diff --git a/conf/nginx/rate-limiting.conf b/conf/nginx/rate-limiting.conf
index d7e80c67d..2ffbd320c 100644
--- a/conf/nginx/rate-limiting.conf
+++ b/conf/nginx/rate-limiting.conf
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ map $http_authorization $registry_bucket {
   default $http_authorization;
 }
 
-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_zone $proxy_protocol_addr zone=verbs:10m rate=1r/s;
+limit_req_zone $registry_bucket zone=repositories:10m rate=1r/s;
 limit_req_status 429;
 limit_req_log_level warn;