diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/RobotAPIComponentPlugins/HeartbeatComponentPlugin.h b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/RobotAPIComponentPlugins/HeartbeatComponentPlugin.h
index 638d2e9868b8fb25329272f5c084b6e83f4e136e..bbefa079c1d54e71444d9f0e90120f4db0250297 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/RobotAPIComponentPlugins/HeartbeatComponentPlugin.h
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/RobotAPIComponentPlugins/HeartbeatComponentPlugin.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ namespace armarx::plugins
 
     private:
         //! heartbeat topic name (outgoing)
-        std::string topicName{"DebugObserver"};
+        std::string topicName{"RobotHealthTopic"};
 
         //! name of this component used as identifier for heartbeats
         std::string componentName;