diff --git a/controller.go b/controller.go
index 13a5c33a..59c0035a 100644
--- a/controller.go
+++ b/controller.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
+	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
+
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
@@ -103,6 +105,10 @@ func NewController(
 	eventBroadcaster.StartStructuredLogging(0)
 	eventBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&typedcorev1.EventSinkImpl{Interface: kubeclientset.CoreV1().Events("")})
 	recorder := eventBroadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme, corev1.EventSource{Component: controllerAgentName})
+	ratelimiter := workqueue.NewMaxOfRateLimiter(
+		workqueue.NewItemExponentialFailureRateLimiter(5*time.Millisecond, 1000*time.Second),
+		&workqueue.BucketRateLimiter{Limiter: rate.NewLimiter(rate.Limit(50), 300)},
+	)
 
 	controller := &Controller{
 		kubeclientset:     kubeclientset,
@@ -111,7 +117,7 @@ func NewController(
 		deploymentsSynced: deploymentInformer.Informer().HasSynced,
 		foosLister:        fooInformer.Lister(),
 		foosSynced:        fooInformer.Informer().HasSynced,
-		workqueue:         workqueue.NewNamedRateLimitingQueue(workqueue.DefaultControllerRateLimiter(), "Foos"),
+		workqueue:         workqueue.NewRateLimitingQueue(ratelimiter),
 		recorder:          recorder,
 	}
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c49415f8..7b8e3ef5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ module k8s.io/sample-controller
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20231020231154-1535dfa58aa1
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20231020230052-c047e325a432
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20231020232414-33d14001dbdf
-	k8s.io/code-generator v0.0.0-20231020225210-8e641d9e6730
+	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20231024171239-3942070de4fb
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20231024171030-c18d2bfed439
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20231024171543-e2e59f3539ef
+	k8s.io/code-generator v0.0.0-20231024034032-0f8102fa0710
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1
 )
 
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.13.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.12.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 // indirect
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace (
-	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20231020231154-1535dfa58aa1
-	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20231020230052-c047e325a432
-	k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20231020232414-33d14001dbdf
-	k8s.io/code-generator => k8s.io/code-generator v0.0.0-20231020225210-8e641d9e6730
+	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20231024171239-3942070de4fb
+	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20231024171030-c18d2bfed439
+	k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20231024171543-e2e59f3539ef
+	k8s.io/code-generator => k8s.io/code-generator v0.0.0-20231024034032-0f8102fa0710
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a937de35..8a60bcec 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -143,14 +143,14 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
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 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20231020231154-1535dfa58aa1 h1:qfLikakw9JxZoptlrycHCEd9rcAGdLMTg9ulMi0VrD0=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20231020231154-1535dfa58aa1/go.mod h1:mgYOiLIgrQcsuVxrBI6Pplk91r3sl5ZJ7eUx7UBMTkY=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20231020230052-c047e325a432 h1:TWovhSGZGPhiGaOsd06sIch/R3NwKrbnIj5leHo2OCM=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20231020230052-c047e325a432/go.mod h1:mdlGhJWO1mhVzQXm1Lx7D1BvvBIVKlRVy0vvl1LwGjg=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20231020232414-33d14001dbdf h1:GJG6EGnZ6Ocj4qCt0aVzikRHpo4kPtWczmNwDAyYlwU=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20231020232414-33d14001dbdf/go.mod h1:cGKZU0AgAp5L8ls5J81lefSUNjdEuDx73470sVI5EsQ=
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+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20231024171239-3942070de4fb h1:W3TExF0X+3mCONMf4XRR57TeKOolwMJjmzRsN6iVhSo=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20231024171239-3942070de4fb/go.mod h1:2u+JqiZkR4vuonY52HtvoOIEYMD6aNQHYL9GacJGfJE=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20231024171030-c18d2bfed439 h1:/oxbLzC7mkHNdeFI8AMsTPTwudQu7sz7rnPGIxv2yqM=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20231024171030-c18d2bfed439/go.mod h1:mdlGhJWO1mhVzQXm1Lx7D1BvvBIVKlRVy0vvl1LwGjg=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20231024171543-e2e59f3539ef h1:dx12CsKyk2cct0NtF7fHMX8cOzb1uJhI5wn2sQDpr60=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20231024171543-e2e59f3539ef/go.mod h1:3HC2qEcjQxIt5UW1R7vC5RX2sf/wkRWovfAEPkbmPxA=
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