diff --git a/ecommerce/settings/base.py b/ecommerce/settings/base.py
index e6e8de633af..64b3e4ee540 100644
--- a/ecommerce/settings/base.py
+++ b/ecommerce/settings/base.py
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@
         'rest_framework.throttling.UserRateThrottle',
     ),
     'DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES': {
-        'user': '75/minute',
+        'user': '5/minute',
     },
     'TEST_REQUEST_DEFAULT_FORMAT': 'json',
     'TEST_REQUEST_RENDERER_CLASSES': (