diff --git a/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb b/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb
index 273cac9ca..12bfb498b 100644
--- a/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Rack::Attack
     req.remote_ip == '127.0.0.1' || req.remote_ip == '::1'
   end
 
-  throttle('throttle_authenticated_api', limit: 300, period: 5.minutes) do |req|
+  throttle('throttle_authenticated_api', limit: 300, period: 2.minutes) do |req|
     req.authenticated_user_id if req.api_request?
   end