diff --git a/charts/library/common-test/tests/cnpg/backup_provider_secret_spec_test.yaml b/charts/library/common-test/tests/cnpg/backup_provider_secret_spec_test.yaml
index bae608b43ba..f8811f6c588 100644
--- a/charts/library/common-test/tests/cnpg/backup_provider_secret_spec_test.yaml
+++ b/charts/library/common-test/tests/cnpg/backup_provider_secret_spec_test.yaml
@@ -47,6 +47,50 @@ tests:
             ACCESS_SECRET_KEY: some-secret-key
             ACCESS_KEY_ID: some-access-key
 
+  - it: should create secret for s3 provider with overridden region
+    set:
+      credentials:
+        test:
+          type: s3
+          url: http://some-url
+          region: some-region
+          encrKey: some-encr-key
+          bucket: some-bucket
+          secretKey: some-secret-key
+          accessKey: some-access-key
+      cnpg:
+        my-pg:
+          enabled: true
+          user: test-user
+          database: test-db
+          password: test-password
+          backups:
+            enabled: true
+            target: primary
+            retentionPolicy: 10d
+            credentials: test
+            destinationPath: some-path
+            manualBackups:
+              - name: today
+    asserts:
+      - documentIndex: *secretDoc
+        isKind:
+          of: Secret
+      - documentIndex: *secretDoc
+        isAPIVersion:
+          of: v1
+      - documentIndex: *secretDoc
+        equal:
+          path: metadata.name
+          value: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg-provider-backup-s3-creds
+      - documentIndex: *secretDoc
+        equal:
+          path: stringData
+          value:
+            REGION: some-region
+            ACCESS_SECRET_KEY: some-secret-key
+            ACCESS_KEY_ID: some-access-key
+
   - it: should create secrets for s3 provider with customCA
     set:
       credentials:
diff --git a/charts/library/common-test/tests/cnpg/cluster_backup_spec_test.yaml b/charts/library/common-test/tests/cnpg/cluster_backup_spec_test.yaml
index 4b0ebc586db..dd7e451878b 100644
--- a/charts/library/common-test/tests/cnpg/cluster_backup_spec_test.yaml
+++ b/charts/library/common-test/tests/cnpg/cluster_backup_spec_test.yaml
@@ -78,6 +78,84 @@ tests:
               retentionPolicy: 10d
               target: primary
 
+  - it: should generate correct spec with backups and overridden region (s3)
+    set:
+      credentials:
+        test:
+          type: s3
+          accessKey: some-access-key
+          secretKey: some-secret-key
+          bucket: some-bucket
+          encrKey: some-encr-key
+          url: http://some-url
+          region: some-region
+      cnpg:
+        my-pg:
+          enabled: true
+          user: test-user
+          database: test-db
+          password: test-password
+          backups:
+            enabled: true
+            target: primary
+            retentionPolicy: 10d
+            credentials: test
+            destinationPath: some-path
+    asserts:
+      - documentIndex: *secretDoc
+        isKind:
+          of: Secret
+      - documentIndex: *secretDoc
+        isAPIVersion:
+          of: v1
+      - documentIndex: *secretDoc
+        equal:
+          path: metadata.name
+          value: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg-provider-backup-s3-creds
+      - documentIndex: *secretDoc
+        equal:
+          path: stringData
+          value:
+            REGION: some-region
+            ACCESS_KEY_ID: some-access-key
+            ACCESS_SECRET_KEY: some-secret-key
+      - documentIndex: *clusterDoc
+        isKind:
+          of: Cluster
+      - documentIndex: *clusterDoc
+        isAPIVersion:
+          of: postgresql.cnpg.io/v1
+      - documentIndex: *clusterDoc
+        equal:
+          path: metadata.name
+          value: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg
+      - documentIndex: *clusterDoc
+        isSubset:
+          path: spec
+          content:
+            backup:
+              barmanObjectStore:
+                data:
+                  compression: bzip2
+                  jobs: 2
+                destinationPath: some-path
+                endpointURL: http://some-url
+                s3Credentials:
+                  region:
+                    key: REGION
+                    name: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg-provider-backup-s3-creds
+                  accessKeyId:
+                    key: ACCESS_KEY_ID
+                    name: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg-provider-backup-s3-creds
+                  secretAccessKey:
+                    key: ACCESS_SECRET_KEY
+                    name: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg-provider-backup-s3-creds
+                serverName: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg
+                wal:
+                  compression: bzip2
+              retentionPolicy: 10d
+              target: primary
+
   - it: should generate correct spec with backups using customCA (s3)
     set:
       credentials:
diff --git a/charts/library/common-test/tests/cnpg/cluster_recovery_spec_test.yaml b/charts/library/common-test/tests/cnpg/cluster_recovery_spec_test.yaml
index dc9e7cbf6ba..23b37ad1aa9 100644
--- a/charts/library/common-test/tests/cnpg/cluster_recovery_spec_test.yaml
+++ b/charts/library/common-test/tests/cnpg/cluster_recovery_spec_test.yaml
@@ -154,6 +154,88 @@ tests:
                       key: ACCESS_SECRET_KEY
                       name: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg-provider-recovery-s3-creds
 
