diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3bd396c..c981c86 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ Common issues and solutions:
 | <a name="input_namespace"></a> [namespace](#input\_namespace) | The namespace which will be created and into which keycloak will be deployed. | `string` | `"keycloak"` | no |
 | <a name="input_postgresql_tag"></a> [postgresql\_tag](#input\_postgresql\_tag) | The tag of the postgresql image to use. | `string` | `"17.4.0"` | no |
 | <a name="input_profile"></a> [profile](#input\_profile) | AWS config profile used to upload images into ECR | `string` | `""` | no |
+| <a name="input_region"></a> [region](#input\_region) | region name | `string` | `"us-gov-east-1"` | no |
 | <a name="input_service_name"></a> [service\_name](#input\_service\_name) | The name of the service to be deployed in the EKS cluster. | `string` | `"service"` | no |
 | <a name="input_telemetry_namespace"></a> [telemetry\_namespace](#input\_telemetry\_namespace) | The namespace used for telemetry. | `string` | `"namespace"` | no |
 
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 457f4c2..aabae0e 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ variable "profile" {
   default     = ""
 }
 
+variable "region" {
+  description = "region name"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "us-gov-east-1"
+}
+
 variable "service_name" {
   description = "The name of the service to be deployed in the EKS cluster."
   type        = string