diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index e4bbd1d..bd4671d 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ variable "REGION" {
 	type		= string
 	description	= "The cloud region where to deploy the solution. The regions and zones for VPC are listed here:https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/containers?topic=containers-regions-and-zones#zones-vpc. Review supported locations in IBM Cloud Schematics here: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/schematics?topic=schematics-locations."
 	validation {
-		condition     = contains(["au-syd", "jp-osa", "jp-tok", "eu-de", "eu-gb", "ca-tor", "us-south", "us-east", "br-sao"], var.REGION )
-		error_message = "For CLI deployments, the REGION must be one of: au-syd, jp-osa, jp-tok, eu-de, eu-gb, ca-tor, us-south, us-east, br-sao. \n For Schematics, the REGION must be one of: eu-de, eu-gb, us-south, us-east."
+		condition     = contains(["eu-de", "eu-gb", "us-south", "us-east", "ca-tor", "au-syd", "jp-osa", "jp-tok", "eu-es", "br-sao"], var.REGION )
+		error_message = "The REGION must be one of: eu-de, eu-gb, us-south, us-east, ca-tor, au-syd, jp-osa, jp-tok, eu-es, br-sao."
 	}
 }
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ variable "ZONE" {
 	type		= string
 	description	= "The cloud zone where to deploy the solution."
 	validation {
-		condition     = length(regexall("^(au-syd|jp-osa|jp-tok|eu-de|eu-gb|ca-tor|us-south|us-east|br-sao)-(1|2|3)$", var.ZONE)) > 0
+		condition     = length(regexall("^(eu-de|eu-gb|us-south|us-east|ca-tor|au-syd|jp-osa|jp-tok|eu-es|br-sao)-(1|2|3)$", var.ZONE)) > 0
 		error_message = "The ZONE is not valid."
 	}
 }