diff --git a/products/cohorts/backend/models/util.py b/products/cohorts/backend/models/util.py
index 7ba45a0939c3..bee48a0b5391 100644
--- a/products/cohorts/backend/models/util.py
+++ b/products/cohorts/backend/models/util.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from rest_framework.exceptions import ValidationError
 
 from posthog.hogql import ast
-from posthog.hogql.constants import HogQLGlobalSettings, LimitContext
+from posthog.hogql.constants import HogQLGlobalSettings, LimitContext, get_default_hogql_global_settings
 from posthog.hogql.hogql import HogQLContext
 from posthog.hogql.modifiers import create_default_modifiers_for_team
 from posthog.hogql.parser import parse_select
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ def execute_query():
             cohort_id=cohort.pk,
             team_id=team.id,
         )
-        hogql_global_settings = HogQLGlobalSettings()
+        hogql_global_settings = get_default_hogql_global_settings(team_id=team.id)
 
         return sync_execute(
             recalculate_cohortpeople_sql,
@@ -854,12 +854,11 @@ def execute_query():
                 "new_version": pending_version,
             },
             settings={
+                **hogql_global_settings.model_dump(exclude_none=True),
                 "max_execution_time": COHORT_QUERY_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
                 "send_timeout": COHORT_QUERY_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
                 "receive_timeout": COHORT_QUERY_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
                 "optimize_on_insert": 0,
-                "max_ast_elements": hogql_global_settings.max_ast_elements,
-                "max_expanded_ast_elements": hogql_global_settings.max_expanded_ast_elements,
                 "max_bytes_ratio_before_external_group_by": 0.5,
                 "max_bytes_ratio_before_external_sort": 0.5,
             },