diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-aws-bundle/nifi-aws-abstract-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/aws/AbstractAWSProcessor.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-aws-bundle/nifi-aws-abstract-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/aws/AbstractAWSProcessor.java
index 47672fc639..44da97832e 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-aws-bundle/nifi-aws-abstract-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/aws/AbstractAWSProcessor.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-aws-bundle/nifi-aws-abstract-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/aws/AbstractAWSProcessor.java
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAWSProcessor<ClientType extends AmazonWebServiceCl
     protected volatile ClientType client;
     protected volatile Region region;
 
+    private static final String VPCE_ENDPOINT_SUFFIX = ".vpce.amazonaws.com";
     private static final Pattern VPCE_ENDPOINT_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^(?:.+[vpce-][a-z0-9-]+\\.)?([a-z0-9-]+)$");
 
     // If protocol is changed to be a property, ensure other uses are also changed
@@ -318,10 +319,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractAWSProcessor<ClientType extends AmazonWebServiceCl
             if (!urlstr.isEmpty()) {
                 getLogger().info("Overriding endpoint with {}", urlstr);
 
-                if (urlstr.endsWith(".vpce.amazonaws.com")) {
-                    String region = parseRegionForVPCE(urlstr);
+                if (urlstr.endsWith(VPCE_ENDPOINT_SUFFIX)) {
+                    // handling vpce endpoints
+                    // falling back to the configured region if the parse fails
+                    // e.g. in case of https://vpce-***-***.sqs.{region}.vpce.amazonaws.com
+                    String region = parseRegionForVPCE(urlstr, this.region.getName());
                     this.client.setEndpoint(urlstr, this.client.getServiceName(), region);
                 } else {
+                    // handling non-vpce custom endpoints where the AWS library can parse the region out
+                    // e.g. https://sqs.{region}.***.***.***.gov
                     this.client.setEndpoint(urlstr);
                 }
             }
@@ -335,18 +341,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractAWSProcessor<ClientType extends AmazonWebServiceCl
         is an AWS PrivateLink so this method does the job of parsing the region name and
         returning it.
 
-        Refer NIFI-5456 & NIFI-5893
+        Refer NIFI-5456, NIFI-5893 & NIFI-8662
      */
-    private String parseRegionForVPCE(String url) {
-        int index = url.length() - ".vpce.amazonaws.com".length();
+    private String parseRegionForVPCE(String url, String configuredRegion) {
+        int index = url.length() - VPCE_ENDPOINT_SUFFIX.length();
 
         Matcher matcher = VPCE_ENDPOINT_PATTERN.matcher(url.substring(0, index));
 
         if (matcher.matches()) {
             return matcher.group(1);
         } else {
-            getLogger().warn("Unable to get a match with the VPCE endpoint pattern; defaulting the region to us-east-1...");
-            return "us-east-1";
+            getLogger().info("Unable to get a match with the VPCE endpoint pattern; using the configured region: " + configuredRegion);
+            return configuredRegion;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-aws-bundle/nifi-aws-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/aws/sqs/ITPutSQS.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-aws-bundle/nifi-aws-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/aws/sqs/ITPutSQS.java
index 4fd6610663..c7421aab51 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-aws-bundle/nifi-aws-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/aws/sqs/ITPutSQS.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-aws-bundle/nifi-aws-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/aws/sqs/ITPutSQS.java
@@ -19,30 +19,32 @@ package org.apache.nifi.processors.aws.sqs;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.apache.nifi.processors.aws.AbstractAWSProcessor;
+import com.amazonaws.regions.Regions;
+import org.apache.nifi.processors.aws.credentials.provider.factory.CredentialPropertyDescriptors;
 import org.apache.nifi.processors.aws.credentials.provider.service.AWSCredentialsProviderControllerService;
-import org.apache.nifi.processors.aws.sns.PutSNS;
-import org.apache.nifi.util.MockFlowFile;
 import org.apache.nifi.util.TestRunner;
 import org.apache.nifi.util.TestRunners;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-@Ignore("For local testing only - interacts with S3 so the credentials file must be configured and all necessary buckets created")
+@Ignore("For local testing only - interacts with SQS so the credentials file must be configured and all necessary queues created")
 public class ITPutSQS {
 
     private final String CREDENTIALS_FILE = System.getProperty("user.home") + "/aws-credentials.properties";
     private final String QUEUE_URL = "https://sqs.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/100515378163/test-queue-000000000";
+    private final String REGION = Regions.US_WEST_2.getName();
+
+    private final String VPCE_QUEUE_URL = "https://vpce-1234567890abcdefg-12345678.sqs.us-west-2.vpce.amazonaws.com/123456789012/test-queue";
+    private final String VPCE_ENDPOINT_OVERRIDE = "https://vpce-1234567890abcdefg-12345678.sqs.us-west-2.vpce.amazonaws.com";
 
