diff --git a/provider/indexer-aws/CloudFormation/Automated/ecs.yml b/provider/indexer-aws/CloudFormation/Automated/ecs.yml
index 81bd9eb18a72a0f43d518ad885dab6642b507e52..6b297da1f48bea4828beb901c63611a61da90bf9 100644
--- a/provider/indexer-aws/CloudFormation/Automated/ecs.yml
+++ b/provider/indexer-aws/CloudFormation/Automated/ecs.yml
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ Resources:
             - Name: VSTS_FEED_TOKEN
               Value: '{{resolve:secretsmanager:dev-VSTSFeedToken:SecretString:vsts_feed_token}}'
             - Name: AWS_REGION
-              Value: $(AWS::REGION}
+              Value: us-east-1
             - Name: AWS_QUEUE_INDEXER_NAME
               Value: dev-osdu-storage-queue
             - Name: AWS_INDEXER_INDEX_API