diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b3eb5d26e5e..db41a1eda64a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ Every module contains its own CHANGELOG.md. Please refer to the module you are i
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
+* (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.
+
+
 ### API Breaking Changes
 
 ## [v0.52.0](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/v0.52.0) - 2024-XX-XX
diff --git a/baseapp/abci.go b/baseapp/abci.go
index d2d87a5cf562..49470e0af771 100644
--- a/baseapp/abci.go
+++ b/baseapp/abci.go
@@ -914,10 +914,10 @@ func (app *BaseApp) FinalizeBlock(req *abci.FinalizeBlockRequest) (res *abci.Fin
 func (app *BaseApp) checkHalt(height int64, time time.Time) error {
 	var halt bool
 	switch {
-	case app.haltHeight > 0 && uint64(height) > app.haltHeight:
+	case app.haltHeight > 0 && uint64(height) >= app.haltHeight:
 		halt = true
 
-	case app.haltTime > 0 && time.Unix() > int64(app.haltTime):
+	case app.haltTime > 0 && time.Unix() >= int64(app.haltTime):
 		halt = true
 	}
 
diff --git a/baseapp/abci_test.go b/baseapp/abci_test.go
index b7fb67fad216..43b2c06d550e 100644
--- a/baseapp/abci_test.go
+++ b/baseapp/abci_test.go
@@ -2257,9 +2257,11 @@ func TestABCI_HaltChain(t *testing.T) {
 		expHalt     bool
 	}{
 		{"default", 0, 0, 10, 0, false},
-		{"halt-height-edge", 10, 0, 10, 0, false},
-		{"halt-height", 10, 0, 11, 0, true},
-		{"halt-time-edge", 0, 10, 1, 10, false},
+		{"halt-height-edge", 11, 0, 10, 0, false},
+		{"halt-height-equal", 10, 0, 10, 0, true},
+		{"halt-height", 10, 0, 10, 0, true},
+		{"halt-time-edge", 0, 11, 1, 10, false},
+		{"halt-time-equal", 0, 10, 1, 10, true},
 		{"halt-time", 0, 10, 1, 11, true},
 	}