diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-lambdas.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-lambdas.yml
index 5cc3e7f2e89..6736bb5c59e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-lambdas.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-lambdas.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload zips to Prod S3
         run: |
             s3_key="$(basename ${{ matrix.path }})/${{ github.sha }}.zip"
-            ./lambdas/upload_zip.sh ./out.zip "$s3_key"
+            ./lambdas/upload_zip.sh ./out.zip "$AWS_REGION" "$s3_key"
       - name: Configure AWS credentials from GovCloud account
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
         with:
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload zips to GovCloud S3
         run: |
             s3_key="$(basename ${{ matrix.path }})/${{ github.sha }}.zip"
-            ./lambdas/upload_zip.sh ./out.zip "$s3_key"
+            ./lambdas/upload_zip.sh ./out.zip "$AWS_REGION" "$s3_key"
 
   deploy-lambda-ecr:
     strategy:
diff --git a/lambdas/upload_zip.sh b/lambdas/upload_zip.sh
index 5c289228194..0f861fcc22a 100755
--- a/lambdas/upload_zip.sh
+++ b/lambdas/upload_zip.sh
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ error() {
     exit 1
 }
 
-[[ $# == 2 ]] || error "Usage: $0 zip_file s3_key"
+[[ $# == 3 ]] || error "Usage: $0 zip_file primary_region s3_key"
 
 zip_file=$1
-s3_key=$2
+primary_region=$2
+s3_key=$3
 
-primary_region=$(aws configure get region) || error "Could not get primary region"
 regions=$(aws ec2 describe-regions --query "Regions[].{Name:RegionName}" --output text)
 
 echo "Uploading to $primary_region..."