diff --git a/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/net/TrafficShapingOptions.java b/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/net/TrafficShapingOptions.java
index 1e1f33f2e0c..e978ad27dcd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/net/TrafficShapingOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/net/TrafficShapingOptions.java
@@ -222,4 +222,28 @@ public long getCheckIntervalForStats() {
   public TimeUnit getCheckIntervalForStatsTimeUnit() {
     return checkIntervalForStatsTimeUnit;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+    TrafficShapingOptions that = (TrafficShapingOptions) obj;
+    return inboundGlobalBandwidth == that.inboundGlobalBandwidth &&
+           outboundGlobalBandwidth == that.outboundGlobalBandwidth &&
+           peakOutboundGlobalBandwidth == that.peakOutboundGlobalBandwidth &&
+           maxDelayToWait == that.maxDelayToWait &&
+           maxDelayToWaitTimeUnit == that.maxDelayToWaitTimeUnit &&
+           checkIntervalForStats == that.checkIntervalForStats &&
+           checkIntervalForStatsTimeUnit == that.checkIntervalForStatsTimeUnit;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public int hashCode() {
+    return Objects.hash(inboundGlobalBandwidth,
+                        outboundGlobalBandwidth,
+                        peakOutboundGlobalBandwidth,
+                        maxDelayToWait,
+                        maxDelayToWaitTimeUnit,
+                        checkIntervalForStats,
+                        checkIntervalForStatsTimeUnit);
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/net/impl/TCPServerBase.java b/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/net/impl/TCPServerBase.java
index 08cac0c2773..9f98235769e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/net/impl/TCPServerBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/net/impl/TCPServerBase.java
@@ -153,23 +153,32 @@ public void updateTrafficShapingOptions(TrafficShapingOptions options) {
     if (options == null) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid null value passed for traffic shaping options update");
     }
-    if (trafficShapingHandler == null) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to update traffic shaping options because the server was not configured " +
-                                      "to use traffic shaping during startup");
-    }
     TCPServerBase server = actualServer;
+    // Update the traffic shaping options only for the actual/main server
     if (server != null && server != this) {
       server.updateTrafficShapingOptions(options);
     } else {
-      long checkIntervalForStatsInMillis = options.getCheckIntervalForStatsTimeUnit().toMillis(options.getCheckIntervalForStats());
-      trafficShapingHandler.configure(options.getOutboundGlobalBandwidth(), options.getInboundGlobalBandwidth(), checkIntervalForStatsInMillis);
+      if (trafficShapingHandler == null) {
+        throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to update traffic shaping options because the server was not configured " +
+                                        "to use traffic shaping during startup");
+      }
 
-      if (options.getPeakOutboundGlobalBandwidth() != 0) {
-        trafficShapingHandler.setMaxGlobalWriteSize(options.getPeakOutboundGlobalBandwidth());
+      // Compare with existing traffic-shaping options to ensure they are updated only when they differ.
+      if(!options.equals(server.options.getTrafficShapingOptions())) {
+        server.options.setTrafficShapingOptions(options);
+        long checkIntervalForStatsInMillis = options.getCheckIntervalForStatsTimeUnit().toMillis(options.getCheckIntervalForStats());
+        trafficShapingHandler.configure(options.getOutboundGlobalBandwidth(), options.getInboundGlobalBandwidth(), checkIntervalForStatsInMillis);
+
+        if (options.getPeakOutboundGlobalBandwidth() != 0) {
+          trafficShapingHandler.setMaxGlobalWriteSize(options.getPeakOutboundGlobalBandwidth());
+        }
+        if (options.getMaxDelayToWait() != 0) {
+          long maxDelayToWaitInMillis = options.getMaxDelayToWaitTimeUnit().toMillis(options.getMaxDelayToWait());
+          trafficShapingHandler.setMaxWriteDelay(maxDelayToWaitInMillis);
+        }
       }
-      if (options.getMaxDelayToWait() != 0) {
-        long maxDelayToWaitInMillis = options.getMaxDelayToWaitTimeUnit().toMillis(options.getMaxDelayToWait());
-        trafficShapingHandler.setMaxWriteDelay(maxDelayToWaitInMillis);
