diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 3d9011a..037800e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Changelog
 1.2.53 (unreleased)
 -------------------
 
-- Nothing changed yet.
+- WEB-4423 : Use ``RateLimiter`` in ``geocode_object`` to respect Nominatim's 1 req/s
+  policy and catch ``GeocoderRateLimited`` so bulk imports are not aborted on 429.
+  [remdub]
 
 
 1.2.52 (2026-04-22)
diff --git a/src/imio/smartweb/common/tests/test_utils.py b/src/imio/smartweb/common/tests/test_utils.py
index ea0fe44..b08e00c 100644
--- a/src/imio/smartweb/common/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/src/imio/smartweb/common/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -85,9 +85,6 @@ def test_translate_vocabulary_term(self):
             )
 
     def test_geolocation(self):
-        attr = {"geocode.return_value": mock.Mock(latitude=1, longitude=2)}
-        geopy.geocoders.Nominatim = mock.Mock(return_value=mock.Mock(**attr))
-
         obj = GeolocatedObject()
         obj.geolocation = Geolocation(0, 0)
 
@@ -97,7 +94,9 @@ def test_geolocation(self):
         self.assertEqual(obj.geolocation.longitude, 0)
 
         obj.street = "My beautiful street"
-        geocoded = geocode_object(obj)
+        with patch("imio.smartweb.common.utils._geocode") as mock_geocode:
+            mock_geocode.return_value = mock.Mock(latitude=1, longitude=2)
+            geocoded = geocode_object(obj)
         self.assertTrue(geocoded)
         self.assertEqual(obj.geolocation.latitude, 1)
         self.assertEqual(obj.geolocation.longitude, 2)
@@ -110,11 +109,21 @@ def test_geocode_object_geocoder_unavailable(self):
         obj.zipcode = "12345"
         obj.city = "Testville"
         obj.country = "be"
-        with patch("geopy.geocoders.Nominatim") as mock_nominatim, patch(
-            "geopy.exc.GeocoderUnavailable", new=geopy.exc.GeocoderUnavailable
-        ):
-            instance = mock_nominatim.return_value
-            instance.geocode.side_effect = geopy.exc.GeocoderUnavailable
+        with patch("imio.smartweb.common.utils._geocode") as mock_geocode:
+            mock_geocode.side_effect = geopy.exc.GeocoderUnavailable
+            result = geocode_object(obj)
+            self.assertFalse(result)
+
+    def test_geocode_object_geocoder_rate_limited(self):
+        obj = GeolocatedObject()
+        obj.street = "Test Street"
+        obj.number = "1"
+        obj.complement = ""
+        obj.zipcode = "12345"
+        obj.city = "Testville"
+        obj.country = "be"
+        with patch("imio.smartweb.common.utils._geocode") as mock_geocode:
+            mock_geocode.side_effect = geopy.exc.GeocoderRateLimited("rate limited")
             result = geocode_object(obj)
             self.assertFalse(result)
 
diff --git a/src/imio/smartweb/common/utils.py b/src/imio/smartweb/common/utils.py
index e1a6197..91b48a1 100644
--- a/src/imio/smartweb/common/utils.py
+++ b/src/imio/smartweb/common/utils.py
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@
 import geopy
 import re
 import unicodedata
+from geopy.extra.rate_limiter import RateLimiter
+
+
+_geolocator = geopy.geocoders.Nominatim(user_agent="contact@imio.be", timeout=3)
+_geocode = RateLimiter(
+    _geolocator.geocode, min_delay_seconds=1, swallow_exceptions=False
+)
 
 
 def get_vocabulary(voc_name, obj=None):
@@ -80,14 +87,13 @@ def geocode_object(obj):
     address = " ".join(filter(None, [street, entity, country]))
     if not address:
         return
-    geolocator = geopy.geocoders.Nominatim(user_agent="contact@imio.be", timeout=3)
     location = None
     try:
-        location = geolocator.geocode(address)
-    except geopy.exc.GeocoderUnavailable:
+        location = _geocode(address)
+    except (geopy.exc.GeocoderUnavailable, geopy.exc.GeocoderRateLimited):
         api.portal.show_message(
             _(
-                "Error: Geolocation service is unavailable. Your content is not geocoded."
+                "Error: Geolocation service is unavailable or rate limited. Your content is not geocoded."
             ),
             request=getRequest(),
             type="warning",