diff --git a/.github/workflows/upload_schema.yml b/.github/workflows/upload_schema.yml
index 2806739d27..ce8647ed4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upload_schema.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upload_schema.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           AWS_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY }}
           AWS_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_KEY }}
+          AWS_REGION: 'us-east-1'
         run: |
           ansible localhost -c local -m aws_s3 \
             -a 'src=${{ github.workspace }}/schema.json bucket=awx-public-ci-files object=schema.json mode=put permission=public-read'