diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/yautja/_species.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/yautja/_species.dm
index 89cc2a5a1c7f..dc6bdb1237df 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/yautja/_species.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/yautja/_species.dm
@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@
 	var/static/list/yautja_emotes
 	/// Static list of categories
 	var/static/list/yautja_categories = list()
+	/// Panel allows you to spam, so a manual CD is added here
+	COOLDOWN_DECLARE(panel_emote_cooldown)
 
 /datum/yautja_emote_panel/New()
 	if(!length(yautja_emotes))
@@ -275,6 +277,13 @@
 		ui = new(user, src, "YautjaEmotes")
 		ui.open()
 
+/datum/yautja_emote_panel/ui_data(mob/user)
+	var/list/data = list()
+
+	data["on_cooldown"] = !COOLDOWN_FINISHED(src, panel_emote_cooldown)
+
+	return data
+
 /datum/yautja_emote_panel/ui_state(mob/user)
 	return GLOB.conscious_state
 
@@ -307,11 +316,12 @@
 
 			path = text2path(params["emotePath"])
 
-			if(!path)
-				return FALSE
+			if(!path || !COOLDOWN_FINISHED(src, panel_emote_cooldown))
+				return
 
 			if(!(path in subtypesof(/datum/emote/living/carbon/human/yautja)))
 				return FALSE
 
+			COOLDOWN_START(src, panel_emote_cooldown, 2.5 SECONDS)
 			usr.emote(initial(path.key))
 			return TRUE
diff --git a/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/YautjaEmotes.tsx b/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/YautjaEmotes.tsx
index 2ad6d85f381a..d33e1cfbdf10 100644
--- a/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/YautjaEmotes.tsx
+++ b/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/YautjaEmotes.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { useBackend, useLocalState } from '../backend';
 import { Box, Button, Divider, Section, Stack, Tabs } from '../components';
 import { Window } from '../layouts';
+import { BooleanLike } from '../../common/react';
 
 type Emote = {
   id: string;
@@ -12,11 +13,12 @@ type Emote = {
 type BackendContext = {
   categories: string[];
   emotes: Emote[];
+  on_cooldown: BooleanLike;
 };
 
 const EmoteTab = (props, context) => {
   const { data, act } = useBackend<BackendContext>(context);
-  const { categories, emotes } = data;
+  const { categories, emotes, on_cooldown } = data;
   const [categoryIndex, setCategoryIndex] = useLocalState(
     context,
     'category_index',
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ const EmoteTab = (props, context) => {
                     <Button
                       content={item.text}
                       tooltip={item.id}
+                      disabled={on_cooldown}
                       onClick={() =>
                         act('emote', {
                           emotePath: item.path,