diff --git a/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md b/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
index 10a8c5ba2..98279f663 100644
--- a/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Release v0.84.0
 
 ### New Features and Improvements
+* Increased rate limiter burst setting from 1 to rate\_limit value.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/httpclient/api_client.go b/httpclient/api_client.go
index d54fd3fb3..32a6b8e69 100644
--- a/httpclient/api_client.go
+++ b/httpclient/api_client.go
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func NewApiClient(cfg ClientConfig) *ApiClient {
 		cfg.ErrorRetriable = DefaultErrorRetriable
 	}
 	transport := cfg.httpTransport()
-	rateLimit := rate.Limit(orDefault(cfg.RateLimitPerSecond, 15))
+	rateLimit := rate.Limit(cfg.RateLimitPerSecond)
 	// depend on the HTTP fixture interface to prevent any coupling
 	if skippable, ok := transport.(interface {
 		SkipRetryOnIO() bool
@@ -129,9 +129,10 @@ func NewApiClient(cfg ClientConfig) *ApiClient {
 		rateLimit = rate.Inf
 		cfg.RetryTimeout = 0
 	}
+
 	return &ApiClient{
 		config:      cfg,
-		rateLimiter: rate.NewLimiter(rateLimit, 1),
+		rateLimiter: rate.NewLimiter(rateLimit, cfg.RateLimitPerSecond),
 		httpClient: &http.Client{
 			// We deal with request timeouts ourselves such that we do not
 			// time out during request or response body reads that make