diff --git a/catalogValidationValues.json.template b/catalogValidationValues.json.template
index a62b69b..ba88577 100644
--- a/catalogValidationValues.json.template
+++ b/catalogValidationValues.json.template
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
   "ibmcloud_api_key": $VALIDATION_APIKEY,
   "prefix": $PREFIX,
   "existing_resource_group_name": $RG_NAME,
-  "enable_platform_logs_metrics": false
+  "enable_platform_logs_metrics": false,
+  "region": "eu-de"
 }
diff --git a/tests/pr_test.go b/tests/pr_test.go
index a1e92e4..675cf3b 100644
--- a/tests/pr_test.go
+++ b/tests/pr_test.go
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ const yamlLocation = "../common-dev-assets/common-go-assets/common-permanent-res
 var permanentResources map[string]interface{}
 
 // Current supported regions (NOTE: eu-es is not being used as we don't have extended trial plan quota in that region currently)
+// us-south is not being used as we have been asked to not run secrets manager tests in us-south, us-east
 var validRegions = []string{
-	"us-south",
 	"eu-de",
 }