diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0097e2c403f1..d867ae25de17 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 * (all) [#16497](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16497) Removed all exported vestiges of `sdk.MustSortJSON` and `sdk.SortJSON`.
 * (x/distribution) [#16218](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16218) Add Autocli config to distribution module.
+* (cli) [#16206](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16206) Make ABCI handshake profileable.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/server/start.go b/server/start.go
index bd9c71f6d4f4..0764f454c61c 100644
--- a/server/start.go
+++ b/server/start.go
@@ -288,13 +288,15 @@ func startInProcess(svrCtx *Context, svrCfg serverconfig.Config, clientCtx clien
 
 	gRPCOnly := svrCtx.Viper.GetBool(flagGRPCOnly)
 
+	g, ctx := getCtx(svrCtx, true)
+
 	if gRPCOnly {
 		// TODO: Generalize logic so that gRPC only is really in startStandAlone
 		svrCtx.Logger.Info("starting node in gRPC only mode; CometBFT is disabled")
 		svrCfg.GRPC.Enable = true
 	} else {
 		svrCtx.Logger.Info("starting node with ABCI CometBFT in-process")
-		tmNode, cleanupFn, err := startCmtNode(cmtCfg, app, svrCtx)
+		tmNode, cleanupFn, err := startCmtNode(ctx, cmtCfg, app, svrCtx)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -314,8 +316,6 @@ func startInProcess(svrCtx *Context, svrCfg serverconfig.Config, clientCtx clien
 		}
 	}
 
-	g, ctx := getCtx(svrCtx, true)
-
 	grpcSrv, clientCtx, err := startGrpcServer(ctx, g, svrCfg.GRPC, clientCtx, svrCtx, app)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ func startInProcess(svrCtx *Context, svrCfg serverconfig.Config, clientCtx clien
 
 // TODO: Move nodeKey into being created within the function.
 func startCmtNode(
+	ctx context.Context,
 	cfg *cmtcfg.Config,
 	app types.Application,
 	svrCtx *Context,
@@ -349,7 +350,8 @@ func startCmtNode(
 	}
 
 	cmtApp := NewCometABCIWrapper(app)
-	tmNode, err = node.NewNode(
+	tmNode, err = node.NewNodeWithContext(
+		ctx,
 		cfg,
 		pvm.LoadOrGenFilePV(cfg.PrivValidatorKeyFile(), cfg.PrivValidatorStateFile()),
 		nodeKey,