diff --git a/catalog/env.template b/catalog/env.template
index 8e94e24716a..def19052cff 100644
--- a/catalog/env.template
+++ b/catalog/env.template
@@ -88,9 +88,10 @@ AIRFLOW_PORT=9090
 LOADER_FILE_AGE=1
 # Contact email for any APIs
 CONTACT_EMAIL=openverse@wordpress.org
-# AWS/S3 configuration - does not need to be changed for development
-AWS_ACCESS_KEY=test_key
-AWS_SECRET_KEY=test_secret
+# AWS configuration - does not need to be changed for development
+AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=test_key
+AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=test_secret
+AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1
 # General bucket used for TSV->DB ingestion and logging
 OPENVERSE_BUCKET=openverse-storage
 # Seconds to wait before poking for availability of the data refresh pool when running a data_refresh