diff --git a/pkg/controllers/nodeclass/hash/controller.go b/pkg/controllers/nodeclass/hash/controller.go
index 8cc70c28c7bb..2242aca5db23 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/nodeclass/hash/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/nodeclass/hash/controller.go
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ package hash
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/samber/lo"
 	"go.uber.org/multierr"
+	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
 	controllerruntime "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller"
@@ -74,7 +77,14 @@ func (c *Controller) Builder(_ context.Context, m manager.Manager) corecontrolle
 	return corecontroller.Adapt(controllerruntime.
 		NewControllerManagedBy(m).
 		For(&v1beta1.EC2NodeClass{}).
-		WithOptions(controller.Options{MaxConcurrentReconciles: 10}))
+		WithOptions(controller.Options{
+			RateLimiter: workqueue.NewMaxOfRateLimiter(
+				workqueue.NewItemExponentialFailureRateLimiter(100*time.Millisecond, 1*time.Minute),
+				// 10 qps, 100 bucket size
+				&workqueue.BucketRateLimiter{Limiter: rate.NewLimiter(rate.Limit(10), 100)},
+			),
+			MaxConcurrentReconciles: 10,
+		}))
 }
 
 // Updating `ec2nodeclass-hash-version` annotation inside the karpenter controller means a breaking change has been made to the hash calculation.
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/nodeclass/status/controller.go b/pkg/controllers/nodeclass/status/controller.go
index e39981d9f510..da4aeca04dc0 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/nodeclass/status/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/nodeclass/status/controller.go
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@ package status
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"time"
 
 	"go.uber.org/multierr"
+	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
 	controllerruntime "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller"
@@ -109,5 +112,12 @@ func (c *Controller) Builder(_ context.Context, m manager.Manager) corecontrolle
 	return corecontroller.Adapt(controllerruntime.
 		NewControllerManagedBy(m).
 		For(&v1beta1.EC2NodeClass{}).
-		WithOptions(controller.Options{MaxConcurrentReconciles: 10}))
+		WithOptions(controller.Options{
+			RateLimiter: workqueue.NewMaxOfRateLimiter(
+				workqueue.NewItemExponentialFailureRateLimiter(100*time.Millisecond, 1*time.Minute),
+				// 10 qps, 100 bucket size
+				&workqueue.BucketRateLimiter{Limiter: rate.NewLimiter(rate.Limit(10), 100)},
+			),
+			MaxConcurrentReconciles: 10,
+		}))
 }