diff --git a/e2e/testcases/stress_test.go b/e2e/testcases/stress_test.go
index 121223f501..a0917634c3 100644
--- a/e2e/testcases/stress_test.go
+++ b/e2e/testcases/stress_test.go
@@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ func TestStressLargeRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestStress100CRDs would apply 100 CRDs and validate them as part of the stress test
+// the same scenario is used for nomos CLI throttling validation
 func TestStress100CRDs(t *testing.T) {
 	nt := nomostest.New(t, nomostesting.Reconciliation1, ntopts.Unstructured, ntopts.StressTest,
 		ntopts.WithReconcileTimeout(configsync.DefaultReconcileTimeout))
@@ -288,6 +290,18 @@ func TestStress100CRDs(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := nt.WatchForAllSyncs(); err != nil {
 		nt.T.Fatal(err)
 	}
+
+	// Validate client-side throttling is disabled for nomos status
+	cmd := nt.Shell.Command("nomos", "status")
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		nt.T.Log(string(out))
+		nt.T.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if strings.Contains(string(out), "due to client-side throttling") {
+		nt.T.Fatalf("Nomos status should not perform client-side throttling: %s", string(out))
+	}
 }
 
 func fakeCRD(name, group string) *apiextensionsv1.CustomResourceDefinition {
diff --git a/pkg/client/restconfig/config.go b/pkg/client/restconfig/config.go
index b0673d2a51..b4634d7543 100644
--- a/pkg/client/restconfig/config.go
+++ b/pkg/client/restconfig/config.go
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ func AllKubectlConfigs(timeout time.Duration) (map[string]*rest.Config, error) {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		UpdateQPS(restCfg)
+
 		if timeout > 0 {
 			restCfg.Timeout = timeout
 		}