diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a3cc44f06..cfbe88faf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
+* (server) [#16395](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16395) Do not override some Comet config is purposely set differently in `InterceptConfigsPreRunHandler`.
 * (cli) [#16312](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16312) Allow any addresses in `client.ValidatePromptAddress`.
 * (x/group) [#16017](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16017) Correctly apply account number in group v2 migration.
 
diff --git a/server/util.go b/server/util.go
index 9d105671d..ea8d9ffc9 100644
--- a/server/util.go
+++ b/server/util.go
@@ -233,12 +233,16 @@ func interceptConfigs(rootViper *viper.Viper, customAppTemplate string, customCo
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error in config file: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		conf.RPC.PprofListenAddress = "localhost:6060"
-		conf.P2P.RecvRate = 5120000
-		conf.P2P.SendRate = 5120000
-		conf.Consensus.TimeoutCommit = 5 * time.Second
+		defaultCometCfg := tmcfg.DefaultConfig()
+		// The SDK is opinionated about those comet values, so we set them here.
+		// We verify first that the user has not changed them for not overriding them.
+		if conf.Consensus.TimeoutCommit == defaultCometCfg.Consensus.TimeoutCommit {
+			conf.Consensus.TimeoutCommit = 5 * time.Second
+		}
+		if conf.RPC.PprofListenAddress == defaultCometCfg.RPC.PprofListenAddress {
+			conf.RPC.PprofListenAddress = "localhost:6060"
+		}
 		tmcfg.WriteConfigFile(tmCfgFile, conf)
-
 	case err != nil:
 		return nil, err