diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ec2_region.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ec2_region.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b105de1fd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/ec2_region.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+trivial:
+- tweak integration tests to use aws_region rather than ec2_region.
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/ec2_instance_instance_multiple/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/ec2_instance_instance_multiple/tasks/main.yml
index 03516cd038f..dcbb008f8ec 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/ec2_instance_instance_multiple/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/ec2_instance_instance_multiple/tasks/main.yml
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@
 
   - name: Gather information about any running instance with Name ending with "-test-enf_cnt"
     ec2_instance_info:
-      region: "{{ ec2_region }}"
+      region: "{{ aws_region }}"
       filters:
         "tag:Name": "*-test-enf_cnt"
         instance-state-name: [ "running"]
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/ec2_instance_uptime/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/ec2_instance_uptime/tasks/main.yml
index 034514ee502..10c2d85c021 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/ec2_instance_uptime/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/ec2_instance_uptime/tasks/main.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     ec2_instance:
       state: 'running'
       name: "{{ resource_prefix }}-test-uptime"
-      region: "{{ ec2_region }}"
+      region: "{{ aws_region }}"
       image_id: "{{ ec2_ami_id }}"
       tags:
         TestId: "{{ ec2_instance_tag_TestId }}"
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
   - name: "check using uptime 100 hours - should find nothing"
     ec2_instance_info:
-      region: "{{ ec2_region }}"
+      region: "{{ aws_region }}"
       uptime: 6000
       filters:
         instance-state-name: [ "running"]
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
   - name: "check using uptime 1 minute"
     ec2_instance_info:
-      region: "{{ ec2_region }}"
+      region: "{{ aws_region }}"
       uptime: 1
       filters:
         instance-state-name: [ "running"]
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/rds_param_group/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/rds_param_group/tasks/main.yml
index 274dbee906a..e3d1c145a97 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/rds_param_group/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/rds_param_group/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
 - name: rds_option_group tests
   module_defaults:
     group/aws:
-      ec2_access_key: '{{ aws_access_key }}'
-      ec2_secret_key: '{{ aws_secret_key }}'
-      security_token: '{{ security_token | default(omit) }}'
-      region: '{{ ec2_region }}'
+      access_key: '{{ aws_access_key }}'
+      secret_key: '{{ aws_secret_key }}'
+      session_token: '{{ security_token | default(omit) }}'
+      region: '{{ aws_region }}'
   block:
 
     # ============================================================