diff --git a/.github/workflows/akamai-test.yml b/.github/workflows/akamai-test.yml
index f97d774ed..e39232b95 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/akamai-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/akamai-test.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ jobs:
           --role-session-name gha-upload \
           --query "Credentials.[AccessKeyId,SecretAccessKey,SessionToken]" \
           --output text))
+          echo "::add-mask::$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"
+          echo "::add-mask::$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"
+          echo "::add-mask::$AWS_SESSION_TOKEN"
           echo "key_id=$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "key_secret=$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "session_token=$AWS_SESSION_TOKEN" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ needs.akamai-upload.outputs.key_id }}
           AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ needs.akamai-upload.outputs.key_secret }}
           AWS_SESSION_TOKEN: ${{ needs.akamai-upload.outputs.session_token }}
+          AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-1
         run: |
           echo $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
           echo $AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY