diff --git a/management/server/http/middleware/auth_middleware.go b/management/server/http/middleware/auth_middleware.go
index 38cf0c290..592c40435 100644
--- a/management/server/http/middleware/auth_middleware.go
+++ b/management/server/http/middleware/auth_middleware.go
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func (m *AuthMiddleware) checkPATFromRequest(r *http.Request, authHeaderParts []
 		m.patUsageTracker.IncrementUsage(token)
 	}
 
-	if m.rateLimiter != nil {
+	if m.rateLimiter != nil && isTerraformRequest(r) {
 		if !m.rateLimiter.Allow(token) {
 			return r, status.Errorf(status.TooManyRequests, "too many requests")
 		}
@@ -211,6 +211,11 @@ func (m *AuthMiddleware) checkPATFromRequest(r *http.Request, authHeaderParts []
 	return nbcontext.SetUserAuthInRequest(r, userAuth), nil
 }
 
+func isTerraformRequest(r *http.Request) bool {
+	ua := strings.ToLower(r.Header.Get("User-Agent"))
+	return strings.Contains(ua, "terraform")
+}
+
 // getTokenFromJWTRequest is a "TokenExtractor" that takes auth header parts and extracts
 // the JWT token from the Authorization header.
 func getTokenFromJWTRequest(authHeaderParts []string) (string, error) {