+  - it: should generate correct spec with recovery/objectStore and overridden region (s3)
+    set:
+      credentials:
+        test:
+          type: s3
+          accessKey: some-access-key
+          secretKey: some-secret-key
+          bucket: some-bucket
+          encrKey: some-encr-key
+          url: https://s3.some-region.amazonaws.com
+          region: some-region
+          path: some-path
+      cnpg:
+        my-pg:
+          enabled: true
+          user: test-user
+          database: test-db
+          password: test-password
+          mode: recovery
+          recovery:
+            method: object_store
+            credentials: test
+    asserts:
+      - documentIndex: *secretDoc
+        isKind:
+          of: Secret
+      - documentIndex: *secretDoc
+        isAPIVersion:
+          of: v1
+      - documentIndex: *secretDoc
+        equal:
+          path: metadata.name
+          value: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg-provider-recovery-s3-creds
+      - documentIndex: *secretDoc
+        equal:
+          path: stringData
+          value:
+            REGION: some-region
+            ACCESS_KEY_ID: some-access-key
+            ACCESS_SECRET_KEY: some-secret-key
+      - documentIndex: *clusterDoc
+        isKind:
+          of: Cluster
+      - documentIndex: *clusterDoc
+        isAPIVersion:
+          of: postgresql.cnpg.io/v1
+      - documentIndex: *clusterDoc
+        equal:
+          path: metadata.name
+          value: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg
+      - documentIndex: *clusterDoc
+        isSubset:
+          path: spec
+          content:
+            bootstrap:
+              recovery:
+                secret:
+                  name: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg-user
+                owner: test-user
+                database: test-db
+                source: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg
+      - documentIndex: *clusterDoc
+        isSubset:
+          path: spec
+          content:
+            externalClusters:
+              - name: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg
+                barmanObjectStore:
+                  serverName: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg
+                  destinationPath: s3://some-bucket/some-path/test-release-name/cnpg
+                  endpointURL: https://s3.some-region.amazonaws.com
+                  s3Credentials:
+                    region:
+                      key: REGION
+                      name: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg-provider-recovery-s3-creds
+                    accessKeyId:
+                      key: ACCESS_KEY_ID
+                      name: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg-provider-recovery-s3-creds
+                    secretAccessKey:
+                      key: ACCESS_SECRET_KEY
+                      name: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg-provider-recovery-s3-creds
+
   - it: should generate correct spec with recovery/objectStore using customCA (s3)
     set:
       credentials:
diff --git a/charts/library/common-test/tests/volsync/replication_dest_spec_test.yaml b/charts/library/common-test/tests/volsync/replication_dest_spec_test.yaml
index 787cfafa755..0fe0db9d17d 100644
--- a/charts/library/common-test/tests/volsync/replication_dest_spec_test.yaml
+++ b/charts/library/common-test/tests/volsync/replication_dest_spec_test.yaml
@@ -75,6 +75,76 @@ tests:
                 runAsUser: 568
                 runAsGroup: 568
 
