diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm
index bf71cd3..52981ae 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
     "cloud.acquire.token.timeout" : 100,
     "cloud.deployment" : false,
     "cloud.eviction.plan.reevaluate.threshold" : 50,
-    "cloud.max.read.requests.per.second" : 4000,
-    "cloud.max.write.requests.per.second" : 2000,
+    "cloud.max.read.requests.per.second" : 1500,
+    "cloud.max.write.requests.per.second" : 250,
     "cloud.profiler.log.interval" : 5,
     "cloud.storage.allocation.percentage" : 0.8,
     "cloud.storage.anonymous.auth" : false,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm
index bebd9cc..0d4967a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
     "cloud.acquire.token.timeout" : 100,
     "cloud.deployment" : false,
     "cloud.eviction.plan.reevaluate.threshold" : 50,
-    "cloud.max.read.requests.per.second" : 4000,
-    "cloud.max.write.requests.per.second" : 2000,
+    "cloud.max.read.requests.per.second" : 1500,
+    "cloud.max.write.requests.per.second" : 250,
     "cloud.profiler.log.interval" : 5,
     "cloud.storage.allocation.percentage" : 0.8,
     "cloud.storage.anonymous.auth" : false,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm
index 06cd28f..0295ab2 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
     "cloud.acquire.token.timeout" : 100,
     "cloud.deployment" : false,
     "cloud.eviction.plan.reevaluate.threshold" : 50,
-    "cloud.max.read.requests.per.second" : 4000,
-    "cloud.max.write.requests.per.second" : 2000,
+    "cloud.max.read.requests.per.second" : 1500,
+    "cloud.max.write.requests.per.second" : 250,
     "cloud.profiler.log.interval" : 5,
     "cloud.storage.allocation.percentage" : 0.8,
     "cloud.storage.anonymous.auth" : false,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/CloudProperties.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/CloudProperties.java
index 09f3ca0..9f6da42 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/CloudProperties.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/CloudProperties.java
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
         CLOUD_STORAGE_DEBUG_SWEEP_THRESHOLD_SIZE(LONG_BYTE_UNIT, StorageUtil.getLongSizeInBytes(1, GIGABYTE)),
         CLOUD_PROFILER_LOG_INTERVAL(NONNEGATIVE_INTEGER, 5),
         CLOUD_ACQUIRE_TOKEN_TIMEOUT(POSITIVE_INTEGER, 100),
-        CLOUD_MAX_WRITE_REQUESTS_PER_SECOND(NONNEGATIVE_INTEGER, 2000),
-        CLOUD_MAX_READ_REQUESTS_PER_SECOND(NONNEGATIVE_INTEGER, 4000),
+        CLOUD_MAX_WRITE_REQUESTS_PER_SECOND(NONNEGATIVE_INTEGER, 250),
+        CLOUD_MAX_READ_REQUESTS_PER_SECOND(NONNEGATIVE_INTEGER, 1500),
         CLOUD_WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE(
                 getRangedIntegerType(5, Integer.MAX_VALUE),
                 StorageUtil.getIntSizeInBytes(8, StorageUtil.StorageUnit.MEGABYTE)),