diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 7e25569..d0c3332 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_IAM_ROLE }}
         role-session-name: github-actions-${{ github.repository_id }}-${{ github.ref_name }}
-        aws-region: ${{ secrets.AWS_REGION }}
+        aws-region: us-east-1
     - name: Login to ECR
       id: login-ecr
       uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v2