diff --git a/plugins/notifications-backend-module-email/config.d.ts b/plugins/notifications-backend-module-email/config.d.ts
index fff78f735f..3d85022193 100644
--- a/plugins/notifications-backend-module-email/config.d.ts
+++ b/plugins/notifications-backend-module-email/config.d.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ export interface Config {
                * AWS account ID to use
                */
               accountId?: string;
+              /**
+               * AWS region to use
+               */
+              region?: string;
             }
           | {
               transport: 'sendmail';
diff --git a/plugins/notifications-backend-module-email/src/processor/NotificationsEmailProcessor.ts b/plugins/notifications-backend-module-email/src/processor/NotificationsEmailProcessor.ts
index 8150aeebe6..4a190a8bb7 100644
--- a/plugins/notifications-backend-module-email/src/processor/NotificationsEmailProcessor.ts
+++ b/plugins/notifications-backend-module-email/src/processor/NotificationsEmailProcessor.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ export class NotificationsEmailProcessor implements NotificationProcessor {
         credentialsManager: awsCredentialsManager,
         apiVersion: transportConfig.getOptionalString('apiVersion'),
         accountId: transportConfig.getOptionalString('accountId'),
+        region: transportConfig.getOptionalString('region'),
       });
     } else if (transport === 'sendmail') {
       this.transporter = createSendmailTransport({
diff --git a/plugins/notifications-backend-module-email/src/processor/transports/ses.ts b/plugins/notifications-backend-module-email/src/processor/transports/ses.ts
index 7073cc08b2..d208001bad 100644
--- a/plugins/notifications-backend-module-email/src/processor/transports/ses.ts
+++ b/plugins/notifications-backend-module-email/src/processor/transports/ses.ts
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ export const createSesTransport = async (config: SesTransportConfig) => {
     {
       apiVersion: config.apiVersion ?? '2010-12-01',
       credentials: credentials.sdkCredentialProvider,
-      region: credentials.stsRegion,
-      accountId: credentials.accountId,
+      region: config.region,
     },
   ]);
   return createTransport({
diff --git a/plugins/notifications-backend-module-email/src/types.ts b/plugins/notifications-backend-module-email/src/types.ts
index 67c7a1740d..57c4b05234 100644
--- a/plugins/notifications-backend-module-email/src/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/notifications-backend-module-email/src/types.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ export interface SesTransportConfig extends TransportConfig {
    */
   apiVersion?: string;
   accountId?: string;
+  region?: string;
   credentialsManager: AwsCredentialsManager;
 }