     @Test
     public void testSimplePut() throws IOException {
         final TestRunner runner = TestRunners.newTestRunner(new PutSQS());
-        runner.setProperty(PutSNS.CREDENTIALS_FILE, CREDENTIALS_FILE);
-        runner.setProperty(PutSQS.TIMEOUT, "30 secs");
+        runner.setProperty(PutSQS.CREDENTIALS_FILE, CREDENTIALS_FILE);
+        runner.setProperty(PutSQS.REGION, REGION);
         runner.setProperty(PutSQS.QUEUE_URL, QUEUE_URL);
         Assert.assertTrue(runner.setProperty("x-custom-prop", "hello").isValid());
 
@@ -58,28 +60,45 @@ public class ITPutSQS {
     public void testSimplePutUsingCredentialsProviderService() throws Throwable {
         final TestRunner runner = TestRunners.newTestRunner(new PutSQS());
 
-        runner.setProperty(PutSQS.TIMEOUT, "30 secs");
+        runner.setProperty(PutSQS.REGION, REGION);
         runner.setProperty(PutSQS.QUEUE_URL, QUEUE_URL);
+
         final AWSCredentialsProviderControllerService serviceImpl = new AWSCredentialsProviderControllerService();
-
         runner.addControllerService("awsCredentialsProvider", serviceImpl);
-
-        runner.setProperty(serviceImpl, AbstractAWSProcessor.CREDENTIALS_FILE, CREDENTIALS_FILE);
+        runner.setProperty(serviceImpl, CredentialPropertyDescriptors.CREDENTIALS_FILE, CREDENTIALS_FILE);
         runner.enableControllerService(serviceImpl);
 
         runner.assertValid(serviceImpl);
 
+        runner.setProperty(PutSQS.AWS_CREDENTIALS_PROVIDER_SERVICE, "awsCredentialsProvider");
+
+        runner.assertValid();
+
         final Map<String, String> attrs = new HashMap<>();
         attrs.put("filename", "1.txt");
         runner.enqueue(Paths.get("src/test/resources/hello.txt"), attrs);
-                runner.setProperty(PutSQS.AWS_CREDENTIALS_PROVIDER_SERVICE, "awsCredentialsProvider");
         runner.run(1);
 
-        final List<MockFlowFile> flowFiles = runner.getFlowFilesForRelationship(PutSQS.REL_SUCCESS);
-        for (final MockFlowFile mff : flowFiles) {
-            System.out.println(mff.getAttributes());
-            System.out.println(new String(mff.toByteArray()));
-        }
+        runner.assertAllFlowFilesTransferred(PutSQS.REL_SUCCESS, 1);
+    }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testVpceEndpoint() throws IOException {
+        // additional AWS environment setup for testing VPCE endpoints:
+        //   - create an Interface Endpoint in your VPC for SQS (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/privatelink/vpce-interface.html#create-interface-endpoint)
+        //   - create a Client VPN Endpoint in your VPC (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpn/latest/clientvpn-admin/cvpn-getting-started.html)
+        //         and connect your local machine (running the test) to your VPC via VPN
+        //   - alternatively, the test can be run on an EC2 instance located on the VPC
+
+        final TestRunner runner = TestRunners.newTestRunner(new PutSQS());
+        runner.setProperty(PutSQS.CREDENTIALS_FILE, System.getProperty("user.home") + "/aws-credentials.properties");
+        runner.setProperty(PutSQS.REGION, Regions.US_WEST_2.getName());
+        runner.setProperty(PutSQS.QUEUE_URL, VPCE_QUEUE_URL);
+        runner.setProperty(PutSQS.ENDPOINT_OVERRIDE, VPCE_ENDPOINT_OVERRIDE);
+
+        runner.enqueue(Paths.get("src/test/resources/hello.txt"));
+        runner.run(1);
+
+        runner.assertAllFlowFilesTransferred(PutSQS.REL_SUCCESS, 1);
     }
 }