diff --git a/plugin-server/src/main/ingestion-queues/batch-processing/each-batch-ingestion.ts b/plugin-server/src/main/ingestion-queues/batch-processing/each-batch-ingestion.ts
index 47db9a4ad93..b4293e2f538 100644
--- a/plugin-server/src/main/ingestion-queues/batch-processing/each-batch-ingestion.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/src/main/ingestion-queues/batch-processing/each-batch-ingestion.ts
@@ -313,7 +313,10 @@ export function splitIngestionBatch(
         }
         const pluginEvent = formPipelineEvent(message)
         const eventKey = computeKey(pluginEvent)
-        if (overflowMode === IngestionOverflowMode.Reroute && !ConfiguredLimiter.consume(eventKey, 1)) {
+        if (
+            overflowMode === IngestionOverflowMode.Reroute &&
+            !ConfiguredLimiter.consume(eventKey, 1, message.timestamp)
+        ) {
             // Local overflow detection triggering, reroute to overflow topic too
             message.key = null
             ingestionPartitionKeyOverflowed.labels(`${pluginEvent.team_id ?? pluginEvent.token}`).inc()
diff --git a/plugin-server/src/utils/token-bucket.ts b/plugin-server/src/utils/token-bucket.ts
index 30f9e1e846e..962383554c4 100644
--- a/plugin-server/src/utils/token-bucket.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/src/utils/token-bucket.ts
@@ -21,22 +21,20 @@ export class Storage {
     }
 
     replenish(key: string, now?: number): void {
-        if (typeof now === 'undefined') {
-            now = Date.now()
-        }
-
-        if (this.buckets.has(key) === false) {
-            this.buckets.set(key, [this.bucketCapacity, now])
+        const replenish_timestamp: number = now ?? Date.now()
+        const bucket = this.buckets.get(key)
+        if (bucket === undefined) {
+            this.buckets.set(key, [this.bucketCapacity, replenish_timestamp])
             return
         }
 
-        // We have checked the key exists already, so this cannot be undefined
-        const bucket: Bucket = this.buckets.get(key)!
-
-        // replenishRate is per second, but timestamps are in milliseconds
-        const replenishedTokens = this.replenishRate * ((now - bucket[1]) / 1000) + bucket[0]
-        bucket[0] = Math.min(replenishedTokens, this.bucketCapacity)
-        bucket[1] = now
+        // Replenish the bucket if replenish_timestamp is higher than lastReplenishedTimestamp
+        const secondsToReplenish = (replenish_timestamp - bucket[1]) / 1000
+        if (secondsToReplenish > 0) {
+            bucket[0] += this.replenishRate * secondsToReplenish
+            bucket[0] = Math.min(bucket[0], this.bucketCapacity)
+            bucket[1] = replenish_timestamp
+        }
     }
 
     consume(key: string, tokens: number): boolean {
diff --git a/plugin-server/tests/main/ingestion-queues/analytics-events-ingestion-consumer.test.ts b/plugin-server/tests/main/ingestion-queues/analytics-events-ingestion-consumer.test.ts
index cbb3d06e6a2..462677a9b46 100644
--- a/plugin-server/tests/main/ingestion-queues/analytics-events-ingestion-consumer.test.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/tests/main/ingestion-queues/analytics-events-ingestion-consumer.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
     IngestionOverflowMode,
 } from '../../../src/main/ingestion-queues/batch-processing/each-batch-ingestion'
 import { ConfiguredLimiter } from '../../../src/utils/token-bucket'
+import { runEventPipeline } from './../../../src/worker/ingestion/event-pipeline/runner'
 import { captureIngestionWarning } from './../../../src/worker/ingestion/utils'
 
 jest.mock('../../../src/utils/status')
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ jest.mock('./../../../src/worker/ingestion/utils')
 jest.mock('./../../../src/worker/ingestion/event-pipeline/runner', () => ({
     runEventPipeline: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue('default value'),
 }))
-import { runEventPipeline } from './../../../src/worker/ingestion/event-pipeline/runner'
 
