diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1176-ssm-connection-plugin-region-fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1176-ssm-connection-plugin-region-fix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a88a5ba84e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1176-ssm-connection-plugin-region-fix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - aws_ssm - pull S3 bucket region for session generated for file transfer during playbooks (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/issues/1190).
diff --git a/plugins/connection/aws_ssm.py b/plugins/connection/aws_ssm.py
index 6e0d2a1ec60..e447e8cb8f0 100644
--- a/plugins/connection/aws_ssm.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/aws_ssm.py
@@ -534,7 +534,12 @@ def _flush_stderr(self, subprocess):
 
     def _get_url(self, client_method, bucket_name, out_path, http_method, profile_name, extra_args=None):
         ''' Generate URL for get_object / put_object '''
-        region_name = self.get_option('region') or 'us-east-1'
+
+        bucket_location = boto3.client('s3').get_bucket_location(
+            Bucket=(self.get_option('bucket_name')),
+        )
+        region_name = bucket_location['LocationConstraint']
+
         client = self._get_boto_client('s3', region_name=region_name, profile_name=profile_name)
         params = {'Bucket': bucket_name, 'Key': out_path}
         if extra_args is not None: