diff --git a/conf/nginx/rate-limiting.conf b/conf/nginx/rate-limiting.conf
index 2cadf7aab..3cbe0e00c 100644
--- a/conf/nginx/rate-limiting.conf
+++ b/conf/nginx/rate-limiting.conf
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ map $http_authorization $registry_bucket {
 }
 
 limit_req_zone $proxy_protocol_addr zone=verbs:10m rate=1r/s;
-limit_req_zone $registry_bucket zone=api:10m rate=1r/s;
+limit_req_zone $registry_bucket zone=api:10m rate=25r/s;
 limit_req_zone $registry_bucket zone=repositories:10m rate=1r/s;
 limit_req_zone $registry_bucket zone=catalog:10m rate=20r/m;
 limit_req_zone $registry_bucket zone=registry:10m rate=20r/s;