diff --git a/pkg/bucket/s3_test.go b/pkg/bucket/s3_test.go
index 414b90fa..de41c7d0 100644
--- a/pkg/bucket/s3_test.go
+++ b/pkg/bucket/s3_test.go
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ var _ = Describe("S3Bucket", func() {
 	It("should put and get objects", func() {
 		os.Setenv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", "minioadmin")
 		os.Setenv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", "minioadmin")
+		os.Setenv("AWS_REGION", "us-east-1")
 
 		b, err := NewS3Bucket("test", WithEndpointURL("http://localhost:9000"), WithPathStyle())
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ var _ = Describe("S3Bucket", func() {
 	It("should put unseekable objects", func() {
 		os.Setenv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", "minioadmin")
 		os.Setenv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", "minioadmin")
+		os.Setenv("AWS_REGION", "us-east-1")
 
 		b, err := NewS3Bucket("test", WithEndpointURL("http://localhost:9000"), WithPathStyle())
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
@@ -140,6 +142,7 @@ var _ = Describe("S3Bucket", func() {
 	It("should put objects and get list of objects up to delimiter", func() {
 		os.Setenv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", "minioadmin")
 		os.Setenv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", "minioadmin")
+		os.Setenv("AWS_REGION", "us-east-1")
 
 		b, err := NewS3Bucket("test", WithEndpointURL("http://localhost:9000"), WithPathStyle())
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())