diff --git a/lib/config/presets/internal/workarounds.ts b/lib/config/presets/internal/workarounds.ts
index 74a884851d064a409a92b6ddf2eb7772d18d3bf3..45ebbac3e66f04d085a2f1bb69dd2463ce595ebd 100644
--- a/lib/config/presets/internal/workarounds.ts
+++ b/lib/config/presets/internal/workarounds.ts
@@ -139,11 +139,12 @@ export const presets: Record<string, Preset> = {
   },
   reduceRepologyServerLoad: {
     description:
-      'Limit concurrent requests to reduce load on Repology servers until we can fix this properly, see issue `#10133`.',
+      'Limit requests to reduce load on Repology servers until we can fix this properly, see issue `#10133`.',
     hostRules: [
       {
         concurrentRequestLimit: 1,
         matchHost: 'repology.org',
+        maxRequestsPerSecond: 0.5,
       },
     ],
   },