+  - it: should generate correct spec with overridden region
+    set:
+      persistence:
+        destbackup:
+          enabled: true
+          type: pvc
+          mountPath: /backedup
+          volsync:
+            - name: mybackup1
+              type: restic
+              credentials: mys3
+              dest:
+                enabled: true
+              src:
+                enabled: false
+      credentials:
+        mys3:
+          type: s3
+          url: https://s3.some-url
+          bucket: some-bucket
+          encrKey: some-key
+          accessKey: some-access-key
+          secretKey: some-secret-key
+          region: some-region
+    asserts:
+      - documentIndex: *secretDoc
+        isKind:
+          of: Secret
+      - documentIndex: *secretDoc
+        isAPIVersion:
+          of: v1
+      - documentIndex: *secretDoc
+        equal:
+          path: metadata.name
+          value: test-release-name-common-test-destbackup-volsync-mybackup1
+      - documentIndex: *secretDoc
+        equal:
+          path: stringData
+          value:
+            AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: some-access-key
+            AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: some-secret-key
+            RESTIC_PASSWORD: some-key
+            RESTIC_REPOSITORY: s3:s3.some-url/some-bucket/test-release-name/volsync/destbackup-volsync-mybackup1
+            AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: some-region
+      - documentIndex: *replicationDestDoc
+        isKind:
+          of: ReplicationDestination
+      - documentIndex: *replicationDestDoc
+        isAPIVersion:
+          of: volsync.backube/v1alpha1
+      - documentIndex: *replicationDestDoc
+        equal:
+          path: spec
+          value:
+            trigger:
+              manual: restore-once
+            restic:
+              repository: test-release-name-common-test-destbackup-volsync-mybackup1
+              copyMethod: Snapshot
+              cleanupTempPVC: false
+              cleanupCachePVC: false
+              cacheCapacity: 10Gi
+              capacity: 100Gi
+              accessModes:
+                - ReadWriteOnce
+              moverSecurityContext:
+                fsGroup: 568
+                runAsUser: 568
+                runAsGroup: 568
+
   - it: should generate correct spec with changed defaults
     set:
       persistence:
diff --git a/charts/library/common-test/tests/volsync/replication_src_spec_test.yaml b/charts/library/common-test/tests/volsync/replication_src_spec_test.yaml
index 7d2f8452853..d26a5223521 100644
--- a/charts/library/common-test/tests/volsync/replication_src_spec_test.yaml
+++ b/charts/library/common-test/tests/volsync/replication_src_spec_test.yaml
@@ -82,6 +82,83 @@ tests:
           path: spec.restic.unlock
           pattern: "^[0-9]{14}$"
 
+  - it: should generate correct spec with overridden region
+    set:
+      persistence:
+        srcbackup:
+          enabled: true
+          type: pvc
+          mountPath: /backedup
+          volsync:
+            - name: mybackup1
+              type: restic
+              credentials: mys3
+              dest:
+                enabled: false
+              src:
+                enabled: true
+      credentials:
+        mys3:
+          type: s3
+          url: http://some-url
+          bucket: some-bucket
+          encrKey: some-key
+          accessKey: some-access-key
+          secretKey: some-secret-key
+          region: some-region
+    asserts:
+      - documentIndex: *secretDoc
+        isKind:
+          of: Secret
+      - documentIndex: *secretDoc
+        isAPIVersion:
+          of: v1
+      - documentIndex: *secretDoc
+        equal:
+          path: stringData
+          value:
+            AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: some-access-key
+            AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: some-secret-key
+            RESTIC_PASSWORD: some-key
+            RESTIC_REPOSITORY: s3:http://some-url/some-bucket/test-release-name/volsync/srcbackup-volsync-mybackup1
+            AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: some-region
+      - documentIndex: *replicationDestDoc
+        isKind:
+          of: ReplicationSource
+      - documentIndex: *replicationDestDoc
+        isAPIVersion:
+          of: volsync.backube/v1alpha1
+      - documentIndex: *replicationDestDoc
+        isSubset:
+          path: spec
+          content:
+            sourcePVC: test-release-name-common-test-srcbackup
+            trigger:
+              schedule: "0 0 * * *"
+      - documentIndex: *replicationDestDoc
+        isSubset:
+          path: spec.restic
+          content:
+            repository: test-release-name-common-test-srcbackup-volsync-mybackup1
+            copyMethod: Snapshot
+            pruneIntervalDays: 7
+            retain:
+              hourly: 6
+              daily: 5
+              weekly: 4
+              monthly: 3
+              yearly: 1
+            accessModes:
+              - ReadWriteOnce
+            moverSecurityContext:
+              fsGroup: 568
+              runAsUser: 568
+              runAsGroup: 568
+      - documentIndex: *replicationDestDoc
+        matchRegex:
+          path: spec.restic.unlock
+          pattern: "^[0-9]{14}$"
+
   - it: should generate correct spec with changed defaults
     set:
       persistence:
diff --git a/charts/library/common/Chart.yaml b/charts/library/common/Chart.yaml
index c10c03222b0..f8498b5d918 100644
--- a/charts/library/common/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/library/common/Chart.yaml
@@ -37,5 +37,4 @@ sources:
   - https://hub.docker.com/_/
   - https://hub.docker.com/r/mikefarah/yq
 type: library
-version: 28.25.0
-
+version: 28.26.0
diff --git a/charts/library/common/templates/lib/cnpg/barmanObjectStore/_s3.tpl b/charts/library/common/templates/lib/cnpg/barmanObjectStore/_s3.tpl
index 84ce4fa1ed6..4f5264b9481 100644
--- a/charts/library/common/templates/lib/cnpg/barmanObjectStore/_s3.tpl
+++ b/charts/library/common/templates/lib/cnpg/barmanObjectStore/_s3.tpl
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   {{- $endpointURL := $calcData.creds.url -}}
   {{- $customCA := $calcData.creds.customCA -}}
   {{- $customCASecretRef := $calcData.creds.customCASecretRef -}}
+  {{- $region := $calcData.creds.region -}}
   {{- $bucket := $calcData.creds.bucket -}}
   {{- $path := $calcData.creds.path -}}
   {{- $key := $calcData.key -}}
@@ -59,6 +60,11 @@ endpointCA:
 destinationPath: {{ $destinationPath }}
 serverName: {{ $serverName }}
 s3Credentials:
+  {{- if $region }}
+  region:
+    name: {{ $secretName }}
+    key: REGION
+  {{- end }}
   accessKeyId:
     name: {{ $secretName }}
     key: ACCESS_KEY_ID
diff --git a/charts/library/common/templates/lib/cnpg/providers/_s3.tpl b/charts/library/common/templates/lib/cnpg/providers/_s3.tpl
index 34f51d2509c..aae05ce52df 100644
--- a/charts/library/common/templates/lib/cnpg/providers/_s3.tpl
+++ b/charts/library/common/templates/lib/cnpg/providers/_s3.tpl
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 {{- $creds := .creds }}
 enabled: true
 data:
+  {{- if $creds.region }}
+  REGION: {{ $creds.region | quote }}
+  {{- end }}
   ACCESS_KEY_ID: {{ $creds.accessKey | default "" | quote }}
   ACCESS_SECRET_KEY: {{ $creds.secretKey | default "" | quote }}
 {{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/library/common/templates/lib/credentials/_validation.tpl b/charts/library/common/templates/lib/credentials/_validation.tpl
index 7b3a6787ba8..425c391525c 100644
--- a/charts/library/common/templates/lib/credentials/_validation.tpl
+++ b/charts/library/common/templates/lib/credentials/_validation.tpl
@@ -69,4 +69,9 @@
     {{- end -}}
   {{- end -}}
 
