diff --git a/src/HealthChecks.RavenDB/RavenDBHealthCheck.cs b/src/HealthChecks.RavenDB/RavenDBHealthCheck.cs
index 66158c8fd7..ca30b05ed7 100644
--- a/src/HealthChecks.RavenDB/RavenDBHealthCheck.cs
+++ b/src/HealthChecks.RavenDB/RavenDBHealthCheck.cs
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ public async Task<HealthCheckResult> CheckHealthAsync(HealthCheckContext context
                     Certificate = o.Certificate
                 };
 
+                // Health check doesn't own the certificate lifetime; it may be shared (e.g. DI/KeyVault).
+                // Disposing it can break other RavenDB stores in the process.
+                store.Conventions.DisposeCertificate = false;
+
                 try
                 {
                     store.Initialize();
diff --git a/test/HealthChecks.RavenDb.Tests/Functional/RavenDbHealthCheckTests.cs b/test/HealthChecks.RavenDb.Tests/Functional/RavenDbHealthCheckTests.cs
index b727039a9e..6efa6aa771 100644
--- a/test/HealthChecks.RavenDb.Tests/Functional/RavenDbHealthCheckTests.cs
+++ b/test/HealthChecks.RavenDb.Tests/Functional/RavenDbHealthCheckTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 using System.Net;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
+using HealthChecks.RavenDB;
 using HealthChecks.UI.Client;
 
 namespace HealthChecks.RavenDb.Tests.Functional;
@@ -151,4 +154,31 @@ public async Task be_unhealthy_if_ravendb_is_available_but_database_doesnot_exis
 
         response.StatusCode.ShouldBe(HttpStatusCode.ServiceUnavailable, await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task not_dispose_shared_certificate_when_store_initialization_fails()
+    {
+        using var rsa = RSA.Create(2048);
+        var certificateRequest = new CertificateRequest("CN=ravendb-healthcheck-test", rsa, HashAlgorithmName.SHA256, RSASignaturePadding.Pkcs1);
+        using var certificate = certificateRequest.CreateSelfSigned(DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.AddDays(-1), DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.AddDays(1));
+
+        var options = new RavenDBOptions
+        {
+            Urls = ["http://localhost:0"],
+            Certificate = certificate
+        };
+
+        var healthCheck = new RavenDBHealthCheck(options);
+        var context = new HealthCheckContext
+        {
+            Registration = new HealthCheckRegistration("ravendb", _ => healthCheck, HealthStatus.Unhealthy, tags: null)
+        };
+
+        var result = await healthCheck.CheckHealthAsync(context);
+
+        result.Status.ShouldBe(HealthStatus.Unhealthy);
+
+        using var privateKey = certificate.GetRSAPrivateKey();
+        privateKey.ShouldNotBeNull();
+    }
 }