diff --git a/conf/rate-limiting.conf b/conf/rate-limiting.conf
index f9b43e6ef..d7e80c67d 100644
--- a/conf/rate-limiting.conf
+++ b/conf/rate-limiting.conf
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ map $http_authorization $registry_bucket {
   default $http_authorization;
 }
 
-limit_req_zone $proxy_protocol_addr zone=api:10m rate=2r/s;
+limit_req_zone $proxy_protocol_addr zone=verbs:10m rate=2r/s;
 limit_req_zone $registry_bucket zone=repositories:10m rate=2r/s;
 limit_req_status 429;
 limit_req_log_level warn;
diff --git a/conf/server-base.conf b/conf/server-base.conf
index 7e7c987f2..3c6c67cf0 100644
--- a/conf/server-base.conf
+++ b/conf/server-base.conf
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ location /c1/ {
     proxy_pass   http://verbs_app_server;
     proxy_temp_path /var/log/nginx/proxy_temp 1 2;
 
-    limit_req zone=api burst=10;
+    limit_req zone=verbs burst=10;
 }
 
 location /static/ {