diff --git a/charts/internal/seed-controlplane/charts/stackit-blockstorage-csi-driver/templates/configmap.yaml b/charts/internal/seed-controlplane/charts/stackit-blockstorage-csi-driver/templates/configmap.yaml
index f9ff98b2..568360fd 100644
--- a/charts/internal/seed-controlplane/charts/stackit-blockstorage-csi-driver/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/charts/internal/seed-controlplane/charts/stackit-blockstorage-csi-driver/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ data:
         iaasApi: {{ .Values.stackitEndpoints.iaasUrl }}
       {{- end }}
       projectId: "{{ .Values.projectID }}"
+      region: "{{ .Values.region }}"
     blockStorage:
       rescanOnResize: true
diff --git a/charts/internal/seed-controlplane/charts/stackit-blockstorage-csi-driver/templates/deployment-csi-driver-controller.yaml b/charts/internal/seed-controlplane/charts/stackit-blockstorage-csi-driver/templates/deployment-csi-driver-controller.yaml
index 391bf0f5..df9581f8 100644
--- a/charts/internal/seed-controlplane/charts/stackit-blockstorage-csi-driver/templates/deployment-csi-driver-controller.yaml
+++ b/charts/internal/seed-controlplane/charts/stackit-blockstorage-csi-driver/templates/deployment-csi-driver-controller.yaml
@@ -61,8 +61,11 @@ spec:
         - name: STACKIT_TOKEN_BASEURL
           value: {{ .Values.stackitEndpoints.tokenUrl }}
         {{- end }}
+        {{- if .Values.region }}
+        # TODO: later remove this
         - name: STACKIT_REGION
           value: {{ .Values.region }}
+        {{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.resources.driver }}
         resources:
 {{ toYaml .Values.resources.driver | indent 10 }}