diff --git a/src/fondant/cli.py b/src/fondant/cli.py
index 066e32cfe..49ffa4a2b 100644
--- a/src/fondant/cli.py
+++ b/src/fondant/cli.py
@@ -378,8 +378,8 @@ def register_run(parent_parser):
         help="""The project id of the GCP project used to submit the pipeline""",
     )
     vertex_parser.add_argument(
-        "--project-region",
-        help="The project region of the GCP project used to submit the pipeline ",
+        "--region",
+        help="The region where to run the pipeline",
     )
 
     vertex_parser.add_argument(
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ def run_vertex(args):
     finally:
         runner = VertexRunner(
             project_id=args.project_id,
-            project_region=args.project_region,
+            region=args.region,
             service_account=args.service_account,
         )
         runner.run(input_spec=spec_ref)
diff --git a/src/fondant/runner.py b/src/fondant/runner.py
index df898c97d..a30df5762 100644
--- a/src/fondant/runner.py
+++ b/src/fondant/runner.py
@@ -97,14 +97,14 @@ def __resolve_imports(self):
     def __init__(
         self,
         project_id: str,
-        project_region: str,
+        region: str,
         service_account: t.Optional[str] = None,
     ):
         self.__resolve_imports()
 
         self.aip.init(
             project=project_id,
-            location=project_region,
+            location=region,
         )
         self.service_account = service_account
 
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 89f0d46c5..64fb2b0e4 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ def test_vertex_run(tmp_path_factory):
             local=False,
             vertex=True,
             output_path=None,
-            project_region="europe-west-1",
+            region="europe-west-1",
             project_id="project-123",
             service_account=None,
             ref="some/path",
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ def test_vertex_run(tmp_path_factory):
         run_vertex(args)
         mock_runner.assert_called_once_with(
             project_id="project-123",
-            project_region="europe-west-1",
+            region="europe-west-1",
             service_account=None,
         )
 
@@ -300,13 +300,13 @@ def test_vertex_run(tmp_path_factory):
             host="localhost2",
             output_path=str(fn / "kubeflow_pipelines.yml"),
             ref=__name__,
-            project_region="europe-west-1",
+            region="europe-west-1",
             project_id="project-123",
             service_account=None,
         )
         run_vertex(args)
         mock_runner.assert_called_once_with(
             project_id="project-123",
-            project_region="europe-west-1",
+            region="europe-west-1",
             service_account=None,
         )