diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-lambdas.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-lambdas.yml
index a2f533b0d5e..d1a0adf3d73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-lambdas.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-lambdas.yml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
         with:
           role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::730278974607:role/github/GitHub-Quilt
-          aws-region: us-east-1
+          aws-region: us-east-2
       - name: Push Docker image to Prod ECR
         run: ./lambdas/upload_ecr.sh 730278974607 quiltdata/lambdas/${{ matrix.path }}:${{ github.sha }}
 #      - name: Configure AWS credentials from GovCloud account
diff --git a/lambdas/upload_ecr.sh b/lambdas/upload_ecr.sh
index ab8f42f3831..fe069bb030e 100755
--- a/lambdas/upload_ecr.sh
+++ b/lambdas/upload_ecr.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ error() {
 account_id=$1
 image_name=$2
 
-regions=$(aws ec2 describe-regions --query "Regions[].{Name:RegionName}" --output text)
+regions="us-east-1" # $(aws ec2 describe-regions --query "Regions[].{Name:RegionName}" --output text)
 
 for region in $regions
 do