diff --git a/apps/geo/serializers.py b/apps/geo/serializers.py
index 8104928a02..a3425547a3 100644
--- a/apps/geo/serializers.py
+++ b/apps/geo/serializers.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
     ProjectPropertySerializerMixin,
     RemoveNullFieldsMixin,
     URLCachedFileField,
-    IntegerIDField,
 )
 from rest_framework import serializers
 from user_resource.serializers import UserResourceSerializer
@@ -156,23 +155,17 @@ class Meta:
 
 
 class RegionGqSerializer(ProjectPropertySerializerMixin, UserResourceSerializer):
-    project = IntegerIDField()
+    project = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(queryset=Project.objects.all())
+    client_id = serializers.CharField(required=False)
 
     class Meta:
         model = Region
-        exclude = ('geo_options', 'is_published')
+        fields = ['title', 'code', 'project', 'client_id']
 
     def validate_project(self, project):
-        try:
-            project = Project.objects.get(id=project)
-        except Project.DoesNotExist:
-            raise serializers.ValidationError(
-                'Project matching query does not exist'
-            )
-
         if not project.can_modify(self.context['request'].user):
             raise serializers.ValidationError('Permission Denied')
-        return project.id
+        return project
 
     def validate(self, data):
         if self.instance and self.instance.is_published:
@@ -182,9 +175,5 @@ def validate(self, data):
     def create(self, validated_data):
         project = validated_data.pop('project', None)
         region = super().create(validated_data)
-
-        if project:
-            project = Project.objects.get(id=project)
-            project.regions.add(region)
-
+        project.regions.add(region)
         return region
diff --git a/apps/geo/tests/test_mutations.py b/apps/geo/tests/test_mutations.py
index 0361954d96..4bc8a27b4a 100644
--- a/apps/geo/tests/test_mutations.py
+++ b/apps/geo/tests/test_mutations.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ def test_create_region_in_project(self):
         user = UserFactory.create()
         user2 = UserFactory.create()
         project = ProjectFactory.create(
-            title="dummy project 1",
             created_by=user
         )
         project.add_member(user)
@@ -34,11 +33,11 @@ def _query_check(minput, **kwargs):
                 **kwargs
             )
 
-        minput = dict(
-            project=project.id,
-            code="NPL",
-            title="Test",
-        )
+        minput = {
+            'project': project.id,
+            'code': 'NPL',
+            'title': 'Test'
+        }
         # without login
         _query_check(minput, assert_for_error=True)
 
diff --git a/schema.graphql b/schema.graphql
index 3ba73f15a4..5120887fde 100644
--- a/schema.graphql
+++ b/schema.graphql
@@ -5760,18 +5760,10 @@ type RegionDetailType {
 }
 
 input RegionInputType {
-  clientId: String
-  project: ID!
-  code: String!
   title: String!
-  public: Boolean
-  regionalGroups: GenericScalar
-  keyFigures: GenericScalar
-  populationData: GenericScalar
-  mediaSources: GenericScalar
-  cacheIndex: Int
-  centroid: String
-  createdBy: ID
+  code: String!
+  project: ID!
+  clientId: String
 }
 
 type RegionListType {