 const captureEndpointEvent = {
     uuid: 'uuid1',
@@ -94,14 +94,16 @@ describe('eachBatchParallelIngestion with overflow reroute', () => {
     })
 
     it('reroutes excess events to OVERFLOW topic', async () => {
-        const batch = createBatchWithMultipleEventsWithKeys([captureEndpointEvent])
+        const now = Date.now()
+        const batch = createBatchWithMultipleEventsWithKeys([captureEndpointEvent], now)
         const consume = jest.spyOn(ConfiguredLimiter, 'consume').mockImplementation(() => false)
 
         await eachBatchParallelIngestion(batch, queue, IngestionOverflowMode.Reroute)
 
         expect(consume).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
             captureEndpointEvent['team_id'] + ':' + captureEndpointEvent['distinct_id'],
-            1
+            1,
+            now
         )
         expect(captureIngestionWarning).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
         expect(queue.pluginsServer.kafkaProducer.produce).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
@@ -118,14 +120,16 @@ describe('eachBatchParallelIngestion with overflow reroute', () => {
     })
 
     it('does not reroute if not over capacity limit', async () => {
-        const batch = createBatchWithMultipleEventsWithKeys([captureEndpointEvent])
+        const now = Date.now()
+        const batch = createBatchWithMultipleEventsWithKeys([captureEndpointEvent], now)
         const consume = jest.spyOn(ConfiguredLimiter, 'consume').mockImplementation(() => true)
 
         await eachBatchParallelIngestion(batch, queue, IngestionOverflowMode.Reroute)
 
         expect(consume).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
             captureEndpointEvent['team_id'] + ':' + captureEndpointEvent['distinct_id'],
-            1
+            1,
+            now
         )
         expect(captureIngestionWarning).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
         expect(queue.pluginsServer.kafkaProducer.produce).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
diff --git a/plugin-server/tests/utils/token-bucket.test.ts b/plugin-server/tests/utils/token-bucket.test.ts
index 0b1fe853436..8b12ccdf29d 100644
--- a/plugin-server/tests/utils/token-bucket.test.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/tests/utils/token-bucket.test.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ describe('Storage', () => {
             expect(storage.buckets.get(key)![0]).toEqual(10)
             expect(storage.buckets.get(key)![1]).toEqual(now.valueOf())
 
+            // get two tokens to be replenished
+            storage.consume(key, 2)
+            expect(storage.buckets.get(key)![0]).toEqual(8)
+
             // 20 seconds would exceed capacity of 10 tokens at 1 token/sec.
             storage.replenish(key, now.valueOf() + 20000)
 
@@ -66,6 +70,27 @@ describe('Storage', () => {
             expect(storage.buckets.get(key)![0]).toEqual(10)
             expect(storage.buckets.get(key)![1]).toEqual(now.valueOf() + 20000)
         })
+
+        it('does not add if now is in the past', () => {
+            const key = 'test'
+            const storage = new Storage(10, 1)
+            const now = new Date('2023-02-08T08:00:00')
+
+            storage.replenish(key, now.valueOf())
+            expect(storage.buckets.get(key)![0]).toEqual(10)
+            expect(storage.buckets.get(key)![1]).toEqual(now.valueOf())
+
+            // get two tokens to be replenished
+            storage.consume(key, 2)
+            expect(storage.buckets.get(key)![0]).toEqual(8)
+
+            // Will be a no-op due to a lower now value
+            storage.replenish(key, now.valueOf() - 20000)
+
+            expect(storage.buckets.has(key)).toEqual(true)
+            expect(storage.buckets.get(key)![0]).toEqual(8)
+            expect(storage.buckets.get(key)![1]).toEqual(now.valueOf())
+        })
     })
 
     describe('consume()', () => {