diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9715989d08ef..83116432ce20 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - [MD] Update dummy url in tests to follow lychee url allowlist ([#3099](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3099))
 - Adds config override to fix obsolete theme:version config value of v8 (beta) rendering issue ([#3045](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3045))
 - [CI] Update test workflow to increase network-timeout for yarn for installing dependencies ([#3118](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3118))
+- [Region Maps] Fixes bug that prevents selected join field to be used ([#3213](Fix bug that prevents selected join field to be used))
 
 ### 🚞 Infrastructure
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/region_map/public/region_map_visualization.js b/src/plugins/region_map/public/region_map_visualization.js
index 101e4233ca72..81afee4671ca 100644
--- a/src/plugins/region_map/public/region_map_visualization.js
+++ b/src/plugins/region_map/public/region_map_visualization.js
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ export function createRegionMapVisualization({
       let selectedLayer;
       if (DEFAULT_MAP_CHOICE === this._params.layerChosenByUser && this._params.selectedLayer) {
         selectedLayer = await this._loadConfig(this._params.selectedLayer);
-        this._params.selectedJoinField = selectedLayer?.fields[0];
       } else if (
         CUSTOM_MAP_CHOICE === this._params.layerChosenByUser &&
         this._params.selectedCustomLayer