diff --git a/internal/daemon/controller/testing.go b/internal/daemon/controller/testing.go
index 8fb99e592..04431068e 100644
--- a/internal/daemon/controller/testing.go
+++ b/internal/daemon/controller/testing.go
@@ -495,6 +495,8 @@ type TestControllerOpts struct {
 
 	// Toggle worker auth debugging
 	WorkerAuthDebuggingEnabled *atomic.Bool
+
+	DisableRateLimiting bool
 }
 
 func NewTestController(t testing.TB, opts *TestControllerOpts) *TestController {
@@ -806,6 +808,10 @@ func TestControllerConfig(t testing.TB, ctx context.Context, tc *TestController,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if opts.DisableRateLimiting {
+		opts.Config.Controller.ApiRateLimitDisable = true
+	}
+
 	return &Config{
 		RawConfig:                    opts.Config,
 		Server:                       tc.b,
diff --git a/internal/tests/api/credentials/credentials_test.go b/internal/tests/api/credentials/credentials_test.go
index 397eeed2e..e98f58725 100644
--- a/internal/tests/api/credentials/credentials_test.go
+++ b/internal/tests/api/credentials/credentials_test.go
@@ -415,7 +415,13 @@ func TestUpdateAfterKeyRotation(t *testing.T) {
 	// This prevents us from running tests in parallel.
 	tg.SetupSuiteTargetFilters(t)
 
-	tc := controller.NewTestController(t, &controller.TestControllerOpts{SchedulerRunJobInterval: 100 * time.Millisecond})
+	tc := controller.NewTestController(
+		t,
+		&controller.TestControllerOpts{
+			SchedulerRunJobInterval: 100 * time.Millisecond,
+			DisableRateLimiting:     true,
+		},
+	)
 	ctx := tc.Context()
 	client := tc.Client()
 	token := tc.Token()