diff --git a/jobs/rocoto/genesis.sh b/jobs/rocoto/genesis.sh
index 009a7006ef3..e6c25a5ec05 100755
--- a/jobs/rocoto/genesis.sh
+++ b/jobs/rocoto/genesis.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 source "${HOMEgfs}/ush/preamble.sh"
 
+# Hack to temporary skip this as the tracker has not been build
+#   on Hercules Rocky 9 yet
+# TODO: Remove this after tracker has been built for Rocky 9 #2639
+if [[ ${machine} == 'hercules' ]]; then exit 0; fi
+
 ###############################################################
 # Source FV3GFS workflow modules
 source "${HOMEgfs}/ush/load_fv3gfs_modules.sh"
diff --git a/jobs/rocoto/genesis_fsu.sh b/jobs/rocoto/genesis_fsu.sh
index 05c0ff8827b..f2859e0d5b1 100755
--- a/jobs/rocoto/genesis_fsu.sh
+++ b/jobs/rocoto/genesis_fsu.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 source "${HOMEgfs}/ush/preamble.sh"
 
+# Hack to temporary skip this as the tracker has not been build
+#   on Hercules Rocky 9 yet
+# TODO: Remove this after tracker has been built for Rocky 9 #2639
+if [[ ${machine} == 'hercules' ]]; then exit 0; fi
+
 ###############################################################
 # Source FV3GFS workflow modules
 source "${HOMEgfs}/ush/load_fv3gfs_modules.sh"
diff --git a/jobs/rocoto/tracker.sh b/jobs/rocoto/tracker.sh
index 3e2efd644ef..ef8876c1b2d 100755
--- a/jobs/rocoto/tracker.sh
+++ b/jobs/rocoto/tracker.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 source "${HOMEgfs}/ush/preamble.sh"
 
+# Hack to temporary skip this as the tracker has not been build
+#   on Hercules Rocky 9 yet
+# TODO: Remove this after tracker has been built for Rocky 9 #2639
+if [[ ${machine} == 'hercules' ]]; then exit 0; fi
+
 ###############################################################
 # Source FV3GFS workflow modules
 source "${HOMEgfs}/ush/load_fv3gfs_modules.sh"