diff --git a/services/hermes/chat-statefulset.yaml b/services/hermes/chat-statefulset.yaml
index b87f72a6..302544f7 100644
--- a/services/hermes/chat-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/services/hermes/chat-statefulset.yaml
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ spec:
                     operator: DoesNotExist
                   - key: kubernetes.io/hostname
                     operator: NotIn
-                    values: [titan-05, titan-13, titan-14, titan-17, titan-18, titan-19]
+                    # titan-04's kubelet stalled before handing the Hermes image pull to CRI.
+                    values: [titan-04, titan-05, titan-13, titan-14, titan-17, titan-18, titan-19]
           preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
             - weight: 100
               preference: