diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d91df04da0..573550766c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
     - [#7691](https://github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/pull/7691) *Traffic Ops* Fixed `/topologies` v5 APIs to respond with `RFC3339` timestamps.
     - [#7413](https://github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/issues/7413) *Traffic Ops* Fixed `/service_category` v5 APIs to respond with `RFC3339` timestamps.
     - [#7413](https://github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/issues/7706) *Traffic Ops* Fixed `/statuses` v5 APIs to respond with `RFC3339` timestamps.
-    - [#7743](https://github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/issues/7743) *Traffic Ops* Fixed `/server_server_capabilities` v5 APIs to respond with `RFC3339` timestamps.
+- [#7762](https://github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/pull/7762) *Traffic Ops* Fixed `/phys_locations` update API to remove error related to mismatching region name and ID.
+- [#7743](https://github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/issues/7743) *Traffic Ops* Fixed `/server_server_capabilities` v5 APIs to respond with `RFC3339` timestamps.
 - [#7730](https://github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/pull/7730) *Traffic Monitor* Fixed the panic seen in TM when `plugin.system_stats.timestamp_ms` appears as float and not string.
 - [#4393](https://github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/issues/4393) *Traffic Ops* Fixed the error code and alert structure when TO is queried for a delivery service with no ssl keys.
 - [#7623](https://github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/pull/7623) *Traffic Ops* Removed TryIfModifiedSinceQuery from servicecategories.go and reused from ims.go
diff --git a/traffic_ops/testing/api/v5/phys_locations_test.go b/traffic_ops/testing/api/v5/phys_locations_test.go
index ae6f3b03a8..a684d8be5f 100644
--- a/traffic_ops/testing/api/v5/phys_locations_test.go
+++ b/traffic_ops/testing/api/v5/phys_locations_test.go
@@ -148,6 +148,23 @@ func TestPhysLocations(t *testing.T) {
 					Expectations: utils.CkRequest(utils.NoError(), utils.HasStatus(http.StatusOK),
 						validatePhysicalLocationUpdateCreateFields("HotAtlanta", map[string]interface{}{"City": "NewCity"})),
 				},
+				"OK when REGION ID doesn't match REGION NAME": {
+					EndpointID:    GetPhysicalLocationID(t, "HotAtlanta"),
+					ClientSession: TOSession,
+					RequestBody: tc.PhysLocationV5{
+						Address:    "1234 southern way",
+						City:       "NewCity",
+						Name:       "HotAtlanta",
+						Phone:      "404-222-2222",
+						RegionID:   GetRegionID(t, "region1")(),
+						RegionName: "notRegion1",
+						ShortName:  "atlanta",
+						State:      "GA",
+						Zip:        "30301",
+					},
+					Expectations: utils.CkRequest(utils.NoError(), utils.HasStatus(http.StatusOK),
+						validatePhysicalLocationUpdateCreateFields("HotAtlanta", map[string]interface{}{"City": "NewCity"})),
+				},
 				"PRECONDITION FAILED when updating with IMS & IUS Headers": {
 					EndpointID:    GetPhysicalLocationID(t, "HotAtlanta"),
 					ClientSession: TOSession,
diff --git a/traffic_ops/traffic_ops_golang/physlocation/phys_locations.go b/traffic_ops/traffic_ops_golang/physlocation/phys_locations.go
index d872a50e8b..7de94d9a94 100644
--- a/traffic_ops/traffic_ops_golang/physlocation/phys_locations.go
+++ b/traffic_ops/traffic_ops_golang/physlocation/phys_locations.go
@@ -391,22 +391,6 @@ func UpdatePhysLocation(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// checks to see if the supplied region name and ID in the phys_location body correspond to each other.
-	if physLocation.RegionName != "" {
-		regionName, ok, err := dbhelpers.GetRegionNameFromID(tx, physLocation.RegionID)
-		if err != nil {
-			api.HandleErr(w, r, tx, http.StatusInternalServerError, fmt.Errorf("error fetching name from region ID: %w", err), nil)
-			return
-		} else if !ok {
-			api.HandleErr(w, r, tx, http.StatusNotFound, errors.New("no such region"), nil)
-			return
-		}
-		if regionName != physLocation.RegionName {
-			api.HandleErr(w, r, tx, http.StatusBadRequest, errors.New("region name and ID do not match"), nil)
-			return
-		}
-	}
-
 	requestedID := inf.Params["id"]
 
 	intRequestId, convErr := strconv.Atoi(requestedID)