+      else {
+        log.info("Not updating traffic shaping options as they have not changed");
       }
     }
   }
@@ -292,8 +301,10 @@ private synchronized Future<Channel> listen(SocketAddress localAddress, ContextI
       } else {
         // Server already exists with that host/port - we will use that
         actualServer = main;
-        metrics = main.metrics;
-        childHandler =  childHandler(listenContext, localAddress, main.trafficShapingHandler);
+        metrics = actualServer.metrics;
+        // Ensure the workers inherit the actual server's traffic-shaping handler
+        trafficShapingHandler = actualServer.trafficShapingHandler;
+        childHandler =  childHandler(listenContext, localAddress, actualServer.trafficShapingHandler);
         worker = ch -> childHandler.accept(ch, actualServer.sslChannelProvider.result().sslChannelProvider());
         actualServer.servers.add(this);
         actualServer.channelBalancer.addWorker(eventLoop, worker);
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/vertx/core/http/HttpBandwidthLimitingTest.java b/src/test/java/io/vertx/core/http/HttpBandwidthLimitingTest.java
index f8f9fb21331..ba283152e77 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/vertx/core/http/HttpBandwidthLimitingTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/vertx/core/http/HttpBandwidthLimitingTest.java
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
@@ -204,6 +205,54 @@ public void start(Promise<Void> startPromise) {
     Assert.assertTrue(elapsedMillis > expectedTimeMillis(totalReceivedLength.get(), OUTBOUND_LIMIT)); // because there are simultaneous 2 requests
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testDynamicOutboundRateUpdateSharedServers() throws IOException, InterruptedException
+  {
+    int numEventLoops = 5; // We start a shared TCP server with 2 event-loops
+    List<HttpServer> servers = new ArrayList<>();
+    Future<String> listenLatch = vertx.deployVerticle(() -> new AbstractVerticle() {
+      @Override
+      public void start(Promise<Void> startPromise) {
+        HttpServer testServer = serverFactory.apply(vertx);
+        servers.add(testServer);
+        testServer.requestHandler(HANDLERS.getFile(sampleF))
+                  .listen(DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT, DEFAULT_HTTP_HOST).<Void>mapEmpty().onComplete(startPromise);
+      }
+    }, new DeploymentOptions().setInstances(numEventLoops));
+
+    HttpClient testClient = clientFactory.apply(vertx);
+    CountDownLatch waitForResponse = new CountDownLatch(2);
+    AtomicLong startTime = new AtomicLong();
+    AtomicLong totalReceivedLength = new AtomicLong();
+    long expectedLength = Files.size(Paths.get(sampleF.getAbsolutePath()));
+    listenLatch.onComplete(onSuccess(v -> {
+      startTime.set(System.nanoTime());
+      for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+        testClient.request(HttpMethod.GET, DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT, DEFAULT_HTTP_HOST, "/get-file")
+                  .compose(req -> req.send()
+                                     .andThen(onSuccess(resp -> assertEquals(200, resp.statusCode())))
+                                     .compose(HttpClientResponse::body))
+                  .onComplete(onSuccess(body -> {
+                    long receivedBytes = body.getBytes().length;
+                    totalReceivedLength.addAndGet(receivedBytes);
+                    Assert.assertEquals(expectedLength, receivedBytes);
+                    waitForResponse.countDown();
+                  }));
+      }
+    }));
+    awaitLatch(waitForResponse);
+    TrafficShapingOptions updatedTrafficOptions = new TrafficShapingOptions()
+                                             .setInboundGlobalBandwidth(INBOUND_LIMIT) // unchanged
+                                             .setOutboundGlobalBandwidth(2 * OUTBOUND_LIMIT);
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < numEventLoops; i++) {
+      servers.forEach(s -> s.updateTrafficShapingOptions(updatedTrafficOptions));
+    }
+
+    long elapsedMillis = TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.toMillis(System.nanoTime() - startTime.get());
+    Assert.assertTrue(elapsedMillis > expectedTimeMillis(totalReceivedLength.get(), OUTBOUND_LIMIT));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testDynamicOutboundRateUpdate() throws Exception {
     Buffer expectedBuffer = TestUtils.randomBuffer(TEST_CONTENT_SIZE);