diff --git a/litellm/llms/bedrock.py b/litellm/llms/bedrock.py
index e12b656ed..04a762d69 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/bedrock.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/bedrock.py
@@ -605,15 +605,13 @@ def init_bedrock_client(
     ) = params_to_check
 
     ### SET REGION NAME
-    if region_name:
-        pass
-    elif aws_region_name:
-        region_name = aws_region_name
-    elif litellm_aws_region_name:
-        region_name = litellm_aws_region_name
-    elif standard_aws_region_name:
-        region_name = standard_aws_region_name
-    else:
+    region_name = (
+        litellm_aws_region_name  # prefer environment variables before inline region parameters
+        or standard_aws_region_name
+        or region_name
+        or aws_region_name
+    )
+    if not region_name:
         raise BedrockError(
             message="AWS region not set: set AWS_REGION_NAME or AWS_REGION env variable or in .env file",
             status_code=401,
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_provider_specific_config.py b/litellm/tests/test_provider_specific_config.py
index c20c44fb1..f5c666a47 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_provider_specific_config.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_provider_specific_config.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ sys.path.insert(
     0, os.path.abspath("../..")
 )  # Adds the parent directory to the system path
 import litellm
-from litellm import completion
+from litellm import completion, AuthenticationError
 from litellm import RateLimitError
 
 #  Huggingface - Expensive to deploy models and keep them running. Maybe we can try doing this via baseten??
@@ -656,6 +656,88 @@ def bedrock_test_completion():
 # bedrock_test_completion()
 
 
+def test_bedrock_embedding_default_region():
+    """
+    If no regions are specified in config or in environment, then throw an error
+    """
+    try:
+        litellm.embedding(
+            model="bedrock/amazon.titan-embed-text-v1",
+            input="Hello, world!"
+        )
+    except Exception as e:
+        assert isinstance(e, AuthenticationError)
+        assert "AWS region not set" in str(e)
+
+
+# test_bedrock_embedding_default_region()
+
+
+def test_bedrock_embedding_config_region(mocker):
+    """
+    When region is specified inline or in config, use that region
+    """
+    expected_region = "us-east-1"
+    mock_client = mocker.patch("boto3.client")
+    try:
+        litellm.embedding(
+            model="bedrock/amazon.titan-embed-text-v1",
+            input="Hello, world!",
+            aws_region_name=expected_region
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        pass  # expected serialization exception because AWS client was replaced with a Mock
+    assert mock_client.call_args.kwargs["region_name"] == expected_region
+
+
+# test_bedrock_embedding_config_region()
+
+
+def test_bedrock_embedding_environment_region(mocker):
+    """
+    When region is specified in an environment variable, use that region
+    """
+    expected_region = "us-east-1"
+    os.environ["AWS_REGION_NAME"] = expected_region
+    mock_client = mocker.patch("boto3.client")
+    try:
+        litellm.embedding(
+            model="bedrock/amazon.titan-embed-text-v1",
+            input="Hello, world!"
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        pass  # expected serialization exception because AWS client was replaced with a Mock
+    del os.environ["AWS_REGION_NAME"]  # cleanup
+    assert mock_client.call_args.kwargs["region_name"] == expected_region
+
+
+# test_bedrock_embedding_environment_region()
+
+
+def test_bedrock_embedding_config_environment_region(mocker):
+    """
+    If region is supplied in both the config and the environment variable, use the one
+    defined in the environment variable
+    """
+    expected_region = "us-east-1"
+    unexpected_region = "us-west-2"
+    os.environ["AWS_REGION_NAME"] = expected_region
+    mock_client = mocker.patch("boto3.client")
+    try:
+        litellm.embedding(
+            model="bedrock/amazon.titan-embed-text-v1",
+            input="Hello, world!",
+            aws_region_name=unexpected_region
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        pass  # expected serialization exception because AWS client was replaced with a Mock
+    del os.environ["AWS_REGION_NAME"]  # cleanup
+    assert mock_client.call_args.kwargs["region_name"] == expected_region
+
+
+# test_bedrock_embedding_config_environment_region()
+
+
 # OpenAI Chat Completion
 def openai_test_completion():
     litellm.OpenAIConfig(max_tokens=10)