diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/conf/gcp/ipi-conf-gcp-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/conf/gcp/ipi-conf-gcp-commands.sh
index 37843f4e8686f..9bed025f17567 100755
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/conf/gcp/ipi-conf-gcp-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/conf/gcp/ipi-conf-gcp-commands.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CONFIG="${SHARED_DIR}/install-config.yaml"
 
 GCP_BASE_DOMAIN="origin-ci-int-gce.dev.openshift.com"
 GCP_PROJECT="openshift-gce-devel-ci"
-GCP_REGION="us-east1"
+GCP_REGION="${LEASED_RESOURCE}"
 
 cat >> "${CONFIG}" << EOF
 baseDomain: ${GCP_BASE_DOMAIN}
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/test/openshift-e2e-test-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/test/openshift-e2e-test-commands.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 05d1a1b0ce361..329fcbd45c70c
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/test/openshift-e2e-test-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/test/openshift-e2e-test-commands.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ gcp)
     export KUBE_SSH_USER=core
     mkdir -p ~/.ssh
     cp "${CLUSTER_PROFILE_DIR}/ssh-privatekey" ~/.ssh/google_compute_engine || true
-    export TEST_PROVIDER='{"type":"gce","region":"us-east1","multizone": true,"multimaster":true,"projectid":"openshift-gce-devel-ci"}'
+    # TODO: make openshift-tests auto-discover this from cluster config
+    REGION="$(oc get -o jsonpath='{.status.platformStatus.gcp.region}' infrastructure cluster)"
+    export TEST_PROVIDER="{\"type\":\"gce\",\"region\":\"${REGION}\",\"multizone\": true,\"multimaster\":true,\"projectid\":\"openshift-gce-devel-ci\"}"
     ;;
 aws)
     mkdir -p ~/.ssh