diff --git a/ibm/flex/structures.go b/ibm/flex/structures.go
index 72b9f62116..a4c743ae2f 100644
--- a/ibm/flex/structures.go
+++ b/ibm/flex/structures.go
@@ -3348,7 +3348,7 @@ func FlattenSatelliteHosts(hostList []kubernetesserviceapiv1.MultishiftQueueNode
 }
 
 func FlattenWorkerPoolHostLabels(hostLabels map[string]string) *schema.Set {
-	mapped := make([]string, len(hostLabels))
+	mapped := make([]string, len(hostLabels)-1)
 	idx := 0
 	for k, v := range hostLabels {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(k, "os") {
diff --git a/ibm/service/satellite/resource_ibm_satellite_cluster_test.go b/ibm/service/satellite/resource_ibm_satellite_cluster_test.go
index 4e52633bf0..43d31fd28c 100644
--- a/ibm/service/satellite/resource_ibm_satellite_cluster_test.go
+++ b/ibm/service/satellite/resource_ibm_satellite_cluster_test.go
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ func TestAccSatelliteCluster_Basic(t *testing.T) {
 	locationName := fmt.Sprintf("tf-satellitelocation-%d", acctest.RandIntRange(10, 100))
 	managed_from := "wdc04"
 	operatingSystem := "REDHAT_7_64"
-	zones := []string{"us-east-1", "us-east-2", "us-east-3"}
+	zones := []string{"us-south-1", "us-south-2", "us-south-3"}
 	resource_group := "default"
-	region := "us-east"
+	region := "us-south"
 	resource_prefix := "tf-satellite"
 	host_provider := "ibm"
 	publicKey := strings.TrimSpace(`
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ func TestAccSatelliteCluster_Import(t *testing.T) {
 	locationName := fmt.Sprintf("tf-satellitelocation-%d", acctest.RandIntRange(10, 100))
 	managed_from := "wdc04"
 	operatingSystem := "REDHAT_7_64"
-	zones := []string{"us-east-1", "us-east-2", "us-east-3"}
+	zones := []string{"us-south-1", "us-south-2", "us-south-3"}
 	resource_group := "default"
-	region := "us-east"
+	region := "us-south"
 	resource_prefix := "tf-satellite"
 	host_provider := "ibm"
 	publicKey := strings.TrimSpace(`
@@ -147,14 +147,10 @@ func testAccCheckSatelliteClusterDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
 func testAccCheckSatelliteClusterCreate(clusterName, locationName, managed_from, operatingSystem, resource_group, resource_prefix, region, publicKey, host_provider string, zones []string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 
-	provider "ibm" {
-		region = "us-east"
-	}
-
 	variable "location_zones" {
 		description = "Allocate your hosts across these three zones"
 		type        = list(string)
-		default     = ["us-east-1", "us-east-2", "us-east-3"]
+		default     = ["us-south-1", "us-south-2", "us-south-3"]
 	}
 
 	data "ibm_is_image" "rhel7" {
diff --git a/ibm/service/satellite/resource_ibm_satellite_cluster_worker_pool.go b/ibm/service/satellite/resource_ibm_satellite_cluster_worker_pool.go
index e61b53c68c..e94f270b59 100644
--- a/ibm/service/satellite/resource_ibm_satellite_cluster_worker_pool.go
+++ b/ibm/service/satellite/resource_ibm_satellite_cluster_worker_pool.go
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ func ResourceIBMSatelliteClusterWorkerPool() *schema.Resource {
 				Type:        schema.TypeSet,
 				Optional:    true,
 				Computed:    true,
+				ForceNew:    true,
 				Elem:        &schema.Schema{Type: schema.TypeString},
 				Set:         flex.ResourceIBMVPCHash,
 				Description: "Labels that describe a Satellite host",
diff --git a/ibm/service/satellite/resource_ibm_satellite_cluster_worker_pool_test.go b/ibm/service/satellite/resource_ibm_satellite_cluster_worker_pool_test.go
index 82d2612ad5..9b7d163091 100644
--- a/ibm/service/satellite/resource_ibm_satellite_cluster_worker_pool_test.go
+++ b/ibm/service/satellite/resource_ibm_satellite_cluster_worker_pool_test.go
@@ -146,14 +146,10 @@ func testAccCheckSatelliteClusterWorkerPoolDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
 func testAccCheckSatelliteClusterWorkerPoolCreate(clusterName, locationName, operatingSystem, workerPoolName, resource_prefix string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 
-	provider "ibm" {
-		region = "us-east"
-	}
-
 	variable "location_zones" {
 		description = "Allocate your hosts across these three zones"
 		type        = list(string)
-		default     = ["us-east-1", "us-east-2", "us-east-3"]
+		default     = ["us-south-1", "us-south-2", "us-south-3"]
 	}
 
