diff --git a/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/airflow/AirflowRESTClient.java b/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/airflow/AirflowRESTClient.java
index c8f36e76989..44e57416fa3 100644
--- a/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/airflow/AirflowRESTClient.java
+++ b/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/airflow/AirflowRESTClient.java
@@ -189,6 +189,29 @@ public class AirflowRESTClient {
         Response.Status.fromStatusCode(response.statusCode()));
   }
 
+  public HttpResponse<String> getRESTStatus() {
+    HttpResponse<String> response;
+    try {
+      String token = authenticate();
+      String authToken = String.format(AUTH_TOKEN, token);
+      String statusEndPoint = "%s/rest_api/api?api=rest_status";
+      String statusUrl = String.format(statusEndPoint, airflowURL);
+      HttpRequest request =
+          HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create(statusUrl))
+              .header(CONTENT_HEADER, CONTENT_TYPE)
+              .header(AUTH_HEADER, authToken)
+              .GET()
+              .build();
+      response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+      if (response.statusCode() == 200) {
+        return response;
+      }
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      throw AirflowException.byMessage("Failed to get REST status.", e.getMessage());
+    }
+    throw new AirflowException(String.format("Failed to get REST status due to %s", response.body()));
+  }
+
   public HttpResponse<String> testConnection(TestServiceConnection testServiceConnection) {
     HttpResponse<String> response;
     try {
diff --git a/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/resources/services/ingestionpipelines/IngestionPipelineResource.java b/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/resources/services/ingestionpipelines/IngestionPipelineResource.java
index 0a33653ff6a..4b7f56022a9 100644
--- a/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/resources/services/ingestionpipelines/IngestionPipelineResource.java
+++ b/catalog-rest-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/catalog/resources/services/ingestionpipelines/IngestionPipelineResource.java
@@ -403,9 +403,7 @@ public class IngestionPipelineResource extends EntityResource<IngestionPipeline,
         @ApiResponse(
             responseCode = "200",
             description = "The ingestion",
-            content =
-                @Content(mediaType = "application/json", schema = @Schema(implementation = IngestionPipeline.class))),
-        @ApiResponse(responseCode = "404", description = "Ingestion for instance {name} is not found")
+            content = @Content(mediaType = "application/json"))
       })
   public Response testIngestion(
       @Context UriInfo uriInfo,
@@ -415,6 +413,23 @@ public class IngestionPipelineResource extends EntityResource<IngestionPipeline,
     return Response.status(200, response.body()).build();
   }
 
+  @GET
+  @Path("/status")
+  @Operation(
+      summary = "Check the Airflow REST status",
+      tags = "IngestionPipelines",
+      description = "Check that the Airflow REST endpoint is reachable and up and running",
+      responses = {
+        @ApiResponse(
+            responseCode = "200",
+            description = "Status message",
+            content = @Content(mediaType = "application/json"))
+      })
+  public Response getRESTStatus(@Context UriInfo uriInfo, @Context SecurityContext securityContext) {
+    HttpResponse<String> response = airflowRESTClient.getRESTStatus();
+    return Response.status(200, response.body()).build();
+  }
+
   @DELETE
   @Path("/{id}")
   @Operation(
diff --git a/openmetadata-airflow-apis/setup.py b/openmetadata-airflow-apis/setup.py
index 643f9c7440a..1b85460625a 100644
--- a/openmetadata-airflow-apis/setup.py
+++ b/openmetadata-airflow-apis/setup.py
@@ -23,14 +23,12 @@ def get_long_description():
 
 base_requirements = {
     "openmetadata-ingestion[airflow-container]~=0.9",
-    "PyYAML<6.0",  # pycln requires < 6
     "pendulum~=2.1.2",
     "packaging~=21.2",
     "setuptools~=58.3.0",
-    "apache-airflow[http,kubernetes]>=1.10.2",
+    "apache-airflow==2.1.4",
     "Flask~=1.1.4",
-    "Flask-Admin",
-    "pydantic>=1.7.4",
+    "Flask-Admin==1.6.0",
 }
 
 dev_requirements = {
diff --git a/openmetadata-airflow-apis/src/openmetadata/api/apis_metadata.py b/openmetadata-airflow-apis/src/openmetadata/api/apis_metadata.py
index b5f138ebbd1..a9635c993e5 100644
--- a/openmetadata-airflow-apis/src/openmetadata/api/apis_metadata.py
+++ b/openmetadata-airflow-apis/src/openmetadata/api/apis_metadata.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #  limitations under the License.
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
-# TODO DELETE, STATUS (pick it up from airflow directly), LOG (just link v1), ENABLE DAG, DISABLE DAG (play pause)
+# TODO LOG (just link v1), ENABLE DAG, DISABLE DAG (play pause)
 APIS_METADATA = [
     {
         "name": "deploy_dag",
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ APIS_METADATA = [
             },
         ],
     },
+    {
+        "name": "rest_status",
+        "description": "Get the status of Airflow REST status",
+        "http_method": "GET",
+    },
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/openmetadata-airflow-apis/src/openmetadata/api/rest_api.py b/openmetadata-airflow-apis/src/openmetadata/api/rest_api.py
index 64d9f6c615f..d01b1b4bdc7 100644
--- a/openmetadata-airflow-apis/src/openmetadata/api/rest_api.py
+++ b/openmetadata-airflow-apis/src/openmetadata/api/rest_api.py
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ class REST_API(AppBuilderBaseView):
 
         # Deciding which function to use based off the API object that was requested.
         # Some functions are custom and need to be manually routed to.
+        if api == "rest_status":
+            return self.rest_status()
         if api == "deploy_dag":
             return self.deploy_dag()
         if api == "trigger_dag":
@@ -133,12 +135,28 @@ class REST_API(AppBuilderBaseView):
             f"Invalid api param {api}. Expected deploy_dag or trigger_dag."
         )
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def rest_status() -> Response:
+        """
+        Check that the Airflow REST is reachable
+        and running correctly.
+        """
+        try:
+            url = AIRFLOW_WEBSERVER_BASE_URL + REST_API_ENDPOINT
+            return ApiResponse.success(
+                {"message": f"Airflow REST {REST_API_PLUGIN_VERSION} running at {url}"}
+            )
+        except Exception as err:
+            return ApiResponse.error(
+                status=ApiResponse.STATUS_SERVER_ERROR,
+                error=f"Internal error obtaining REST status - {err} - {traceback.format_exc()}",
+            )
+
     def deploy_dag(self) -> Response:
-        """Custom Function for the deploy_dag API
+        """
+        Custom Function for the deploy_dag API
         Creates workflow dag based on workflow dag file and refreshes
         the session
-        args:
-            workflow_config: the workflow config that defines the dag
         """
 
         json_request = request.get_json()