diff --git a/services/hermes/agent-deployment.yaml b/services/hermes/agent-deployment.yaml
index 147d54d0e..5be29eec9 100644
--- a/services/hermes/agent-deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/hermes/agent-deployment.yaml
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ spec:
             - {name: HERDR_SOCKET_PATH, value: /opt/data/herdr/herdr.sock}
             - {name: KUBECONFIG, value: /opt/data/home/.kube/config}
             - {name: PYTHONPATH, value: /opt/hermes}
-            - {name: PATH, value: /opt/data/tools/bin:/opt/hermes/.venv/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin}
+            - {name: PATH, value: /opt/data/tools/bin:/opt/data/home/.local/bin:/opt/hermes/.venv/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin}
             - {name: PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH, value: /opt/hermes/.playwright}
             - {name: AGENT_BROWSER_EXECUTABLE_PATH, value: /opt/hermes/.playwright/chromium_headless_shell-1228/chrome-linux/headless_shell}
             - {name: AGENT_BROWSER_ARGS, value: "--no-sandbox,--disable-dev-shm-usage"}
diff --git a/testing/tests/test_hermes_herdr.py b/testing/tests/test_hermes_herdr.py
index ad9564e27..0b0ca1931 100644
--- a/testing/tests/test_hermes_herdr.py
+++ b/testing/tests/test_hermes_herdr.py
@@ -301,6 +301,11 @@ def test_agent_installs_hermes_integration_before_startup():
         env = {item["name"]: item["value"] for item in containers[name]["env"]}
         assert "/opt/hermes/.venv/bin" in env["PATH"].split(":")
 
+    server_env = {
+        item["name"]: item["value"] for item in containers["herdr-server"]["env"]
+    }
+    assert "/opt/data/home/.local/bin" in server_env["PATH"].split(":")
+
     for name in ("hermes", "herdr-server"):
         env = {item["name"]: item["value"] for item in containers[name]["env"]}
         assert env["AGENT_BROWSER_EXECUTABLE_PATH"].endswith("/chrome-linux/headless_shell")