diff --git a/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb b/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb
index 12bfb498b..e8acbc27a 100644
--- a/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class Rack::Attack
     req.authenticated_user_id if req.api_request?
   end
 
-  throttle('throttle_unauthenticated_api', limit: 300, period: 5.minutes) do |req|
+  throttle('throttle_unauthenticated_api', limit: 300, period: 2.minutes) do |req|
     req.remote_ip if req.api_request? && req.unauthenticated?
   end