diff --git a/terraform/api_gateway_v2_nocache/variables.tf b/terraform/api_gateway_v2_nocache/variables.tf
index 9085d85..2581ff3 100644
--- a/terraform/api_gateway_v2_nocache/variables.tf
+++ b/terraform/api_gateway_v2_nocache/variables.tf
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ variable "tags" {
   default = null
 }
 
+variable "region" { default = "us-west-2" }
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