diff --git a/core/CHANGELOG.md b/core/CHANGELOG.md
index 0cab26e74..1053a9d2e 100644
--- a/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## v0.15.0 (2025-01-02)
+
+- **Breaking Change:**: `ConfigureRegion` returns an error if a region is specified for a global URL.
+
+STACKIT will move to a new way of specifying regions, where the region is provided as a function argument instead of being set in the client configuration. Once all services have migrated, the methods to specify the region in the client configuration will be removed.
+
 ## v0.14.0 (2024-10-10)
 
 - **Feature:**: Added `IntermediateStateReached` to `AsyncActionHandler` that can be used to check for an intermediate state when executing the wait function of a wait handler.
diff --git a/core/config/config.go b/core/config/config.go
index 82a7bac9d..7bf2ed069 100644
--- a/core/config/config.go
+++ b/core/config/config.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package config
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
@@ -478,7 +479,10 @@ func (c *Configuration) ServerURLWithContext(ctx context.Context, endpoint strin
 // ConfigureRegion configures the API server urls with the user specified region.
 // Does nothing if a custom endpoint is provided.
 // Throws an error if no region is given or if the region is not valid
+// Throws an error if a region is given for a global url.
 func ConfigureRegion(cfg *Configuration) error {
+	log.Println("WARNING: STACKIT will move to a new way of specifying regions, where the region is provided as a function argument instead of being set in the client configuration." +
+		" Once all services have migrated, the methods to specify the region in the client configuration will be removed.")
 	if cfg.setCustomEndpoint {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -519,7 +523,12 @@ func ConfigureRegion(cfg *Configuration) error {
 		// Region is not available.
 		return fmt.Errorf("the provided region is not available for this API, available regions are: %s", availableRegions)
 	}
-	// Global API. The provided region is ignored.
+	// Global API.
+	// If a region is provided by the user via WithRegion() or via environment variable return an error.
+	// The region is provided as a function argument instead of being set in the client configuration.
+	if cfg.Region != "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("this API does not support setting a region in the the client configuration, please check if the region can be specified as a function parameter")
+	}
 	// If the url is a template, generated using deprecated config.json, the region variable is replaced
 	// If the url is already configured, there is no region variable and it remains the same
 	cfgUrl := strings.Replace(servers[0].URL, "{region}", "", -1)
diff --git a/core/config/config_test.go b/core/config/config_test.go
index 2cb0f4404..6088aa507 100644
--- a/core/config/config_test.go
+++ b/core/config/config_test.go
@@ -113,28 +113,44 @@ func TestConfigureRegion(t *testing.T) {
 			isValid: true,
 		},
 		{
-			desc: "valid_deprecated_global_with_specified_region",
+			desc: "invalid_global_default_with_region",
 			cfg: &Configuration{
 				Region: "eu01",
 				Servers: ServerConfigurations{
 					ServerConfiguration{
-						URL: "https://some-api.api.{region}stackit.cloud",
+						URL: "https://some-api.api.stackit.cloud",
 						Variables: map[string]ServerVariable{
 							"region": {
-								DefaultValue: "",
+								DefaultValue: "global",
 								EnumValues:   []string{},
 							},
 						},
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			regionEnvVar: "",
-			expectedServers: ServerConfigurations{
-				ServerConfiguration{
-					URL: "https://some-api.api.stackit.cloud",
+			regionEnvVar:    "",
+			expectedServers: nil,
+			isValid:         false,
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "invalid_deprecated_global_with_specified_region",
+			cfg: &Configuration{
+				Region: "eu01",
+				Servers: ServerConfigurations{
+					ServerConfiguration{
+						URL: "https://some-api.api.{region}stackit.cloud",
+						Variables: map[string]ServerVariable{
+							"region": {
+								DefaultValue: "",
+								EnumValues:   []string{},
+							},
+						},
+					},
 				},
 			},
-			isValid: true,
+			regionEnvVar:    "",
+			expectedServers: nil,
+			isValid:         false,
 		},
 		{
 			desc: "env_var_valid_region",