckRequest(null));
+  }
+
+  private void assertTenantExtraction(HttpServletRequest request, String requestURI,
       String serverName, String expectedTenantId) {
     when(request.getRequestURI()).thenReturn(requestURI);
     when(request.getServerName()).thenReturn(serverName);