diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
index 61cede8f27..7ebcab810d 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
@@ -575,6 +575,21 @@ module Homebrew
         new_formula_problem "Formulae should not have a HEAD spec"
       end
 
+      thottled = %w[
+        aws-sdk-cpp 10
+        awscli 10
+        heroku 10
+        quicktype 10
+        vim 50
+      ]
+
+      thottled.each_slice(2).to_a.map do |a, b|
+        version = formula.stable.version.to_s.split(".").last.to_i
+        if @strict && a.include?(formula.name) && version.modulo(b.to_i).nonzero?
+          problem "should only be updated every #{b} releases on multiples of #{b}"
+        end
+      end
+
       unstable_whitelist = %w[
         aalib 1.4rc5
         angolmois 2.0.0alpha2