diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 0204c3f3..2b2cde65 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: Ubuntu-20.04
+    env:
+      AWS_REGION: eu-central-1
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Set up JDK 11