+  {{- $region := get $credentials "region" -}}
+  {{- if and $region (not (kindIs "string" $region )) -}}
+    {{- fail (printf "%s - Expected [region] in [credentials.%s] to be a string. Got [%s]" $caller $credName (kindOf $region)) -}}
+  {{- end -}}
+
 {{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/library/common/templates/spawner/_pvc.tpl b/charts/library/common/templates/spawner/_pvc.tpl
index 17854b3ccc4..97dafa14039 100644
--- a/charts/library/common/templates/spawner/_pvc.tpl
+++ b/charts/library/common/templates/spawner/_pvc.tpl
@@ -115,19 +115,24 @@
               {{- $resticrepository = printf "%s/%s/%s" $baseRepo ($credentials.path | trimSuffix "/") $repoSuffix -}}
             {{- end -}}
 
-            {{- $volsyncSecretData := (dict
+            {{- $volsyncSecretData := dict
+                "RESTIC_REPOSITORY" $resticrepository
+                "RESTIC_PASSWORD" $credentials.encrKey
+                "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" $credentials.accessKey
+                "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" $credentials.secretKey
+            -}}
+            {{- if $credentials.region -}}
+              {{- $_ := set $volsyncSecretData "AWS_DEFAULT_REGION" $credentials.region -}}
+            {{- end -}}
+
+            {{- $volsyncSecret := (dict
                 "name" $volsyncSecretName
                 "labels" ($volsync.labels | default dict)
                 "annotations" ($volsync.annotations | default dict)
-                "data" (dict
-                    "RESTIC_REPOSITORY" $resticrepository
-                    "RESTIC_PASSWORD" $credentials.encrKey
-                    "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" $credentials.accessKey
-                    "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" $credentials.secretKey
-                )
+                "data" $volsyncSecretData
             ) -}}
 
-            {{- include "tc.v1.common.class.secret" (dict "rootCtx" $ "objectData" $volsyncSecretData) -}}
+            {{- include "tc.v1.common.class.secret" (dict "rootCtx" $ "objectData" $volsyncSecret) -}}
 
             {{- if $credentials.customCASecretRef -}}
               {{/* Get the customCA secret name */}}
diff --git a/charts/library/common/values.yaml b/charts/library/common/values.yaml
index c8f9917af47..6dd6b367259 100644
--- a/charts/library/common/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/library/common/values.yaml
@@ -308,6 +308,9 @@ credentials:
   #   secretKey: ""
   #   ## Is used in cases where things are encrypted by a backup utility
   #   encrKey: ""
+  #   ## Is used in cases where the region cannot be determined from the URL. If
+  #   ## a backup/restore is failing, try setting the region manually using this field
+  #   region: ""
 
 ingressMiddlewares:
   traefik: