diff --git a/common/djangoapps/enrollment/tests/test_views.py b/common/djangoapps/enrollment/tests/test_views.py
index 750e6cf1f4..c0fad28f9d 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/enrollment/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/enrollment/tests/test_views.py
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ class EnrollmentTest(EnrollmentTestMixin, ModuleStoreTestCase, APITestCase, Ente
             self.assert_enrollment_status(username=staff_user.username, expected_status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
 
         # Once the limit is reached, subsequent requests should fail
-        for attempt in xrange(rate_limit + 10):
+        for attempt in xrange(rate_limit + 50):
             self.assert_enrollment_status(username=staff_user.username, expected_status=status. HTTP_429_TOO_MANY_REQUESTS)
 
     def test_enrollment_throttle_for_service(self):
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/enrollment/views.py b/common/djangoapps/enrollment/views.py
index 8bd64cf177..d788b74869 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/enrollment/views.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/enrollment/views.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class EnrollmentUserThrottle(UserRateThrottle, ApiKeyPermissionMixIn):
     """Limit the number of requests users can make to the enrollment API."""
     THROTTLE_RATES = {
         'user': '40/minute',
-        'staff': '400/minute',
+        'staff': '600/minute',
     }
 
     def allow_request(self, request, view):