diff --git a/charts/flyte-core/templates/admin/configmap.yaml b/charts/flyte-core/templates/admin/configmap.yaml
index 53af659e8b..04e5cac6b3 100644
--- a/charts/flyte-core/templates/admin/configmap.yaml
+++ b/charts/flyte-core/templates/admin/configmap.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ data:
   notifications.yaml: |
     notifications:
       type: {{ .Values.workflow_notifications.config.notifications.type }}
+      {{- if not .Values.workflow_notifications.config.notifications.aws }}
+      {{- with .Values.workflow_notifications.config.notifications.region }}
+      region: {{ tpl . $ }}
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- end }}
       {{- if eq .Values.workflow_notifications.config.notifications.type "aws" }}
       {{- with .Values.workflow_notifications.config.notifications.aws }}
       aws: {{ tpl (toYaml .) $ | nindent 8 }}
diff --git a/flyteadmin/pkg/async/notifications/factory.go b/flyteadmin/pkg/async/notifications/factory.go
index 53e96f7e67..f94129a1d5 100644
--- a/flyteadmin/pkg/async/notifications/factory.go
+++ b/flyteadmin/pkg/async/notifications/factory.go
@@ -64,7 +64,11 @@ func GetEmailer(config runtimeInterfaces.NotificationsConfig, scope promutils.Sc
 
 	switch config.Type {
 	case common.AWS:
-		awsConfig := aws.NewConfig().WithRegion(config.Region).WithMaxRetries(maxRetries)
+		region := config.AWSConfig.Region
+		if region == "" {
+			region = config.Region
+		}
+		awsConfig := aws.NewConfig().WithRegion(region).WithMaxRetries(maxRetries)
 		awsSession, err := session.NewSession(awsConfig)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
@@ -98,7 +102,11 @@ func NewNotificationsProcessor(config runtimeInterfaces.NotificationsConfig, sco
 			// However, the message body of SQS is the SNS message format which isn't Base64 encoded.
 			ConsumeBase64: &enable64decoding,
 		}
-		sqsConfig.Region = config.Region
+		if config.AWSConfig.Region != "" {
+			sqsConfig.Region = config.AWSConfig.Region
+		} else {
+			sqsConfig.Region = config.Region
+		}
 		var err error
 		err = async.Retry(reconnectAttempts, reconnectDelay, func() error {
 			sub, err = gizmoAWS.NewSubscriber(sqsConfig)