diff --git a/.changeset/khaki-days-float.md b/.changeset/khaki-days-float.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c98ce9582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/khaki-days-float.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@hyperlane-xyz/sdk": patch
+---
+
+Allow gasLimit overrides in the SDK/CLI for deploy txs
diff --git a/typescript/sdk/src/providers/MultiProvider.ts b/typescript/sdk/src/providers/MultiProvider.ts
index 572cf929a2..219a73f5c9 100644
--- a/typescript/sdk/src/providers/MultiProvider.ts
+++ b/typescript/sdk/src/providers/MultiProvider.ts
@@ -302,15 +302,17 @@ export class MultiProvider<MetaExt = {}> extends ChainMetadataManager<MetaExt> {
     const contractFactory = await factory.connect(signer);
 
     // estimate gas
-    const deployTx = contractFactory.getDeployTransaction(...params, overrides);
+    const deployTx = contractFactory.getDeployTransaction(...params);
     const gasEstimated = await signer.estimateGas(deployTx);
 
     // deploy with 10% buffer on gas limit
     const contract = await contractFactory.deploy(...params, {
-      ...overrides,
       gasLimit: gasEstimated.add(gasEstimated.div(10)), // 10% buffer
+      ...overrides,
     });
 
+    this.logger.trace({ transaction: deployTx }, `Deploying contract`);
+
     // wait for deploy tx to be confirmed
     await this.handleTx(chainNameOrId, contract.deployTransaction);