diff --git a/src/middlewared/middlewared/api/v25_04_0/core.py b/src/middlewared/middlewared/api/v25_04_0/core.py
index 202f3f292e81..4b58ffc83ad2 100644
--- a/src/middlewared/middlewared/api/v25_04_0/core.py
+++ b/src/middlewared/middlewared/api/v25_04_0/core.py
@@ -1,7 +1,25 @@
+from typing import Literal
+
 from middlewared.api.base import BaseModel, ForUpdateMetaclass, single_argument_result
 
-__all__ = ["CoreSetOptionsArgs", "CoreSetOptionsResult", "CoreSubscribeArgs", "CoreSubscribeResult",
-           "CoreUnsubscribeArgs", "CoreUnsubscribeResult"]
+__all__ = [
+    "CorePingArgs",
+    "CorePingResult",
+    "CoreSetOptionsArgs",
+    "CoreSetOptionsResult",
+    "CoreSubscribeArgs",
+    "CoreSubscribeResult",
+    "CoreUnsubscribeArgs",
+    "CoreUnsubscribeResult",
+]
+
+
+class CorePingArgs(BaseModel):
+    pass
+
+
+class CorePingResult(BaseModel):
+    result: Literal["pong"]
 
 
 class CoreSetOptionsOptions(BaseModel, metaclass=ForUpdateMetaclass):
diff --git a/src/middlewared/middlewared/service/core_service.py b/src/middlewared/middlewared/service/core_service.py
index be9317566222..86ba073dd60a 100644
--- a/src/middlewared/middlewared/service/core_service.py
+++ b/src/middlewared/middlewared/service/core_service.py
@@ -19,7 +19,13 @@
 from middlewared.api import api_method
 from middlewared.api.base.jsonschema import get_json_schema
 from middlewared.api.current import (
-    CoreSetOptionsArgs, CoreSetOptionsResult, CoreSubscribeArgs, CoreSubscribeResult, CoreUnsubscribeArgs,
+    CorePingArgs,
+    CorePingResult,
+    CoreSetOptionsArgs,
+    CoreSetOptionsResult,
+    CoreSubscribeArgs,
+    CoreSubscribeResult,
+    CoreUnsubscribeArgs,
     CoreUnsubscribeResult,
 )
 from middlewared.common.environ import environ_update
@@ -522,8 +528,7 @@ async def event_send(self, name, event_type, kwargs=None):
         kwargs = kwargs or {}
         self.middleware.send_event(name, event_type, **kwargs)
 
-    @no_authz_required
-    @accepts()
+    @api_method(CorePingArgs, CorePingResult, authorization_required=False)
     def ping(self):
         """
         Utility method which just returns "pong".