diff --git a/infrastructure-as-code/aws-ec2-instance/variables.tf b/infrastructure-as-code/aws-ec2-instance/variables.tf
index 72cd248b1..b3107fb48 100644
--- a/infrastructure-as-code/aws-ec2-instance/variables.tf
+++ b/infrastructure-as-code/aws-ec2-instance/variables.tf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 variable "aws_region" {
   description = "AWS region"
-  default = "us-west-1"
+  default = "us-east-1"
 }
 
 variable "ami_id" {