diff --git a/contrib/images/digitalocean/packer.pkr.hcl b/contrib/images/digitalocean/packer.pkr.hcl
index 71b564c6b..9321a3fb4 100644
--- a/contrib/images/digitalocean/packer.pkr.hcl
+++ b/contrib/images/digitalocean/packer.pkr.hcl
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ variable "dokku_version" {
 
 source "digitalocean" "ubuntu" {
   image         = var.source_image
-  region        = "nyc3"
+  region        = "nyc1"
   size          = "s-1vcpu-512mb-10gb"
   ssh_username  = "root"
   snapshot_name = format("dokku-%s-%s", var.dokku_version, formatdate("YYYYMMDDhhmm", timestamp()))