diff --git a/qa/qa/runtime/env.rb b/qa/qa/runtime/env.rb
index d50f618ff82079bc770f61d1f49ce4ffc911a8dc..e78b9bece1958e67806fa10a6d729efcd38eea26 100644
--- a/qa/qa/runtime/env.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/runtime/env.rb
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ module QA
         ENV.fetch("GCLOUD_ACCOUNT_EMAIL")
       end
 
-      def gcloud_zone
-        ENV.fetch('GCLOUD_ZONE')
+      def gcloud_region
+        ENV.fetch('GCLOUD_REGION')
       end
 
       def has_gcloud_credentials?
diff --git a/qa/qa/service/kubernetes_cluster.rb b/qa/qa/service/kubernetes_cluster.rb
index 16a89591eb223f5181f99c1afd10c1afa398bcb2..40263e940653b4d53115954e38db990e7b46c308 100644
--- a/qa/qa/service/kubernetes_cluster.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/service/kubernetes_cluster.rb
@@ -28,17 +28,17 @@ module QA
           create #{cluster_name}
           #{auth_options}
           --enable-basic-auth
-          --zone #{Runtime::Env.gcloud_zone}
+          --region #{Runtime::Env.gcloud_region}
           && gcloud container clusters
           get-credentials
-          --zone #{Runtime::Env.gcloud_zone}
+          --region #{Runtime::Env.gcloud_region}
           #{cluster_name}
         CMD
 
         @api_url = `kubectl config view --minify -o jsonpath='{.clusters[].cluster.server}'`
 
         @admin_user = "#{cluster_name}-admin"
-        master_auth = JSON.parse(`gcloud container clusters describe #{cluster_name} --zone #{Runtime::Env.gcloud_zone} --format 'json(masterAuth.username, masterAuth.password)'`)
+        master_auth = JSON.parse(`gcloud container clusters describe #{cluster_name} --region #{Runtime::Env.gcloud_region} --format 'json(masterAuth.username, masterAuth.password)'`)
         shell <<~CMD.tr("\n", ' ')
           kubectl config set-credentials #{@admin_user}
           --username #{master_auth['masterAuth']['username']}
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ module QA
       def remove!
         shell <<~CMD.tr("\n", ' ')
           gcloud container clusters delete
-          --zone #{Runtime::Env.gcloud_zone}
-	  #{cluster_name}
-	  --quiet --async
-	CMD
+          --region #{Runtime::Env.gcloud_region}
+          #{cluster_name}
+          --quiet --async
+        CMD
       end
 
       private