diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/src/server-interceptors.ts b/packages/grpc-js/src/server-interceptors.ts
index 9dfbbb2ff..c9cfe416b 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/src/server-interceptors.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/src/server-interceptors.ts
@@ -345,7 +345,12 @@ export class ServerInterceptingCall implements ServerInterceptingCallInterface {
     private nextCall: ServerInterceptingCallInterface,
     responder?: Responder
   ) {
-    this.responder = { ...defaultResponder, ...responder };
+    this.responder = {
+      start: responder?.start ?? defaultResponder.start,
+      sendMetadata: responder?.sendMetadata ?? defaultResponder.sendMetadata,
+      sendMessage: responder?.sendMessage ?? defaultResponder.sendMessage,
+      sendStatus: responder?.sendStatus ?? defaultResponder.sendStatus,
+    };
   }
 
   private processPendingMessage() {
@@ -369,8 +374,17 @@ export class ServerInterceptingCall implements ServerInterceptingCallInterface {
   start(listener: InterceptingServerListener): void {
     this.responder.start(interceptedListener => {
       const fullInterceptedListener: FullServerListener = {
-        ...defaultServerListener,
-        ...interceptedListener,
+        onReceiveMetadata:
+          interceptedListener?.onReceiveMetadata ??
+          defaultServerListener.onReceiveMetadata,
+        onReceiveMessage:
+          interceptedListener?.onReceiveMessage ??
+          defaultServerListener.onReceiveMessage,
+        onReceiveHalfClose:
+          interceptedListener?.onReceiveHalfClose ??
+          defaultServerListener.onReceiveHalfClose,
+        onCancel:
+          interceptedListener?.onCancel ?? defaultServerListener.onCancel,
       };
       const finalInterceptingListener = new InterceptingServerListenerImpl(
         fullInterceptedListener,
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/test/test-server-interceptors.ts b/packages/grpc-js/test/test-server-interceptors.ts
index 5e93d32d2..e94169721 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/test/test-server-interceptors.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/test/test-server-interceptors.ts
@@ -30,25 +30,22 @@ const testAuthInterceptor: grpc.ServerInterceptor = (
   methodDescriptor,
   call
 ) => {
-  return new grpc.ServerInterceptingCall(call, {
-    start: next => {
-      const authListener: grpc.ServerListener = {
-        onReceiveMetadata: (metadata, mdNext) => {
-          if (
-            metadata.get(AUTH_HEADER_KEY)?.[0] !== AUTH_HEADER_ALLOWED_VALUE
-          ) {
-            call.sendStatus({
-              code: grpc.status.UNAUTHENTICATED,
-              details: 'Auth metadata not correct',
-            });
-          } else {
-            mdNext(metadata);
-          }
-        },
-      };
-      next(authListener);
-    },
-  });
+  const authListener = (new grpc.ServerListenerBuilder())
+    .withOnReceiveMetadata((metadata, mdNext) => {
+      if (
+        metadata.get(AUTH_HEADER_KEY)?.[0] !== AUTH_HEADER_ALLOWED_VALUE
+      ) {
+        call.sendStatus({
+          code: grpc.status.UNAUTHENTICATED,
+          details: 'Auth metadata not correct',
+        });
+      } else {
+        mdNext(metadata);
+      }
+    }).build();
+  const responder = (new grpc.ResponderBuilder())
+    .withStart(next => next(authListener)).build();
+  return new grpc.ServerInterceptingCall(call, responder);
 };
 
 let eventCounts = {