diff --git a/.github/workflows/aks.yaml b/.github/workflows/aks.yaml
index ccc7e032..b2e48846 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aks.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ on:
         description: Runner template to use
         default: hosted-prov-e2e-ci-runner-spot-x86-64-template-n2-highmem-32-v2
         type: string
-
+      zone:
+        description: GCP zone to host the runner
+        default: us-west1-b
+        type: string
 jobs:
   aks-e2e:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -53,3 +56,4 @@ jobs:
       run_support_matrix_importing_tests: ${{ inputs.run_support_matrix_importing_tests == true }}
       destroy_runner: ${{ inputs.destroy_runner == true }}
       runner_template: ${{ inputs.runner_template }}
+      zone: ${{inputs.zone}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/eks.yaml b/.github/workflows/eks.yaml
index e3d7c31c..d8803c86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/eks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/eks.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ on:
         description: Runner template to use
         default: hosted-prov-e2e-ci-runner-spot-x86-64-template-n2-highmem-32-v2
         type: string
-
+      zone:
+        description: GCP zone to host the runner
+        default: us-west1-b
+        type: string
 jobs:
   eks-e2e:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -53,3 +56,4 @@ jobs:
       run_support_matrix_importing_tests: ${{ inputs.run_support_matrix_importing_tests == true }}
       destroy_runner: ${{ inputs.destroy_runner == true }}
       runner_template: ${{ inputs.runner_template }}
+      zone: ${{inputs.zone}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gke.yaml b/.github/workflows/gke.yaml
index 4c645205..b70395f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gke.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gke.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ on:
         description: Runner template to use
         default: hosted-prov-e2e-ci-runner-spot-x86-64-template-n2-highmem-32-v2
         type: string
-
+      zone:
+        description: GCP zone to host the runner
+        default: us-west1-b
+        type: string
 jobs:
   gke-e2e:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -53,3 +56,4 @@ jobs:
       run_support_matrix_importing_tests: ${{ inputs.run_support_matrix_importing_tests == true }}
       destroy_runner: ${{ inputs.destroy_runner == true }}
       runner_template: ${{ inputs.runner_template }}
+      zone: ${{inputs.zone}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
index cb94cb72..372ca468 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -79,9 +79,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v1
       - name: Create runner
         run: |
+          REGION=echo "${{ inputs.zone }}" | sed 's/-[abcdef]$//'
           gcloud compute instances create ${{ steps.generator.outputs.runner }} \
             --zone ${{ inputs.zone }} \
-            --source-instance-template ${{ inputs.runner_template }} &> /dev/null
+            --source-instance-template projects/${{ env.GKE_PROJECT_ID }}/regions/${REGION}/instanceTemplates/${{ inputs.runner_template }} &> /dev/null
       - name: Allow traffic
         run: |
           gcloud compute instances add-tags ${{ steps.generator.outputs.runner }} \