diff --git a/.changeset/shy-news-argue.md b/.changeset/shy-news-argue.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3531b7c4ca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/shy-news-argue.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@keystonejs/app-graphql': patch
+---
+
+Fixed bug preventing configuration of apollo graph engine from `GraphQLApp()`.
diff --git a/packages/app-graphql/lib/apolloServer.js b/packages/app-graphql/lib/apolloServer.js
index a199a25af0a..49e753dc760 100644
--- a/packages/app-graphql/lib/apolloServer.js
+++ b/packages/app-graphql/lib/apolloServer.js
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ function createApolloServer(keystone, apolloConfig, schemaName, dev) {
   const server = new ApolloServer({
     maxFileSize: 200 * 1024 * 1024,
     maxFiles: 5,
-    ...apolloConfig,
     ...keystone.getAdminSchema({ schemaName }),
     context: ({ req }) => ({
       ...keystone.getGraphQlContext({ schemaName, req }),
@@ -163,6 +162,7 @@ function createApolloServer(keystone, apolloConfig, schemaName, dev) {
           tracing: dev,
         }),
     formatError: _formatError,
+    ...apolloConfig,
   });
   keystone.registerSchema(schemaName, server.schema);