diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index 38314453d70d2..ad246e4a416ce 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         <microprofile-lra.version>1.0</microprofile-lra.version>
         <smallrye-common.version>1.13.2</smallrye-common.version>
         <smallrye-config.version>2.13.0</smallrye-config.version>
-        <smallrye-health.version>3.3.0</smallrye-health.version>
+        <smallrye-health.version>3.3.1</smallrye-health.version>
         <smallrye-metrics.version>3.0.5</smallrye-metrics.version>
         <smallrye-open-api.version>2.3.1</smallrye-open-api.version>
         <smallrye-graphql.version>1.9.0</smallrye-graphql.version>
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-health/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/health/deployment/SmallRyeHealthConfig.java b/extensions/smallrye-health/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/health/deployment/SmallRyeHealthConfig.java
index 08a1066afeea5..f1c88cdea58c7 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-health/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/health/deployment/SmallRyeHealthConfig.java
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-health/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/health/deployment/SmallRyeHealthConfig.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package io.quarkus.smallrye.health.deployment;
 
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.OptionalInt;
 
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.ConfigDocSection;
@@ -63,6 +64,12 @@ public class SmallRyeHealthConfig {
     @ConfigItem
     OptionalInt maxGroupRegistriesCount;
 
+    /**
+     * The name of the default health group used when no other health group is defined on the health check.
+     */
+    @ConfigItem
+    Optional<String> defaultHealthGroup;
+
     /**
      * SmallRye Health UI configuration
      */
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-health/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/health/deployment/SmallRyeHealthProcessor.java b/extensions/smallrye-health/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/health/deployment/SmallRyeHealthProcessor.java
index 13b3b9bb9272b..76c5effc51549 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-health/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/health/deployment/SmallRyeHealthProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-health/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/health/deployment/SmallRyeHealthProcessor.java
@@ -278,6 +278,10 @@ public void processSmallRyeHealthConfigValues(SmallRyeHealthConfig healthConfig,
                     String.valueOf(healthConfig.maxGroupRegistriesCount.getAsInt())));
         }
         config.produce(new RunTimeConfigurationDefaultBuildItem("io.smallrye.health.delayChecksInitializations", "true"));
+        if (healthConfig.defaultHealthGroup.isPresent()) {
+            config.produce(new RunTimeConfigurationDefaultBuildItem("io.smallrye.health.defaultHealthGroup",
+                    healthConfig.defaultHealthGroup.get()));
+        }
     }
 
     @BuildStep(onlyIf = OpenAPIIncluded.class)
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-health/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/health/test/DefaultHealthGroupTest.java b/extensions/smallrye-health/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/health/test/DefaultHealthGroupTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a750c84e234b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-health/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/health/test/DefaultHealthGroupTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package io.quarkus.smallrye.health.test;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.contains;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasItems;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+
+import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.asset.EmptyAsset;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
+
+import io.quarkus.smallrye.health.test.ui.HealthGroupCheck;
+import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest;
+import io.restassured.RestAssured;
+import io.restassured.parsing.Parser;
+
+public class DefaultHealthGroupTest {
+
+    @RegisterExtension
+    static final QuarkusUnitTest config = new QuarkusUnitTest()
+            .withApplicationRoot((jar) -> jar
+                    .addClasses(BasicHealthCheck.class, HealthGroupCheck.class)
+                    .addAsManifestResource(EmptyAsset.INSTANCE, "beans.xml"))
+            .overrideConfigKey("quarkus.smallrye-health.default-health-group", "my-default-health-group");
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDefaultHealthGroup() {
+        try {
+            RestAssured.defaultParser = Parser.JSON;
+            RestAssured.when().get("/q/health/group/my-default-health-group").then()
+                    .body("status", is("UP"),
+                            "checks.size()", is(1),
+                            "checks.status", contains("UP"),
+                            "checks.name", contains("basic"));
+
+            RestAssured.when().get("/q/health/group/test-group").then()
+                    .body("status", is("UP"),
+                            "checks.size()", is(1),
+                            "checks.status", contains("UP"),
+                            "checks.name", contains(HealthGroupCheck.class.getName()));
+
+            RestAssured.when().get("/q/health/group").then()
+                    .body("status", is("UP"),
+                            "checks.size()", is(2),
+                            "checks.status", hasItems("UP", "UP"),
+                            "checks.name", hasItems("basic", HealthGroupCheck.class.getName()));
+        } finally {
+            RestAssured.reset();
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-health/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/health/test/ui/HealthGroupCheck.java b/extensions/smallrye-health/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/health/test/ui/HealthGroupCheck.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3308675645192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-health/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/health/test/ui/HealthGroupCheck.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package io.quarkus.smallrye.health.test.ui;
+
+import org.eclipse.microprofile.health.HealthCheck;
+import org.eclipse.microprofile.health.HealthCheckResponse;
+
+import io.smallrye.health.api.HealthGroup;
+
+@HealthGroup("test-group")
+public class HealthGroupCheck implements HealthCheck {
+    @Override
+    public HealthCheckResponse call() {
+        return HealthCheckResponse.up(HealthGroupCheck.class.getName());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/jakarta/rewrite.yml b/jakarta/rewrite.yml
index c5a79f69067c3..7b4f564497be7 100644
--- a/jakarta/rewrite.yml
+++ b/jakarta/rewrite.yml
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ recipeList:
       newValue: '2.0.0'
   - org.openrewrite.maven.ChangePropertyValue:
       key: smallrye-health.version
-      newValue: '4.0.0'
+      newValue: '4.0.1'
   - org.openrewrite.maven.ChangePropertyValue:
       key: microprofile-jwt.version
       newValue: '2.0'