diff --git a/nginx/nginx.conf b/nginx/nginx.conf
index 0f301d6..05ff474 100644
--- a/nginx/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx/nginx.conf
@@ -178,13 +178,13 @@ http {
         XMLHttpRequest 1;
     }
 
-    ######## NPP API RATE LIMIT ########
+    ######## NPP REST API RATE LIMIT ########
 
     # Limits requests to the NPP cache API endpoint.
     # Only active for matching URIs; all other requests use an empty key
     # which disables rate limiting entirely for non-NPP traffic.
     map $request_uri $nppp_limit_key {
-        ~^/wp-json/nppp_nginx_cache/  $binary_remote_addr;
+        ~^/wp-json/nppp_nginx_cache/v2/(purge|preload)(\?.*)?$  $binary_remote_addr;
         default                        "";
     }
     limit_req_zone $nppp_limit_key zone=nppp_api:10m rate=10r/m;