diff --git a/deployment/docker/alerts-health.yml b/deployment/docker/alerts-health.yml
index 11ec22c1f..eb1e2987c 100644
--- a/deployment/docker/alerts-health.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker/alerts-health.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ groups:
     # note the `job` filter and update accordingly to your setup
     rules:
       - alert: TooManyRestarts
-        expr: changes(process_start_time_seconds{job=~"victoriametrics.*|vmselect.*|vminsert.*|vmstorage.*|vmagent.*|vmalert.*|vmsingle.*|vmalertmanager.*"}[15m]) > 2
+        expr: changes(process_start_time_seconds{job=~".*(victoriametrics|vmselect|vminsert|vmstorage|vmagent|vmalert|vmsingle|vmalertmanager|vmauth).*"}[15m]) > 2
         labels:
           severity: critical
         annotations:
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ groups:
             It might be crashlooping."
 
       - alert: ServiceDown
-        expr: up{job=~"victoriametrics.*|vmselect.*|vminsert.*|vmstorage.*|vmagent.*|vmalert.*|vmsingle.*|vmalertmanager.*"} == 0
+        expr: up{job=~".*(victoriametrics|vmselect|vminsert|vmstorage|vmagent|vmalert|vmsingle|vmalertmanager|vmauth).*"} == 0
         for: 2m
         labels:
           severity: critical
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 833c8dc64..bcb4c6218 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ The sandbox cluster installation is running under the constant load generated by
 
 ## tip
 
+* FEATURE: [Alerting rules for VictoriaMetrics](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/tree/master/deployment/docker#alerts): account for `vmauth` component for alerts `ServiceDown` and `TooManyRestarts`.
+
 ## [v1.94.0](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.94.0)
 
 Released at 2023-10-02