diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bdaa448b274df..8993609b7e025 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "linkerd2-proxy-api"
 version = "0.14.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2-proxy-api?rev=c5648ae2a1e405cc6b8aca20522356ebdf20f1ea#c5648ae2a1e405cc6b8aca20522356ebdf20f1ea"
+source = "git+https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2-proxy-api.git?branch=alpeb/rate-limiting#1abdd2f69b4eb2c90f8325d6cddb58e77ef9cb05"
 dependencies = [
  "http",
  "ipnet",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9ba219c0c9972..4316a1ccc0025 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,5 +14,4 @@ members = [
 lto = "thin"
 
 [patch.crates-io]
-# TODO(Zahari): switch released version once TLS protocol support is out.
-linkerd2-proxy-api = { git = 'https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2-proxy-api', rev = 'c5648ae2a1e405cc6b8aca20522356ebdf20f1ea' }
\ No newline at end of file
+linkerd2-proxy-api = { git = "https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2-proxy-api.git", branch = "alpeb/rate-limiting" }