diff --git a/enos/modules/docker_boundary/boundary-config-rate-limit.hcl b/enos/modules/docker_boundary/boundary-config-rate-limit.hcl
index 5d3f2b96e2..f55b7855d4 100644
--- a/enos/modules/docker_boundary/boundary-config-rate-limit.hcl
+++ b/enos/modules/docker_boundary/boundary-config-rate-limit.hcl
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ controller {
     resources = ["host"]
     actions = ["read"]
     per = "auth-token"
-    limit = 5
-    period = "5s"
+    limit = 3
+    period = "10s"
   }
 
   api_rate_limit_max_quotas = 1
diff --git a/testing/internal/e2e/tests/base_plus/rate_limit_test.go b/testing/internal/e2e/tests/base_plus/rate_limit_test.go
index d28f637686..7720c86450 100644
--- a/testing/internal/e2e/tests/base_plus/rate_limit_test.go
+++ b/testing/internal/e2e/tests/base_plus/rate_limit_test.go
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ func TestCliRateLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	// Log in as a second user and confirm you get a HTTP 503 response
 	t.Log("Logging in as another user...")
 	boundary.AuthenticateCli(t, ctx, bc.AuthMethodId, acctName, acctPassword)
-	for i := 0; i < policyLimit; i++ {
+	for i := 0; i <= policyLimit; i++ {
 		output = e2e.RunCommand(ctx, "boundary", e2e.WithArgs("hosts", "read", "-id", newHostId))
 		t.Log(output.Duration)
 		if output.Err != nil {