diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
index aab2c59f8..9843e0b23 100644
--- a/conftest.py
+++ b/conftest.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from collections.abc import Generator
 import gzip
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
+import re
 import tempfile
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -20,8 +21,25 @@ except ModuleNotFoundError:
 
 
 env_test_path = Path(__file__).parent / ".env.test"
-load_dotenv(env_test_path, override=True)
-load_dotenv(override=True)
+
+load_dotenv(env_test_path, override=False)
+load_dotenv(override=False)
+
+BEDROCK_HOST_PLACEHOLDER = "bedrock-runtime.vcr.amazonaws.com"
+_BEDROCK_HOST_RE = re.compile(r"^bedrock-runtime\.[a-z0-9-]+\.amazonaws\.com$")
+
+
+def _normalize_bedrock_host(host: str) -> str:
+    if _BEDROCK_HOST_RE.match(host):
+        return BEDROCK_HOST_PLACEHOLDER
+    return host
+
+
+def bedrock_host_matcher(r1: Request, r2: Request) -> bool:  # type: ignore[no-any-unimported]
+    """Match Bedrock requests across AWS regions (CI uses us-east-1, local may use us-west-2)."""
+    return _normalize_bedrock_host(r1.host or "") == _normalize_bedrock_host(
+        r2.host or ""
+    )
 
 
 def _patched_make_vcr_request(httpx_request: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
@@ -213,6 +231,10 @@ def _filter_request_headers(request: Request) -> Request:  # type: ignore[no-any
         placeholder_host = "fake-azure-endpoint.openai.azure.com"
         request.uri = request.uri.replace(original_host, placeholder_host)
 
+    # Normalize Bedrock regional endpoints so cassettes work in any AWS region.
+    if request.host and _BEDROCK_HOST_RE.match(request.host):
+        request.uri = request.uri.replace(request.host, BEDROCK_HOST_PLACEHOLDER)
+
     return request
 
 
@@ -230,6 +252,11 @@ def _filter_response_headers(response: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
     if body == "" or body == b"" or content_length == ["0"]:
         return None
 
+    status_code = response.get("status", {}).get("code")
+    if isinstance(status_code, int) and status_code >= 400:
+        # Avoid persisting auth/model errors when re-recording without valid AWS creds.
+        return None
+
     for encoding_header in ["Content-Encoding", "content-encoding"]:
         if encoding_header in headers:
             encoding = headers.pop(encoding_header)
@@ -280,6 +307,11 @@ def vcr_cassette_dir(request: Any) -> str:
     return str(cassette_dir)
 
 
+def pytest_recording_configure(vcr: Any, config: Any) -> None:
+    """Register custom VCR matchers for each test cassette session."""
+    vcr.register_matcher("bedrock_host", bedrock_host_matcher)
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
 def vcr_config(vcr_cassette_dir: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
     """Configure VCR with organized cassette storage."""
@@ -290,7 +322,7 @@ def vcr_config(vcr_cassette_dir: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
         "before_record_request": _filter_request_headers,
         "before_record_response": _filter_response_headers,
         "filter_query_parameters": ["key"],
-        "match_on": ["method", "scheme", "host", "port", "path"],
+        "match_on": ["method", "scheme", "bedrock_host", "port", "path"],
     }
 
     if os.getenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS") == "true":
diff --git a/lib/crewai/tests/cassettes/llms/TestBedrockMultimodalIntegration.test_analyze_pdf.yaml b/lib/crewai/tests/cassettes/llms/TestBedrockMultimodalIntegration.test_analyze_pdf.yaml
index 808af4485..c6634a115 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/tests/cassettes/llms/TestBedrockMultimodalIntegration.test_analyze_pdf.yaml
+++ b/lib/crewai/tests/cassettes/llms/TestBedrockMultimodalIntegration.test_analyze_pdf.yaml
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ interactions:
       x-amz-security-token:
       - X-AMZ-SECURITY-TOKEN-XXX
     method: POST
-    uri: https://bedrock-runtime.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/model/us.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-6/converse
+    uri: https://bedrock-runtime.vcr.amazonaws.com/model/us.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-6/converse
   response:
     body:
-      string: '{"metrics":{"latencyMs":2109},"output":{"message":{"content":[{"text":"Blank"}],"role":"assistant"}},"stopReason":"end_turn","usage":{"cacheReadInputTokenCount":0,"cacheReadInputTokens":0,"cacheWriteInputTokenCount":0,"cacheWriteInputTokens":0,"inputTokens":1606,"outputTokens":5,"serverToolUsage":{},"totalTokens":1611}}'
+      string: '{"metrics":{"latencyMs":2732},"output":{"message":{"content":[{"text":"Blank"}],"role":"assistant"}},"stopReason":"end_turn","usage":{"cacheReadInputTokenCount":0,"cacheReadInputTokens":0,"cacheWriteInputTokenCount":0,"cacheWriteInputTokens":0,"inputTokens":1606,"outputTokens":5,"serverToolUsage":{},"totalTokens":1611}}'
     headers:
       Connection:
       - keep-alive
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ interactions:
       Content-Type:
       - application/json
       Date:
-      - Tue, 26 May 2026 17:06:30 GMT
+      - Tue, 26 May 2026 17:34:51 GMT
       x-amzn-RequestId:
       - X-AMZN-REQUESTID-XXX
     status: