diff --git a/internal/imports/imports_linux.go b/internal/imports/imports_linux.go
index db1e55a..fff2a0b 100644
--- a/internal/imports/imports_linux.go
+++ b/internal/imports/imports_linux.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk/pkg/networkservice/common/mechanisms/sendfd"
 	_ "github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk/pkg/networkservice/common/retry"
 	_ "github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk/pkg/networkservice/common/upstreamrefresh"
+	_ "github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk/pkg/networkservice/utils/checks/checkclose"
 	_ "github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk/pkg/tools/awarenessgroups"
 	_ "github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk/pkg/tools/grpcutils"
 	_ "github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk/pkg/tools/log"
@@ -40,5 +41,6 @@ import (
 	_ "os"
 	_ "os/signal"
 	_ "syscall"
+	_ "testing"
 	_ "time"
 )
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 16e0746..fff41e2 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2021-2022 Doc.ai its affiliates.
 //
-// Copyright (c) 2023 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+// Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 //
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"syscall"
+	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	nested "github.com/antonfisher/nested-logrus-formatter"
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk/pkg/networkservice/common/mechanisms/sendfd"
 	"github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk/pkg/networkservice/common/retry"
 	"github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk/pkg/networkservice/common/upstreamrefresh"
+	"github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk/pkg/networkservice/utils/checks/checkclose"
 	"github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk/pkg/tools/awarenessgroups"
 	"github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk/pkg/tools/grpcutils"
 	"github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk/pkg/tools/log"
@@ -80,8 +82,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	MetricsExportInterval time.Duration           `default:"10s" desc:"interval between mertics exports" split_words:"true"`
 
 	LivenessCheckEnabled  bool          `default:"true" desc:"Dataplane liveness check enabled/disabled"`
-	LivenessCheckInterval time.Duration `default:"1200ms" desc:"Dataplane liveness check interval"`
-	LivenessCheckTimeout  time.Duration `default:"1s" desc:"Dataplane liveness check timeout"`
+	LivenessCheckInterval time.Duration `default:"700ms" desc:"Dataplane liveness check interval"`
+	LivenessCheckTimeout  time.Duration `default:"500ms" desc:"Dataplane liveness check timeout"`
 }
 
 func main() {
@@ -215,6 +217,7 @@ func main() {
 			clientinfo.NewClient(),
 			upstreamrefresh.NewClient(ctx),
 			up.NewClient(ctx, vppConn),
+			checkclose.NewClient(nil, func(t *testing.T, c *networkservice.Connection) { time.Sleep(config.LivenessCheckTimeout) }),
 			connectioncontext.NewClient(vppConn),
 			memif.NewClient(ctx, vppConn),
 			sendfd.NewClient(),