diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ec6ee7082..218d1e646 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Added
+* `getHealth` now returns `latestLedgerCloseTime` and `oldestLedgerCloseTime`, the unix timestamps (seconds) at which the latest and oldest ledgers closed. This lets clients assess ledger freshness from the lightweight health endpoint without fetching full ledger metadata via `getLatestLedger` ([#797](https://github.com/stellar/stellar-rpc/pull/797)).
+
+
 ## [v27.0.0](https://github.com/stellar/stellar-rpc/compare/v26.0.1...v27.0.0)
 
 ### Breaking Changes
diff --git a/cmd/stellar-rpc/internal/integrationtest/health_test.go b/cmd/stellar-rpc/internal/integrationtest/health_test.go
index 21387865f..05d217c3d 100644
--- a/cmd/stellar-rpc/internal/integrationtest/health_test.go
+++ b/cmd/stellar-rpc/internal/integrationtest/health_test.go
@@ -19,4 +19,7 @@ func TestHealth(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Greater(t, result.OldestLedger, uint32(0))
 	assert.Greater(t, result.LatestLedger, uint32(0))
 	assert.GreaterOrEqual(t, result.LatestLedger, result.OldestLedger)
+	assert.Positive(t, result.LatestLedgerCloseTime)
+	assert.Positive(t, result.OldestLedgerCloseTime)
+	assert.GreaterOrEqual(t, result.LatestLedgerCloseTime, result.OldestLedgerCloseTime)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/stellar-rpc/internal/methods/get_health.go b/cmd/stellar-rpc/internal/methods/get_health.go
index 65f308bed..b57f72daa 100644
--- a/cmd/stellar-rpc/internal/methods/get_health.go
+++ b/cmd/stellar-rpc/internal/methods/get_health.go
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ func NewHealthCheck(
 		result := protocol.GetHealthResponse{
 			Status:                "healthy",
 			LatestLedger:          ledgerRange.LastLedger.Sequence,
+			LatestLedgerCloseTime: ledgerRange.LastLedger.CloseTime,
 			OldestLedger:          ledgerRange.FirstLedger.Sequence,
+			OldestLedgerCloseTime: ledgerRange.FirstLedger.CloseTime,
 			LedgerRetentionWindow: retentionWindow,
 		}
 		return result, nil
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8569e5e20..fb6101884 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
-	github.com/stellar/go-stellar-sdk v0.6.1-0.20260618191317-308407eca8c6
+	github.com/stellar/go-stellar-sdk v0.6.1-0.20260624185910-fc9acb3f1ba6
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 554569825..262c6d611 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -429,8 +429,8 @@ github.com/spf13/viper v1.17.0 h1:I5txKw7MJasPL/BrfkbA0Jyo/oELqVmux4pR/UxOMfI=
 github.com/spf13/viper v1.17.0/go.mod h1:BmMMMLQXSbcHK6KAOiFLz0l5JHrU89OdIRHvsk0+yVI=
 github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2 v2.6.0 h1:l+DolpxNWYgruGQVV0xsfeya3CsC7m8iBzDnMpsbLuo=
 github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2 v2.6.0/go.mod h1:gm2SeUoMZEtpnzPNs2Csc0D/gX33k1xIx7lEzqblHEs=
-github.com/stellar/go-stellar-sdk v0.6.1-0.20260618191317-308407eca8c6 h1:UiPdd65wjndoURfq4+55UH1VCgCyCCdX0bMqr3LIo5k=
-github.com/stellar/go-stellar-sdk v0.6.1-0.20260618191317-308407eca8c6/go.mod h1:IkcqcrE9UQi7n/1y+MxKB+7qzdjG1T2kGOD7Ss8dqjw=
+github.com/stellar/go-stellar-sdk v0.6.1-0.20260624185910-fc9acb3f1ba6 h1:NL5m+E+Ln5/HAYenkgyr/kI5xmgGOQ+BMRFktjl1eIw=
+github.com/stellar/go-stellar-sdk v0.6.1-0.20260624185910-fc9acb3f1ba6/go.mod h1:IkcqcrE9UQi7n/1y+MxKB+7qzdjG1T2kGOD7Ss8dqjw=
 github.com/stellar/go-xdr v0.0.0-20260529210834-0bf8f4956364 h1:gOKrfuWdZ92LFlv0TAwgZ7OsWKeBsOMDlGLyFgduI1w=
 github.com/stellar/go-xdr v0.0.0-20260529210834-0bf8f4956364/go.mod h1:If+U9Z1W5xU97VrOgJandQT+2dN7/iOpkCrxBJEyF80=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=