diff --git a/scripts/create-worm-bucket.sh b/scripts/create-worm-bucket.sh
index e1238bde38..bb825d2f12 100644
--- a/scripts/create-worm-bucket.sh
+++ b/scripts/create-worm-bucket.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ printf "${CREATE_BUCKET_AWS_ACCESS_KEY}\n${CREATE_BUCKET_AWS_SECRET_KEY}\n\n\n"
 export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=${CREATE_BUCKET_AWS_ACCESS_KEY}
 export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=${CREATE_BUCKET_AWS_SECRET_KEY}
 
-export S3_BUCKET_REGION="eu-west-1"
+export S3_BUCKET_REGION="us-east-1"
 export S3_BUCKET2_NAME="travis-ags-worm-${TRAVIS_JOB_NUMBER}-b2"
 
 aws s3api create-bucket --bucket "${S3_BUCKET2_NAME}" --region ${S3_BUCKET_REGION} --object-lock-enabled-for-bucket
diff --git a/scripts/worm-mb-start-env.sh b/scripts/worm-mb-start-env.sh
index 8b7f5af8d1..3408d8e5f8 100644
--- a/scripts/worm-mb-start-env.sh
+++ b/scripts/worm-mb-start-env.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ docker login quay.io -u ${QUAY_USERNAME} -p ${QUAY_PASSWORD}
 export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=${CREATE_BUCKET_AWS_ACCESS_KEY}
 export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=${CREATE_BUCKET_AWS_SECRET_KEY}
 
-export S3_BUCKET_REGION="eu-west-1"
+export S3_BUCKET_REGION="us-east-1"
 export S3_BUCKET_NAME="travis-ags-${TRAVIS_JOB_NUMBER}"
 export S3_BUCKET2_NAME="travis-ags-worm-${TRAVIS_JOB_NUMBER}-b2"
 export S3_PROTOCOL=s3v2