diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-bigquery/src/main/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/bigquery/BigQueryAsyncStandardFlush.java b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-bigquery/src/main/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/bigquery/BigQueryAsyncStandardFlush.java
index 5016f34a97f8..acd7fbbf2fc9 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-bigquery/src/main/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/bigquery/BigQueryAsyncStandardFlush.java
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-bigquery/src/main/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/bigquery/BigQueryAsyncStandardFlush.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 public class BigQueryAsyncStandardFlush implements DestinationFlushFunction {
 
   // TODO remove this once the async framework supports rate-limiting/backpressuring
-  private static final RateLimiter rateLimiter = RateLimiter.create(0.08);
+  private static final RateLimiter rateLimiter = RateLimiter.create(0.06);
 
   private final BigQuery bigQuery;
   private final Supplier<ConcurrentMap<AirbyteStreamNameNamespacePair, AbstractBigQueryUploader<?>>> uploaderMap;