diff --git a/dataproc/snippets/quickstart/quickstart_test.py b/dataproc/snippets/quickstart/quickstart_test.py
index db8dd854610..e4f1f521450 100644
--- a/dataproc/snippets/quickstart/quickstart_test.py
+++ b/dataproc/snippets/quickstart/quickstart_test.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 
 PROJECT_ID = os.environ["GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"]
-REGION = "us-central1"
+REGION = "northamerica-northeast1"
 
 JOB_FILE_NAME = "sum.py"
 SORT_CODE = (