diff --git a/ceph-mon/templates/bin/mgr/_check.sh.tpl b/ceph-mon/templates/bin/mgr/_check.sh.tpl
index e37f2d084b..2208aa0598 100644
--- a/ceph-mon/templates/bin/mgr/_check.sh.tpl
+++ b/ceph-mon/templates/bin/mgr/_check.sh.tpl
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ COMMAND="${@:-liveness}"
 function heath_check () {
    ASOK=$(ls /var/run/ceph/${CLUSTER}-mgr*)
    MGR_NAME=$(basename ${ASOK} | sed -e 's/.asok//' | cut -f 1 -d '.' --complement)
-   MGR_STATE=$(ceph --cluster ${CLUSTER} --connect-timeout 1 daemon mgr.${MGR_NAME} status|grep "osd_epoch")
+   MGR_STATE=$(ceph --cluster ${CLUSTER} --connect-timeout 1 daemon mgr.${MGR_NAME} status)
    if [ $? = 0 ]; then
      exit 0
    else
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ceph-mon-5ece5f0b0f571966.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ceph-mon-5ece5f0b0f571966.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd6176cea8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ceph-mon-5ece5f0b0f571966.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+ceph-mon:
+  - |
+    Upgrade Ceph to 19.2.3 and adjust the ceph-mgr liveness probe to account
+    for a new asok status query handler that returns an empty dictionary.
+...