diff --git a/integration-test-common/src/test/java/com/datastrato/gravitino/integration/test/container/HiveContainer.java b/integration-test-common/src/test/java/com/datastrato/gravitino/integration/test/container/HiveContainer.java
index 26dc124ef16..c33a44da709 100644
--- a/integration-test-common/src/test/java/com/datastrato/gravitino/integration/test/container/HiveContainer.java
+++ b/integration-test-common/src/test/java/com/datastrato/gravitino/integration/test/container/HiveContainer.java
@@ -88,6 +88,16 @@ protected boolean checkContainerStatus(int retryLimit) {
     int sleepTimeMillis = 10_000;
     while (nRetry++ < retryLimit) {
       try {
+        String[] testSSHCommand = new String[] {"ssh", "localhost"};
+        Container.ExecResult result = executeInContainer(testSSHCommand);
+        if (result.getExitCode() != 0) {
+          throw new RuntimeException(
+              "Failed to execute `ssh localhost` command: stdout="
+                  + result.getStdout()
+                  + ", stderr="
+                  + result.getStderr());
+        }
+
         String[] commandAndArgs = new String[] {"bash", "/tmp/check-status.sh"};
         Container.ExecResult execResult = executeInContainer(commandAndArgs);
         if (execResult.getExitCode() != 0) {