diff --git a/packages/graphql-mesh-server/assets/handlers/notify-sns.ts b/packages/graphql-mesh-server/assets/handlers/notify-sns.ts
index 8a9c7b96..f6f40dad 100644
--- a/packages/graphql-mesh-server/assets/handlers/notify-sns.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql-mesh-server/assets/handlers/notify-sns.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { PublishCommand, SNSClient } from "@aws-sdk/client-sns";
 import { SNSEvent } from "aws-lambda";
 
-const client = new SNSClient({ region: process.env.AWS_REGION });
+const client = new SNSClient({ region: process.env.REGION });
 
 export const handler = async (event: SNSEvent): Promise<void> => {
   const record = event.Records[0];
diff --git a/packages/graphql-mesh-server/lib/graphql-mesh-server.ts b/packages/graphql-mesh-server/lib/graphql-mesh-server.ts
index f0e2bd00..24237c11 100644
--- a/packages/graphql-mesh-server/lib/graphql-mesh-server.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql-mesh-server/lib/graphql-mesh-server.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ export type MeshHostingProps = {
    * ARN of the SNS Topic to send deployment notifications to
    */
   notificationArn?: string;
+  /**
+   * Region of the SNS Topic that deployment notifications are sent to
+   */
+  notificationRegion?: string;
   /**
    * List of IPv4 addresses to block
    */
@@ -186,6 +190,7 @@ export class MeshHosting extends Construct {
       repository: this.repository,
       service: this.service,
       notificationArn: props.notificationArn,
+      notificationRegion: props.notificationRegion,
     });
 
     new PerformanceMetrics(this, "cloudwatch", {
diff --git a/packages/graphql-mesh-server/lib/pipeline.ts b/packages/graphql-mesh-server/lib/pipeline.ts
index c0fa72eb..4fb80b53 100644
--- a/packages/graphql-mesh-server/lib/pipeline.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql-mesh-server/lib/pipeline.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Duration } from "aws-cdk-lib";
+import { Duration, Stack } from "aws-cdk-lib";
 import { Artifact, Pipeline } from "aws-cdk-lib/aws-codepipeline";
 import { Repository } from "aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecr";
 import { FargateService } from "aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecs";
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ export interface CodePipelineServiceProps {
    * ARN of the SNS Topic to send deployment notifications to
    */
   notificationArn?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * AWS Region the SNS topic is deployed in
+   */
+  notificationRegion?: string;
 }
 
 export class CodePipelineService extends Construct {
@@ -115,6 +120,7 @@ export class CodePipelineService extends Construct {
         timeout: Duration.seconds(10),
         environment: {
           SNS_TOPIC: props.notificationArn,
+          REGION: props.notificationRegion || Stack.of(this).region,
         },
       });