diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 07bb6736..25ffc042 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
       - name: download filtermail
-        run: curl -L https://github.com/chatmail/filtermail/releases/download/v0.1.2/filtermail-x86_64 -o /usr/local/bin/filtermail && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/filtermail
+        run: curl -L https://github.com/chatmail/filtermail/releases/download/v0.2.0/filtermail-x86_64-musl -o /usr/local/bin/filtermail && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/filtermail
       - name: run chatmaild tests 
         working-directory: chatmaild
         run: pipx run tox
diff --git a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/config.py b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/config.py
index aa45625a..38c955c8 100644
--- a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/config.py
+++ b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/config.py
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ class Config:
     def __init__(self, inipath, params):
         self._inipath = inipath
         self.mail_domain = params["mail_domain"]
-        self.max_user_send_per_minute = int(params["max_user_send_per_minute"])
+        self.max_user_send_per_minute = int(params.get("max_user_send_per_minute", 60))
+        self.max_user_send_burst_size = int(params.get("max_user_send_burst_size", 10))
         self.max_mailbox_size = params["max_mailbox_size"]
         self.max_message_size = int(params.get("max_message_size", "31457280"))
         self.delete_mails_after = params["delete_mails_after"]
diff --git a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/ini/chatmail.ini.f b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/ini/chatmail.ini.f
index e2cdc104..29d7baa9 100644
--- a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/ini/chatmail.ini.f
+++ b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/ini/chatmail.ini.f
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@ mail_domain = {mail_domain}
 # Restrictions on user addresses
 #
 
-# how many mails a user can send out per minute
+# email sending rate per user and minute
 max_user_send_per_minute = 60
 
+# per-user max burst size for sending rate limiting (GCRA bucket capacity)
+max_user_send_burst_size = 10
+
 # maximum mailbox size of a chatmail address
 max_mailbox_size = 500M
 
diff --git a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/filtermail/deployer.py b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/filtermail/deployer.py
index 4b13b3d6..599ea8f5 100644
--- a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/filtermail/deployer.py
+++ b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/filtermail/deployer.py
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ class FiltermailDeployer(Deployer):
 
     def install(self):
         arch = host.get_fact(facts.server.Arch)
-        url = f"https://github.com/chatmail/filtermail/releases/download/v0.1.2/filtermail-{arch}"
+        url = f"https://github.com/chatmail/filtermail/releases/download/v0.2.0/filtermail-{arch}-musl"
         sha256sum = {
-            "x86_64": "de7de6e011ffc06881d3a05fc9788e327ba2389219e77280ace38b429e11a5ce",
-            "aarch64": "a78fcdfb81eb3d9c8a8b6f84f6c0a75519b8be01aa25bd4617d72aae543992b4",
+            "x86_64": "1e5bbb646582cb16740c6dfbbca39edba492b78cc96ec9fa2528c612bb504edd",
+            "aarch64": "3564fba8605f8f9adfeefff3f4580533205da043f47c5968d0d10db17e50f44e",
         }[arch]
         self.need_restart |= files.download(
             name="Download filtermail",
diff --git a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/online/test_1_basic.py b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/online/test_1_basic.py
index 97f5c056..c8525125 100644
--- a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/online/test_1_basic.py
+++ b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/online/test_1_basic.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def test_exceed_rate_limit(cmsetup, gencreds, maildata, chatmail_config):
         try:
             user1.smtp.sendmail(user1.addr, [user2.addr], mail)
         except smtplib.SMTPException as e:
-            if i < chatmail_config.max_user_send_per_minute:
+            if i < chatmail_config.max_user_send_burst_size:
                 pytest.fail(f"rate limit was exceeded too early with msg {i}")
             outcome = e.recipients[user2.addr]
             assert outcome[0] == 450