diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.5/en/cluster-provisioning/hosted-kubernetes-clusters/eks/permissions/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.5/en/cluster-provisioning/hosted-kubernetes-clusters/eks/permissions/_index.md
index 521046e6e8..8f4539e1c6 100644
--- a/content/rancher/v2.5/en/cluster-provisioning/hosted-kubernetes-clusters/eks/permissions/_index.md
+++ b/content/rancher/v2.5/en/cluster-provisioning/hosted-kubernetes-clusters/eks/permissions/_index.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Resource targeting uses `*` as the ARN of many of the resources created cannot b
                 "ec2:RunInstances",
                 "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupIngress",
                 "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupEgress",
+                "ec2:DescribeRegions",
                 "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
                 "ec2:DescribeTags",
                 "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
@@ -219,4 +220,4 @@ Permissions required for Rancher to create VPC and associated resources.
     }
   ]
 }
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.6/en/cluster-provisioning/hosted-kubernetes-clusters/eks/permissions/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.6/en/cluster-provisioning/hosted-kubernetes-clusters/eks/permissions/_index.md
index 521046e6e8..8f4539e1c6 100644
--- a/content/rancher/v2.6/en/cluster-provisioning/hosted-kubernetes-clusters/eks/permissions/_index.md
+++ b/content/rancher/v2.6/en/cluster-provisioning/hosted-kubernetes-clusters/eks/permissions/_index.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Resource targeting uses `*` as the ARN of many of the resources created cannot b
                 "ec2:RunInstances",
                 "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupIngress",
                 "ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupEgress",
+                "ec2:DescribeRegions",
                 "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
                 "ec2:DescribeTags",
                 "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
@@ -219,4 +220,4 @@ Permissions required for Rancher to create VPC and associated resources.
     }
   ]
 }
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```