diff --git a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_farm_instances.py b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_farm_instances.py
index 586aa2da57..ee2b35045d 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_farm_instances.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_farm_instances.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ class CollectFarmInstances(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
                 "karma_rop",
                 "redshift_rop",
                 "arnold_rop",
-                "vray_rop"]
+                "vray_rop",
+                "generic"]
 
     hosts = ["houdini"]
     targets = ["local", "remote"]
diff --git a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/extract_rop.py b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/extract_rop.py
index e121f7f4e0..ffe93d9d7a 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/extract_rop.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/extract_rop.py
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ class ExtractROP(publish.Extractor):
         }
 
         # render rop
-        ropnode = hou.node(instance.data.get("instance_node"))
-        lib.render_rop(ropnode)
+        creator_attribute = instance.data["creator_attributes"]
+        if creator_attribute.get("render_target") == "local":
+            ropnode = hou.node(instance.data.get("instance_node"))
+            lib.render_rop(ropnode)
 
         # add representation
         instance.data.setdefault("representations", []).append(representation)