diff --git a/playbooks/group_vars/gitea-lb.yaml b/playbooks/group_vars/gitea-lb.yaml
index 1bdc410c17..4aa25eefbe 100644
--- a/playbooks/group_vars/gitea-lb.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/group_vars/gitea-lb.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ haproxy_listeners:
         address: '38.108.68.115:3080'
       - name: 'gitea05.opendev.org'
         address: '38.108.68.55:3080'
+      - name: 'gitea06.opendev.org'
+        address: '38.108.68.250:3080'
       - name: 'gitea07.opendev.org'
         address: '38.108.68.86:3080'
       - name: 'gitea08.opendev.org'
@@ -31,6 +33,8 @@ haproxy_listeners:
         address: '38.108.68.115:3000'
       - name: 'gitea05.opendev.org'
         address: '38.108.68.55:3000'
+      - name: 'gitea06.opendev.org'
+        address: '38.108.68.250:3000'
       - name: 'gitea07.opendev.org'
         address: '38.108.68.86:3000'
       - name: 'gitea08.opendev.org'
diff --git a/playbooks/remote_puppet_git.yaml b/playbooks/remote_puppet_git.yaml
index 28587dbfe0..2f9bfcb948 100644
--- a/playbooks/remote_puppet_git.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/remote_puppet_git.yaml
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@
         force: yes
       register: gitinfo
 
-# We exclude gitea06 because we want to recover its database from a sibgling
-# node in order to preserve the redirects.
-- hosts: "gitea:!gitea06.opendev.org:!disabled"
+- hosts: "gitea:!disabled"
   name: "Create repos on gitea servers"
   strategy: free
   max_fail_percentage: 1