diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c89409b685..2646f8c196 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
+* (runtime) [#21769](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/21769) Fix baseapp options ordering to avoid overwriting options set by modules.
 * (types/mempool) [#21494](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/21494) `GetSigners` function in priority nonce mempool returns an slide of the correct length.
 * (x/consensus) [#21493](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/21493) Fix regression that prevented to upgrade to > v0.50.7 without consensus version params.
 * (baseapp) [#21256](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/21256) Halt height will not commit the block indicated, meaning that if halt-height is set to 10, only blocks until 9 (included) will be committed. This is to go back to the original behavior before a change was introduced in v0.50.0.
diff --git a/runtime/builder.go b/runtime/builder.go
index bf645ae7a5..b91b894668 100644
--- a/runtime/builder.go
+++ b/runtime/builder.go
@@ -29,9 +29,18 @@ func (a *AppBuilder) Build(db dbm.DB, traceStore io.Writer, baseAppOptions ...fu
 		baseAppOptions = append(baseAppOptions, option)
 	}
 
+	// set routers first in case they get modified by other options
+	baseAppOptions = append(
+		[]func(*baseapp.BaseApp){
+			func(bApp *baseapp.BaseApp) {
+				bApp.SetMsgServiceRouter(a.app.msgServiceRouter)
+				bApp.SetGRPCQueryRouter(a.app.grpcQueryRouter)
+			},
+		},
+		baseAppOptions...,
+	)
+
 	bApp := baseapp.NewBaseApp(a.app.config.AppName, a.app.logger, db, nil, baseAppOptions...)
-	bApp.SetMsgServiceRouter(a.app.msgServiceRouter)
-	bApp.SetGRPCQueryRouter(a.app.grpcQueryRouter)
 	bApp.SetCommitMultiStoreTracer(traceStore)
 	bApp.SetVersion(version.Version)
 	bApp.SetInterfaceRegistry(a.app.interfaceRegistry)