diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index 0fdb94dfb..3ec520b8d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ jobs:
           poetry install
 
       - name: Run pytest
-        run: poetry run pytest --cov --cov-report=xml --junitxml=junit.xml -o junit_family=legacy
+        run: |
+          export AWS_REGION=eu-west-2
+          poetry run pytest --cov --cov-report=xml --junitxml=junit.xml -o junit_family=legacy
         env:
           PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ matrix.python-version }}