diff --git a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
index fe72c386124..e84e9c990e6 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     MASTER_SIZE="n1-standard-4"
     NODE_SIZE="n1-standard-8"
     KUBE_GCE_INSTANCE_PREFIX="kubemark500"
-    E2E_ZONE="us-east1-b"
+    E2E_ZONE="asia-east1-a"
     KUBEMARK_MASTER_SIZE="n1-standard-16"
     KUBEMARK_NUM_NODES="500"
     ;;