 	resource "ibm_satellite_location" "location" {
@@ -186,7 +182,7 @@ func testAccCheckSatelliteClusterWorkerPoolCreate(clusterName, locationName, ope
 		name                     = "%s-subnet-${count.index}"
 		vpc                      = ibm_is_vpc.satellite_vpc.id
 		total_ipv4_address_count = 256
-		zone                     = "us-east-${count.index + 1}"
+		zone                     = "us-south-${count.index + 1}"
 	}
 	  
 	resource "ibm_is_ssh_key" "satellite_ssh" {	  
@@ -199,7 +195,7 @@ func testAccCheckSatelliteClusterWorkerPoolCreate(clusterName, locationName, ope
 
 		name           = "%s-instance-${count.index}"
 		vpc            = ibm_is_vpc.satellite_vpc.id
-		zone           = "us-east-${count.index + 1}"
+		zone           = "us-south-${count.index + 1}"
 		image          = data.ibm_is_image.rhel7.id
 		profile        = "mx2-8x64"
 		keys           = [ibm_is_ssh_key.satellite_ssh.id]
diff --git a/website/docs/r/satellite_cluster.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/satellite_cluster.html.markdown
index 25bce4ca6b..800b36fb55 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/satellite_cluster.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/satellite_cluster.html.markdown
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Review the argument references that you can specify for your resource.
 - `zones` - (Optional, Array of Strings)  The name of the zones to create the default worker pool.
 - `worker_count` - (Optional, String) The number of worker nodes to create per zone in the default worker pool.
 - `enable_config_admin` - (Optional, Bool) User provided value to indicate opt-in agreement to SatCon admin agent.
-- `host_labels` - (Optional, Array of Strings) Key-value pairs to label the host, such as `cpu=4` to describe the host capabilities.
+- `host_labels` - (Optional, Set(Strings)) Labels to add to the default worker pool, formatted as `cpu:4` key-value pairs. Satellite uses host labels to automatically assign hosts to worker pools with matching labels.
 - `default_worker_pool_labels` - (Optional, String) The labels on all the workers in the default worker pool.
 - `pull_secret` - (Optional, String) The Red Hat pull secret to create the OpenShift cluster.
 - `zone` - (Optional, List) The zone for the worker pool in a multi-zone cluster. 
diff --git a/website/docs/r/satellite_cluster_worker_pool.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/satellite_cluster_worker_pool.html.markdown
index 8642361885..d9fb46339c 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/satellite_cluster_worker_pool.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/satellite_cluster_worker_pool.html.markdown
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Review the argument references that you can specify for your resource.
 
   Nested scheme for `zones`:
   - `id` - (Required, String) The name of the zone.
-- `host_labels` - (Optional, Array of Strings) Key-value pairs to label the host, such as cpu=4 to describe the host capabilities.
+- `host_labels` - (Optional, Set(Strings)) Labels to add to the worker pool, formatted as `cpu:4` key-value pairs. Satellite uses host labels to automatically assign hosts to worker pools with matching labels.
 - `worker_pool_labels` - Labels on all the workers in the worker pool.
 - `resource_group_id` - (Optional, Forces new resource, String) The ID of the resource group.  You can retrieve the value from data source 
 - `entitlement` - (Optional, String) The openshift cluster entitlement avoids the OCP licence charges incurred. Use cloud paks with OCP Licence entitlement to add the Openshift cluster worker pool.