diff --git a/verifiers/v1/serve/pool.py b/verifiers/v1/serve/pool.py
index faa8b5f503..39a81a3418 100644
--- a/verifiers/v1/serve/pool.py
+++ b/verifiers/v1/serve/pool.py
@@ -195,9 +195,10 @@ async def run(self) -> None:
                         payload,
                     ) = await self.frontend.recv_multipart()
                     if method == b"health":
-                        await self.frontend.send_multipart(
-                            [client_id, request_id, _HEALTH]
-                        )
+                        with contextlib.suppress(zmq.ZMQError):
+                            await self.frontend.send_multipart(
+                                [client_id, request_id, _HEALTH]
+                            )
                     else:
                         # Pool capacity is measured in rollouts; one group request carries n.
                         rollout_slots = 1