diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 8f26e092..7d56412f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
       # GCP project ID where the workload will be deployed
       gcp_project_id: 'prj-biconomy-prod-001'
       gcp_bastion: 'bastion02'
-      gcp_bastion_zone: 'us-east1-b'
+      gcp_bastion_zone: 'us-central1-a'
       gcp_pool_id: 'pool-id-github-actions'
       # created by devops/gcp/github-actions/configure_workload_identity_federation_with_github_actions_pipelines.sh
       # gcp_provider_id: 'ga-GITHUB_REPO_NAME'