diff --git a/litellm/llms/bedrock/base_aws_llm.py b/litellm/llms/bedrock/base_aws_llm.py
index dfaddb3c2b1..aa35c30a0b2 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/bedrock/base_aws_llm.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/bedrock/base_aws_llm.py
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ class BaseAWSLLM:
                     aws_session_token=aws_session_token,
                     aws_role_name=aws_role_name,
                     aws_session_name=aws_session_name,
+                    aws_region_name=aws_region_name,
                     aws_external_id=aws_external_id,
                     ssl_verify=ssl_verify,
                 )
@@ -867,6 +868,7 @@ class BaseAWSLLM:
         aws_session_token: Optional[str],
         aws_role_name: str,
         aws_session_name: str,
+        aws_region_name: Optional[str] = None,
         aws_external_id: Optional[str] = None,
         ssl_verify: Optional[Union[bool, str]] = None,
     ) -> Tuple[Credentials, Optional[int]]:
@@ -943,12 +945,15 @@ class BaseAWSLLM:
         if aws_access_key_id is None and aws_secret_access_key is None:
             with tracer.trace("boto3.client(sts)"):
                 sts_client = boto3.client(
-                    "sts", verify=self._get_ssl_verify(ssl_verify)
+                    "sts",
+                    region_name=aws_region_name,
+                    verify=self._get_ssl_verify(ssl_verify)
                 )
         else:
             with tracer.trace("boto3.client(sts)"):
                 sts_client = boto3.client(
                     "sts",
+                    region_name=aws_region_name,
                     aws_access_key_id=aws_access_key_id,
                     aws_secret_access_key=aws_secret_access_key,
                     aws_session_token=aws_session_token,