diff --git a/charts/coredns/templates/bin/_probe.py.tpl b/charts/coredns/templates/bin/_probe.py.tpl
index 9e3ac22f..d7e6ed0f 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/templates/bin/_probe.py.tpl
+++ b/charts/coredns/templates/bin/_probe.py.tpl
@@ -17,12 +17,24 @@ class httpHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         failed = False
         res = requests.get("http://127.0.0.1:{}/health".format(args.check_port))
         if res.status_code >= 400:
+          print('Failed /health check, status code = : {}'.format(res.status_code))
           failed = True
-        res = subprocess.run(
-                ["dig", "+time=2", "+tries=1", "@127.0.0.1", "-f", args.filename],
-                stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL)
-        if res.returncode != 0:
-          failed = True
+
+        with open(args.filename, 'r') as fh:
+          for host in fh.read().splitlines():
+            # ignore blank lines
+            if not host:
+              continue
+            res = subprocess.run(
+              ["host", "-W=2", "-R=1", host, "127.0.0.1"],
+              stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+              stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+            if res.returncode != 0:
+              print('Failed to resolve host: "{}"'.format(host))
+              print(res.stdout)
+              failed = True
+              break
+
         if failed:
           print('Check failed')
           self.send_response(500)
diff --git a/charts/coredns/templates/configmap-list.yaml b/charts/coredns/templates/configmap-list.yaml
index d3729944..88a0a869 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/templates/configmap-list.yaml
+++ b/charts/coredns/templates/configmap-list.yaml
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   name: {{ .Values.service.name }}-list
 data:
-  names_to_resolve: |
+  names_to_resolve: |-
 {{ tuple "etc/_list.tpl" . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.template" | indent 4 }}
diff --git a/charts/coredns/templates/etc/_list.tpl b/charts/coredns/templates/etc/_list.tpl
index 8df545b9..9fbaae00 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/templates/etc/_list.tpl
+++ b/charts/coredns/templates/etc/_list.tpl
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-{{- range .Values.conf.test.names_to_resolve }}
+{{- range .Values.conf.test.names_to_resolve -}}
 {{ . }}
-{{- end }}
+{{ end -}}
diff --git a/charts/coredns/templates/pod-test.yaml b/charts/coredns/templates/pod-test.yaml
index d456281b..6d7b5235 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/templates/pod-test.yaml
+++ b/charts/coredns/templates/pod-test.yaml
@@ -40,16 +40,26 @@ spec:
         - -c
         - |
           SUCCESS=1
-          {{- range .Values.conf.test.names_to_resolve }}
-          if dig {{ . }}; then
-            echo "Successfully resolved {{ . }}"
-          else
-            echo "Failed to resolve {{ . }}"
-            SUCCESS=0
-          fi
-          {{- end }}
+          while read host; do
+            if [ -n "$host" ]; then
+              if host "$host"; then
+                echo "Successfully resolved: \"$host\""
+              else
+                echo "Failed to resolve: \"$host\""
+                SUCCESS=0
+              fi
+            fi
+          done < /tmp/etc/names_to_resolve
           if [ "$SUCCESS" != "1" ]; then
             echo "Test failed to resolve all names."
             exit 1
           fi
+      volumeMounts:
+        - name: dns-names
+          mountPath: /tmp/etc
+  volumes:
+    - name: dns-names
+      configMap:
+        name: {{ $envAll.Values.service.name }}-list
+        defaultMode: 0555
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/examples/basic/armada-resources.yaml b/examples/basic/armada-resources.yaml
index fe11d98f..db19cd6c 100644
--- a/examples/basic/armada-resources.yaml
+++ b/examples/basic/armada-resources.yaml
@@ -563,7 +563,6 @@ data:
       test:
         names_to_resolve:
           - calico-etcd.kube-system.svc.cluster.local
-          - kubernetes-etcd.kube-system.svc.cluster.local
           - kubernetes.default.svc.cluster.local
     images:
       tags:
diff --git a/examples/complete/armada-resources.yaml b/examples/complete/armada-resources.yaml
index 45f26cb9..2090b08c 100644
--- a/examples/complete/armada-resources.yaml
+++ b/examples/complete/armada-resources.yaml
@@ -584,7 +584,6 @@ data:
       test:
         names_to_resolve:
           - calico-etcd.kube-system.svc.cluster.local
-          - kubernetes-etcd.kube-system.svc.cluster.local
           - kubernetes.default.svc.cluster.local
 
     images:
diff --git a/examples/containerd/armada-resources.yaml b/examples/containerd/armada-resources.yaml
index 88b0bcec..f37bf3c5 100644
--- a/examples/containerd/armada-resources.yaml
+++ b/examples/containerd/armada-resources.yaml
@@ -459,7 +459,6 @@ data:
           - att.com
           - calico-etcd.kube-system.svc.cluster.local
           - google.com
-          - kubernetes-etcd.kube-system.svc.cluster.local
           - kubernetes.default.svc.cluster.local
 
     images:
diff --git a/examples/gate/armada-resources.yaml b/examples/gate/armada-resources.yaml
index 269884e8..4bc7b975 100644
--- a/examples/gate/armada-resources.yaml
+++ b/examples/gate/armada-resources.yaml
@@ -459,7 +459,6 @@ data:
           - att.com
           - calico-etcd.kube-system.svc.cluster.local
           - google.com
-          - kubernetes-etcd.kube-system.svc.cluster.local
           - kubernetes.default.svc.cluster.local
 
     images: