diff --git a/nodejs/eks/cluster.ts b/nodejs/eks/cluster.ts
index 1ca13763..2e02d516 100644
--- a/nodejs/eks/cluster.ts
+++ b/nodejs/eks/cluster.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import { createStorageClass, EBSVolumeType, StorageClass } from "./storageclass"
 import { InputTags, UserStorageClasses } from "./utils";
 import { VpcCniAddon, VpcCniAddonOptions } from "./cni-addon";
 import { stringifyAddonConfiguration } from "./addon";
+import { getRegionFromArn } from "./utilities";
 
 /**
  * RoleMapping describes a mapping from an AWS IAM role to a Kubernetes user and groups.
@@ -202,11 +203,21 @@ interface ExecEnvVar {
 export function generateKubeconfig(
     clusterName: pulumi.Input<string>,
     clusterEndpoint: pulumi.Input<string>,
+    region: pulumi.Input<string>,
     includeProfile: boolean,
     certData?: pulumi.Input<string>,
     opts?: KubeconfigOptions,
 ) {
-    let args = ["eks", "get-token", "--cluster-name", clusterName, "--output", "json"];
+    let args = [
+        "--region",
+        region,
+        "eks",
+        "get-token",
+        "--cluster-name",
+        clusterName,
+        "--output",
+        "json",
+    ];
     const env: ExecEnvVar[] = [
         {
             name: "KUBERNETES_EXEC_INFO",
@@ -723,12 +734,14 @@ export function createCore(
     // depend on the autoscaling group we'll create later so that nothing attempts to use the EKS cluster before
     // its worker nodes have come up.
     const genKubeconfig = (useProfileName: boolean) => {
+        const region = eksCluster.arn.apply(getRegionFromArn);
         const kubeconfig = pulumi
             .all([
                 eksCluster.name,
                 endpoint,
                 eksCluster.certificateAuthority,
                 args.providerCredentialOpts,
+                region,
             ])
             .apply(
                 ([
@@ -736,6 +749,7 @@ export function createCore(
                     clusterEndpoint,
                     clusterCertificateAuthority,
                     providerCredentialOpts,
+                    region,
                 ]) => {
                     let config = {};
 
@@ -745,6 +759,7 @@ export function createCore(
                             return generateKubeconfig(
                                 clusterName,
                                 clusterEndpoint,
+                                region,
                                 useProfileName,
                                 clusterCertificateAuthority?.data,
                                 opts,
@@ -754,6 +769,7 @@ export function createCore(
                         config = generateKubeconfig(
                             clusterName,
                             clusterEndpoint,
+                            region,
                             useProfileName,
                             clusterCertificateAuthority?.data,
                             providerCredentialOpts,
@@ -762,6 +778,7 @@ export function createCore(
                         config = generateKubeconfig(
                             clusterName,
                             clusterEndpoint,
+                            region,
                             useProfileName,
                             clusterCertificateAuthority?.data,
                         );
@@ -2003,9 +2020,11 @@ export class Cluster extends pulumi.ComponentResource {
      * - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-profiles.html
      */
     getKubeconfig(args: KubeconfigOptions): pulumi.Output<string> {
+        const region = this.eksCluster.arn.apply(getRegionFromArn);
         const kc = generateKubeconfig(
             this.eksCluster.name,
             this.eksCluster.endpoint,
+            region,
             true,
             this.eksCluster.certificateAuthority?.data,
             args,
@@ -2275,9 +2294,11 @@ export class ClusterInternal extends pulumi.ComponentResource {
     }
 
     getKubeconfig(args: KubeconfigOptions): pulumi.Output<string> {
+        const region = this.eksCluster.arn.apply(getRegionFromArn);
         const kc = generateKubeconfig(
             this.eksCluster.name,
             this.eksCluster.endpoint,
+            region,
             true,
             this.eksCluster.certificateAuthority?.data,
             args,
diff --git a/nodejs/eks/utilities.test.ts b/nodejs/eks/utilities.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53af31b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nodejs/eks/utilities.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Copyright 2016-2024, Pulumi Corporation.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+import { getRegionFromArn } from "./utilities";
+
+describe("getRegionFromArn", () => {
+    test.each([
+        ["arn:aws:eks:us-east-1:123456789012:cluster/my-awesome-cluster", "us-east-1"],
+        ["arn:aws:eks:us-west-2:123456789012:cluster/my-awesome-cluster", "us-west-2"],
+        ["arn:aws-cn:eks:cn-north-1:123456789012:cluster/my-awesome-cluster", "cn-north-1"],
+        [
+            "arn:aws-us-gov:eks:us-gov-west-1:123456789012:cluster/my-awesome-cluster",
+            "us-gov-west-1",
+        ],
+    ])("should extract the region from the ARN", (arn, expected) => {
+        const region = getRegionFromArn(arn);
+        expect(region).toEqual(expected);
+    });
+
+    it("should throw an error for an ARN with less than 4 parts", () => {
+        const arn = "arn:aws:service";
+        expect(() => getRegionFromArn(arn)).toThrow("Invalid ARN: 'arn:aws:service'");
+    });
+
+    it("should throw an error for an ARN not starting with 'arn'", () => {
+        const arn = "invalid:aws:service:region:account-id:resource";
+        expect(() => getRegionFromArn(arn)).toThrow(
+            "Invalid ARN: 'invalid:aws:service:region:account-id:resource'",
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("should throw an error for an empty ARN", () => {
+        const arn = "";
+        expect(() => getRegionFromArn(arn)).toThrow("Invalid ARN: ''");
+    });
+});
diff --git a/nodejs/eks/utilities.ts b/nodejs/eks/utilities.ts
index c1a313c6..e886bb63 100644
--- a/nodejs/eks/utilities.ts
+++ b/nodejs/eks/utilities.ts
@@ -26,3 +26,18 @@ export function getVersion(): string {
 export function isObject(obj: any): obj is Record<string, any> {
     return obj !== null && typeof obj === "object" && !Array.isArray(obj);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Extracts the AWS region from an Amazon Resource Name (ARN).
+ *
+ * @param arn - The ARN from which to extract the region.
+ * @returns The region extracted from the ARN.
+ * @throws Will throw an error if the ARN is invalid.
+ */
+export function getRegionFromArn(arn: string): string {
+    const arnParts = arn.split(":");
+    if (arnParts.length < 4 || arnParts[0] !== "arn") {
+        throw new Error(`Invalid ARN: '${arn}'`);
+    }
+    return arnParts[3];
+}