diff --git a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/ProjectCreation/ProjectCreation.utils.test.ts b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/ProjectCreation/ProjectCreation.utils.test.ts
index fd2b5c74c96..344eaf59ad9 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/ProjectCreation/ProjectCreation.utils.test.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/ProjectCreation/ProjectCreation.utils.test.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ describe('High Availability project creation constraints', () => {
   it.each([
     ['local', 'eu-central-1'],
     ['staging', 'us-east-1'],
-    ['prod', undefined],
+    ['prod', 'us-east-1'],
   ])('resolves the %s region restriction', (environment, expectedRegion) => {
     expect(getHighAvailabilityRegionCode(environment)).toBe(expectedRegion)
   })
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ describe('High Availability project creation constraints', () => {
   it.each([
     ['local', undefined],
     ['staging', 'us-east-1'],
-    ['prod', undefined],
+    ['prod', 'us-east-1'],
   ])(
     'applies the %s region restriction to high availability projects',
     (environment, expectedRegion) => {
diff --git a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/ProjectCreation/ProjectCreation.utils.ts b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/ProjectCreation/ProjectCreation.utils.ts
index f04d8bca8a5..92c3938925a 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/ProjectCreation/ProjectCreation.utils.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/ProjectCreation/ProjectCreation.utils.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ export const getHighAvailabilityRegionCode = (
   environment = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_ENVIRONMENT
 ) => {
   // Local dev stacks can run in any of the supported regions, so they're left unrestricted
+  if (environment === 'prod') return 'us-east-1'
   if (environment === 'staging') return 'us-east-1'
   if (environment === 'local') return 'eu-central-1'
   return undefined