diff --git a/changelog.d/0-release-notes/disable-api-version-rate-limit b/changelog.d/0-release-notes/disable-api-version-rate-limit
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70e703a9ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/0-release-notes/disable-api-version-rate-limit
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Note for wire.com operators: deploy nginz
diff --git a/changelog.d/1-api-changes/disable-api-version-rate-limit b/changelog.d/1-api-changes/disable-api-version-rate-limit
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f5f382bd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/1-api-changes/disable-api-version-rate-limit
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Disable rate limiting for /api-version
diff --git a/charts/nginz/values.yaml b/charts/nginz/values.yaml
index 09e6a64810..4db1c97e6b 100644
--- a/charts/nginz/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/nginz/values.yaml
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ nginx_conf:
       envs:
       - all
       disable_zauth: true
+      unlimited_requests_endpoint: true
     - path: /users
       envs:
       - all