diff --git a/crates/goose/src/providers/bedrock.rs b/crates/goose/src/providers/bedrock.rs
index 07f390ee760e..8d91a638b9dd 100644
--- a/crates/goose/src/providers/bedrock.rs
+++ b/crates/goose/src/providers/bedrock.rs
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ impl ProviderDef for BedrockProvider {
             BEDROCK_DOC_LINK,
             vec![
                 ConfigKey::new("AWS_PROFILE", false, false, Some("default")),
-                ConfigKey::new("AWS_REGION", false, false, None),
+                ConfigKey::new("AWS_REGION", true, false, Some("us-east-1")),
                 ConfigKey::new("AWS_BEARER_TOKEN_BEDROCK", false, true, None),
             ],
         )
@@ -384,11 +384,18 @@ mod tests {
             .iter()
             .find(|k| k.name == "AWS_REGION")
             .expect("AWS_REGION config key should exist");
-        assert!(!aws_region.required, "AWS_REGION should not be required");
+        assert!(
+            aws_region.required,
+            "AWS_REGION is required for Bedrock to be marked as configured"
+        );
         assert!(
             !aws_region.secret,
             "AWS_REGION should not be marked as secret"
         );
+        assert!(
+            aws_region.default.is_some(),
+            "AWS_REGION should have a default value"
+        );
 
         let bearer_token = meta
             .config_keys
diff --git a/crates/goose/src/providers/sagemaker_tgi.rs b/crates/goose/src/providers/sagemaker_tgi.rs
index 06b0fdc24ef9..949ddbd220b9 100644
--- a/crates/goose/src/providers/sagemaker_tgi.rs
+++ b/crates/goose/src/providers/sagemaker_tgi.rs
@@ -284,9 +284,9 @@ impl ProviderDef for SageMakerTgiProvider {
             vec![SAGEMAKER_TGI_DEFAULT_MODEL],
             SAGEMAKER_TGI_DOC_LINK,
             vec![
-                ConfigKey::new("SAGEMAKER_ENDPOINT_NAME", false, false, None),
-                ConfigKey::new("AWS_REGION", true, false, Some("us-east-1")),
-                ConfigKey::new("AWS_PROFILE", true, false, Some("default")),
+                ConfigKey::new("SAGEMAKER_ENDPOINT_NAME", true, false, None),
+                ConfigKey::new("AWS_REGION", false, false, Some("us-east-1")),
+                ConfigKey::new("AWS_PROFILE", false, false, Some("default")),
             ],
         )
     }