diff --git a/.github/workflows/people.yml b/.github/workflows/people.yml
index 4b78f9d..9aa8736 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/people.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/people.yml
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set services env variables
         run: |
           make create-env-files
+          cat env.d/development/common.e2e.dist >> env.d/development/common
 
       - name: Build and Start Docker Servers
         env:
diff --git a/env.d/development/common.e2e.dist b/env.d/development/common.e2e.dist
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0faa27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/env.d/development/common.e2e.dist
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# For the CI job test-e2e
+SUSTAINED_THROTTLE_RATES="200/hour"
+BURST_THROTTLE_RATES="200/minute"
diff --git a/src/backend/people/settings.py b/src/backend/people/settings.py
index a19031d..69d2fd7 100755
--- a/src/backend/people/settings.py
+++ b/src/backend/people/settings.py
@@ -228,7 +228,18 @@ class Base(Configuration):
         "PAGE_SIZE": 20,
         "DEFAULT_VERSIONING_CLASS": "rest_framework.versioning.URLPathVersioning",
         "DEFAULT_SCHEMA_CLASS": "drf_spectacular.openapi.AutoSchema",
-        "DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES": {"sustained": "150/hour", "burst": "20/minute"},
+        "DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES": {
+            "sustained": values.Value(
+                default="150/hour",
+                environ_name="SUSTAINED_THROTTLE_RATES",
+                environ_prefix=None,
+            ),
+            "burst": values.Value(
+                default="20/minute",
+                environ_name="BURST_THROTTLE_RATES",
+                environ_prefix=None,
+            ),
+        },
     }
 
     SPECTACULAR_SETTINGS = {