diff --git a/ansible/roles/kong-api/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/kong-api/defaults/main.yml
index 92f1d62058dd015fcfca4a239116d0ab207e1126..e298a670027bab21a0997146416da4003c233230 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/kong-api/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/kong-api/defaults/main.yml
@@ -4506,7 +4506,7 @@ kong_apis:
       config.whitelist: userAdmin
     - name: rate-limiting
       config.policy: local
-      config.hour: "{{ medium_rate_limit_per_hour }}"
+      config.hour: "{{ small_rate_limit_per_hour }}"
       config.limit_by: credential
     - name: request-size-limiting
       config.allowed_payload_size: "{{ medium_request_size_limit }}"