diff --git a/.github/workflows/fuzz.yml b/.github/workflows/fuzz.yml
index 18eceaf77a..dbda37a279 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fuzz.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fuzz.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.R2_FUZZ_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
           AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.R2_FUZZ_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          AWS_REGION: 'us-east-1'
       - name: Run fuzzing target
         run: RUST_BACKTRACE=1 cargo fuzz run array_ops -- -max_total_time=1800
         continue-on-error: true
@@ -39,3 +40,4 @@ jobs:
         env:
           AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.R2_FUZZ_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
           AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.R2_FUZZ_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          AWS_REGION: 'us-east-1'