diff --git a/hack/prom-rule-ci/prom-rules-tests.yaml b/hack/prom-rule-ci/prom-rules-tests.yaml
index 7f306c9e0..a4f3baf8b 100755
--- a/hack/prom-rule-ci/prom-rules-tests.yaml
+++ b/hack/prom-rule-ci/prom-rules-tests.yaml
@@ -774,22 +774,21 @@ tests:
 # Test OperatorConditionsUnhealthy
 - interval: 1m
   input_series:
+    - series: 'kubevirt_hco_system_health_status{reason="healthy"}'
+    - values: "stale 1 stale stale stale"
+
     - series: 'kubevirt_hco_system_health_status{reason="SOME_ERROR"}'
-      values: "stale stale 2 stale"
+      values: "stale stale stale 3 stale"
 
     - series: 'kubevirt_hco_system_health_status{reason="SOME_WARNING"}'
-      values: "stale stale stale stale 1 stale"
+      values: "stale stale stale stale stale 2 stale"
 
   alert_rule_test:
     - eval_time: 1m
       alertname: OperatorConditionsUnhealthy
       exp_alerts: [ ]
 
-    - eval_time: 1m
-      alertname: OperatorConditionsUnhealthy
-      exp_alerts: [ ]
-
-    - eval_time: 2m
+    - eval_time: 3m
       alertname: OperatorConditionsUnhealthy
       exp_alerts:
         - exp_annotations:
@@ -803,7 +802,7 @@ tests:
             kubernetes_operator_component: "hyperconverged-cluster-operator"
             reason: "SOME_ERROR"
 
-    - eval_time: 4m
+    - eval_time: 5m
       alertname: OperatorConditionsUnhealthy
       exp_alerts:
         - exp_annotations:
diff --git a/pkg/monitoring/metrics/operator_metrics.go b/pkg/monitoring/metrics/operator_metrics.go
index ad3e68821..2190659ef 100644
--- a/pkg/monitoring/metrics/operator_metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/monitoring/metrics/operator_metrics.go
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ const (
 )
 
 const (
-	SystemHealthStatusUnknown float64 = 0
-	SystemHealthStatusHealthy float64 = iota
+	SystemHealthStatusUnknown float64 = iota
+	SystemHealthStatusHealthy
 	SystemHealthStatusWarning
 	SystemHealthStatusError
 )
@@ -138,12 +138,11 @@ func SetHCOSystemError(reason string) {
 func GetHCOMetricSystemHealthStatus(reason string) (float64, error) {
 	dto := &ioprometheusclient.Metric{}
 	err := systemHealthStatus.WithLabelValues(reason).Write(dto)
-	value := dto.Gauge.GetValue()
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return SystemHealthStatusUnknown, err
 	}
-	return value, nil
+
+	return dto.Gauge.GetValue(), nil
 }
 
 func getLabelsForObj(kind string, name string) string {
diff --git a/pkg/monitoring/rules/alerts/health_alerts.go b/pkg/monitoring/rules/alerts/health_alerts.go
index dcc3d2771..8ab62dfd6 100644
--- a/pkg/monitoring/rules/alerts/health_alerts.go
+++ b/pkg/monitoring/rules/alerts/health_alerts.go
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 package alerts
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+
 	promv1 "github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
+
+	"github.com/kubevirt/hyperconverged-cluster-operator/pkg/monitoring/metrics"
 )
 
 func healthAlerts() []promv1.Rule {
 	return []promv1.Rule{
 		{
 			Alert: "OperatorConditionsUnhealthy",
-			Expr:  intstr.FromString("kubevirt_hco_system_health_status == 2"),
+			Expr:  intstr.FromString(fmt.Sprintf("kubevirt_hco_system_health_status == %f", metrics.SystemHealthStatusError)),
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
 				"description": "HCO and its secondary resources are in a critical state due to {{ $labels.reason }}.",
 				"summary":     "HCO and its secondary resources are in a critical state.",
@@ -21,7 +25,7 @@ func healthAlerts() []promv1.Rule {
 		},
 		{
 			Alert: "OperatorConditionsUnhealthy",
-			Expr:  intstr.FromString("kubevirt_hco_system_health_status == 1"),
+			Expr:  intstr.FromString(fmt.Sprintf("kubevirt_hco_system_health_status == %f", metrics.SystemHealthStatusWarning)),
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
 				"description": "HCO and its secondary resources are in a warning state due to {{ $labels.reason }}.",
 				"summary":     "HCO and its secondary resources are in a warning state.",