diff --git a/flyteplugins/go.mod b/flyteplugins/go.mod
index 6e5ae9670a7..5464f06c89a 100644
--- a/flyteplugins/go.mod
+++ b/flyteplugins/go.mod
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240325151524-a685a6edb6d8
 	golang.org/x/net v0.22.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.16.0
+	golang.org/x/time v0.5.0
 	google.golang.org/api v0.155.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0
@@ -128,7 +129,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.18.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/time v0.5.0 // indirect
 	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.8 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20240123012728-ef4313101c80 // indirect
diff --git a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/internal/webapi/cache.go b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/internal/webapi/cache.go
index a305323dca8..b13070534e3 100644
--- a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/internal/webapi/cache.go
+++ b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/internal/webapi/cache.go
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ package webapi
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"time"
 
+	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
 
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flyteplugins/go/tasks/errors"
@@ -161,6 +163,7 @@ func ToPluginPhase(s core.Phase) (Phase, error) {
 }
 
 func NewResourceCache(ctx context.Context, name string, client Client, cfg webapi.CachingConfig,
+	rateCfg webapi.RateLimiterConfig,
 	scope promutils.Scope) (ResourceCache, error) {
 
 	q := ResourceCache{
@@ -169,7 +172,10 @@ func NewResourceCache(ctx context.Context, name string, client Client, cfg webap
 	}
 
 	autoRefreshCache, err := cache.NewAutoRefreshCache(name, q.SyncResource,
-		workqueue.DefaultControllerRateLimiter(), cfg.ResyncInterval.Duration, cfg.Workers, cfg.Size,
+		workqueue.NewMaxOfRateLimiter(
+			workqueue.NewItemExponentialFailureRateLimiter(5*time.Millisecond, 1000*time.Second),
+			&workqueue.BucketRateLimiter{Limiter: rate.NewLimiter(rate.Limit(rateCfg.QPS), rateCfg.Burst)},
+		), cfg.ResyncInterval.Duration, cfg.Workers, cfg.Size,
 		scope.NewSubScope("cache"))
 
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/internal/webapi/cache_test.go b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/internal/webapi/cache_test.go
index 53e80cd391b..d228e7954e6 100644
--- a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/internal/webapi/cache_test.go
+++ b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/internal/webapi/cache_test.go
@@ -21,13 +21,14 @@ func TestNewResourceCache(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("Simple", func(t *testing.T) {
 		c, err := NewResourceCache(context.Background(), "Cache1", &mocks.Client{}, webapi.CachingConfig{
 			Size: 10,
-		}, promutils.NewTestScope())
+		}, webapi.RateLimiterConfig{QPS: 1, Burst: 1}, promutils.NewTestScope())
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.NotNil(t, c)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("Error", func(t *testing.T) {
 		_, err := NewResourceCache(context.Background(), "Cache1", &mocks.Client{}, webapi.CachingConfig{},
+			webapi.RateLimiterConfig{},
 			promutils.NewTestScope())
 		assert.Error(t, err)
 	})
diff --git a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/internal/webapi/core.go b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/internal/webapi/core.go
index a23f985fc6f..9c985218978 100644
--- a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/internal/webapi/core.go
+++ b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/internal/webapi/core.go
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func createRemotePlugin(pluginEntry webapi.PluginEntry, c clock.Clock) core.Plug
 			}
 
 			resourceCache, err := NewResourceCache(ctx, pluginEntry.ID, p, p.GetConfig().Caching,
-				iCtx.MetricsScope().NewSubScope("cache"))
+				p.GetConfig().ReadRateLimiter, iCtx.MetricsScope().NewSubScope("cache"))
 
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err