diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/hazelcast/HazelcastHealthIndicator.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/hazelcast/HazelcastHealthIndicator.java
index ee6fffc0e33..a284cd502e4 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/hazelcast/HazelcastHealthIndicator.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/hazelcast/HazelcastHealthIndicator.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  *
  * @author Dmytro Nosan
  * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ * @author Tommy Karlsson
  * @since 2.2.0
  */
 public class HazelcastHealthIndicator extends AbstractHealthIndicator {
@@ -42,6 +43,10 @@ public class HazelcastHealthIndicator extends AbstractHealthIndicator {
 
 	@Override
 	protected void doHealthCheck(Health.Builder builder) {
+		if (!this.hazelcast.getLifecycleService().isRunning()) {
+			builder.down();
+			return;
+		}
 		this.hazelcast.executeTransaction((context) -> {
 			String uuid = this.hazelcast.getLocalEndpoint().getUuid().toString();
 			builder.up().withDetail("name", this.hazelcast.getName()).withDetail("uuid", uuid);
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/hazelcast/HazelcastHealthIndicatorTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/hazelcast/HazelcastHealthIndicatorTests.java
index e41e0cd09f4..74042e2173e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/hazelcast/HazelcastHealthIndicatorTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/hazelcast/HazelcastHealthIndicatorTests.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.boot.actuate.hazelcast;
 
 import com.hazelcast.core.HazelcastException;
 import com.hazelcast.core.HazelcastInstance;
+import com.hazelcast.core.LifecycleService;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.Health;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.testsupport.classpath.resources.WithResource;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.given;
+import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.then;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 
 /**
@@ -37,25 +39,26 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
  *
  * @author Dmytro Nosan
  * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ * @author Tommy Karlsson
  */
+@WithResource(name = "hazelcast.xml", content = """
+		<hazelcast xmlns="http://www.hazelcast.com/schema/config"
+				   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+				   xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.hazelcast.com/schema/config
+		           http://www.hazelcast.com/schema/config/hazelcast-config-5.0.xsd">
+			<instance-name>actuator-hazelcast</instance-name>
+			<map name="defaultCache" />
+			<network>
+				<join>
+					<auto-detection enabled="false"/>
+					<multicast enabled="false"/>
+				</join>
+			</network>
+		</hazelcast>
+		""")
 class HazelcastHealthIndicatorTests {
 
 	@Test
-	@WithResource(name = "hazelcast.xml", content = """
-			<hazelcast xmlns="http://www.hazelcast.com/schema/config"
-					   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-					   xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.hazelcast.com/schema/config
-			           http://www.hazelcast.com/schema/config/hazelcast-config-5.0.xsd">
-				<instance-name>actuator-hazelcast</instance-name>
-				<map name="defaultCache" />
-				<network>
-					<join>
-						<auto-detection enabled="false"/>
-						<multicast enabled="false"/>
-					</join>
-				</network>
-			</hazelcast>
-			""")
 	void hazelcastUp() {
 		new ApplicationContextRunner().withConfiguration(AutoConfigurations.of(HazelcastAutoConfiguration.class))
 			.withPropertyValues("spring.hazelcast.config=hazelcast.xml")
@@ -69,12 +72,44 @@ class HazelcastHealthIndicatorTests {
 			});
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void hazelcastShutdown() {
+		new ApplicationContextRunner().withConfiguration(AutoConfigurations.of(HazelcastAutoConfiguration.class))
+			.withPropertyValues("spring.hazelcast.config=hazelcast.xml")
+			.run((context) -> {
+				HazelcastInstance hazelcast = context.getBean(HazelcastInstance.class);
+				hazelcast.shutdown();
+				Health health = new HazelcastHealthIndicator(hazelcast).health();
+				assertThat(health.getStatus()).isEqualTo(Status.DOWN);
+			});
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void hazelcastLifecycleNotRunning() {
+		HazelcastInstance hazelcast = mockHazelcastInstance(false);
+		Health health = new HazelcastHealthIndicator(hazelcast).health();
+		assertThat(health.getStatus()).isEqualTo(Status.DOWN);
+		then(hazelcast).should().getLifecycleService();
+		then(hazelcast).shouldHaveNoMoreInteractions();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void hazelcastDown() {
-		HazelcastInstance hazelcast = mock(HazelcastInstance.class);
+		HazelcastInstance hazelcast = mockHazelcastInstance(true);
 		given(hazelcast.executeTransaction(any())).willThrow(new HazelcastException());
 		Health health = new HazelcastHealthIndicator(hazelcast).health();
 		assertThat(health.getStatus()).isEqualTo(Status.DOWN);
+		then(hazelcast).should().getLifecycleService();
+		then(hazelcast).should().executeTransaction(any());
+		then(hazelcast).shouldHaveNoMoreInteractions();
+	}
+
+	private static HazelcastInstance mockHazelcastInstance(boolean isRunning) {
+		LifecycleService lifecycleService = mock(LifecycleService.class);
+		given(lifecycleService.isRunning()).willReturn(isRunning);
+		HazelcastInstance hazelcastInstance = mock(HazelcastInstance.class);
+		given(hazelcastInstance.getLifecycleService()).willReturn(lifecycleService);
+		return hazelcastInstance;
 	}
 
 }