diff --git a/clientlibrary/worker/polling-shard-consumer.go b/clientlibrary/worker/polling-shard-consumer.go
index cd4565a..ec973f5 100644
--- a/clientlibrary/worker/polling-shard-consumer.go
+++ b/clientlibrary/worker/polling-shard-consumer.go
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/vmware/vmware-go-kcl-v2/clientlibrary/metrics"
 )
 
+const (
+	kinesisReadTPSLimit = 5
+)
+
+var (
+	rateLimitTimeNow      = time.Now
+	rateLimitTimeSince    = time.Since
+	localTPSExceededError = errors.New("Error GetRecords TPS Exceeded")
+)
+
 // PollingShardConsumer is responsible for polling data records from a (specified) shard.
 // Note: PollingShardConsumer only deal with one shard.
 type PollingShardConsumer struct {
@@ -52,6 +62,8 @@ type PollingShardConsumer struct {
 	stop       *chan struct{}
 	consumerID string
 	mService   metrics.MonitoringService
+	currTime   time.Time
+	callsLeft  int
 }
 
 func (sc *PollingShardConsumer) getShardIterator() (*string, error) {
@@ -108,6 +120,10 @@ func (sc *PollingShardConsumer) getRecords() error {
 	recordCheckpointer := NewRecordProcessorCheckpoint(sc.shard, sc.checkpointer)
 	retriedErrors := 0
 
+	// define API call rate limit starting window
+	sc.currTime = rateLimitTimeNow()
+	sc.callsLeft = kinesisReadTPSLimit
+
 	for {
 		if time.Now().UTC().After(sc.shard.GetLeaseTimeout().Add(-time.Duration(sc.kclConfig.LeaseRefreshPeriodMillis) * time.Millisecond)) {
 			log.Debugf("Refreshing lease on shard: %s for worker: %s", sc.shard.ID, sc.consumerID)
@@ -140,7 +156,14 @@ func (sc *PollingShardConsumer) getRecords() error {
 			//aws-sdk-go-v2 https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#error-handling
 			var throughputExceededErr *types.ProvisionedThroughputExceededException
 			var kmsThrottlingErr *types.KMSThrottlingException
-			if errors.As(err, &throughputExceededErr) || errors.As(err, &kmsThrottlingErr) {
+			if errors.As(err, &throughputExceededErr) || err == localTPSExceededError {
+				// If there is insufficient provisioned throughput on the stream,
+				// subsequent calls made within the next 1 second throw ProvisionedThroughputExceededException.
+				// ref: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/service-sizes-and-limits.html
+				sc.waitASecond(sc.currTime)
+				continue
+			}
+			if errors.As(err, &kmsThrottlingErr) {
 				log.Errorf("Error getting records from shard %v: %+v", sc.shard.ID, err)
 				retriedErrors++
 				// exponential backoff
@@ -182,7 +205,26 @@ func (sc *PollingShardConsumer) getRecords() error {
 	}
 }
 
+func (sc *PollingShardConsumer) waitASecond(timePassed time.Time) {
+	waitTime := time.Since(timePassed)
+	if waitTime < time.Second {
+		time.Sleep(time.Second - waitTime)
+	}
+}
+
 func (sc *PollingShardConsumer) callGetRecordsAPI(gri *kinesis.GetRecordsInput) (*kinesis.GetRecordsOutput, error) {
+	// every new second, we get a fresh set of calls
+	if rateLimitTimeSince(sc.currTime) > time.Second {
+		sc.callsLeft = kinesisReadTPSLimit
+		sc.currTime = rateLimitTimeNow()
+	}
+
+	if sc.callsLeft < 1 {
+		return nil, localTPSExceededError
+	}
+
 	getResp, err := sc.kc.GetRecords(context.TODO(), gri)
+	sc.callsLeft--
+
 	return getResp, err
 }
diff --git a/clientlibrary/worker/polling-shard-consumer_test.go b/clientlibrary/worker/polling-shard-consumer_test.go
index b6a1fcf..7819be7 100644
--- a/clientlibrary/worker/polling-shard-consumer_test.go
+++ b/clientlibrary/worker/polling-shard-consumer_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package worker
 import (
 	"context"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/kinesis"
@@ -44,6 +45,20 @@ func TestCallGetRecordsAPI(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, &ret, out)
 	m1.AssertExpectations(t)
+
+	// check that localTPSExceededError is thrown when trying more than 5 TPS
+	m2 := MockKinesisSubscriberGetter{}
+	psc2 := PollingShardConsumer{
+		commonShardConsumer: commonShardConsumer{kc: &m2},
+		callsLeft:           0,
+	}
+	rateLimitTimeSince = func(t time.Time) time.Duration {
+		return 500 * time.Millisecond
+	}
+	out2, err2 := psc2.callGetRecordsAPI(&gri)
+	assert.Nil(t, out2)
+	assert.ErrorIs(t, err2, localTPSExceededError)
+	m2.AssertExpectations(t)
 }
 
 type MockKinesisSubscriberGetter struct {