diff --git a/test/collection/test_config.py b/test/collection/test_config.py
index 99e354c1a..d99045663 100644
--- a/test/collection/test_config.py
+++ b/test/collection/test_config.py
@@ -1022,6 +1022,42 @@ def test_config_with_vectorizer_and_properties(
             }
         },
     ),
+    (
+        Configure.Generative.google_vertex(project_id="project"),
+        {
+            "generative-palm": {
+                "projectId": "project",
+            }
+        },
+    ),
+    (
+        Configure.Generative.google_vertex(
+            project_id="project",
+            api_endpoint="https://api.google.com",
+            region="europe-west4",
+            location="europe-west4",
+            max_output_tokens=100,
+            model_id="model",
+            endpoint_id="endpoint",
+            temperature=0.5,
+            top_k=10,
+            top_p=0.5,
+        ),
+        {
+            "generative-palm": {
+                "projectId": "project",
+                "apiEndpoint": "https://api.google.com",
+                "region": "europe-west4",
+                "location": "europe-west4",
+                "maxOutputTokens": 100,
+                "modelId": "model",
+                "endpointId": "endpoint",
+                "temperature": 0.5,
+                "topK": 10,
+                "topP": 0.5,
+            }
+        },
+    ),
     (
         Configure.Generative.aws(
             model="cohere.command-light-text-v14",
diff --git a/weaviate/collections/classes/config.py b/weaviate/collections/classes/config.py
index 19396a7fc..bf9f62604 100644
--- a/weaviate/collections/classes/config.py
+++ b/weaviate/collections/classes/config.py
@@ -575,6 +575,7 @@ class _GenerativeGoogleConfig(_GenerativeProvider):
     apiEndpoint: Optional[str]
     endpointId: Optional[str]
     region: Optional[str]
+    location: Optional[str]
     maxOutputTokens: Optional[int]
     modelId: Optional[str]
     projectId: str
@@ -1082,6 +1083,7 @@ def palm(
         return _GenerativeGoogleConfig(
             apiEndpoint=api_endpoint,
             region=None,
+            location=None,
             maxOutputTokens=max_output_tokens,
             modelId=model_id,
             projectId=project_id,
@@ -1124,6 +1126,7 @@ def google(
         return _GenerativeGoogleConfig(
             apiEndpoint=api_endpoint,
             region=None,
+            location=None,
             maxOutputTokens=max_output_tokens,
             modelId=model_id,
             projectId=project_id,
@@ -1141,6 +1144,7 @@ def google_vertex(
         project_id: str,
         api_endpoint: Optional[str] = None,
         region: Optional[str] = None,
+        location: Optional[str] = None,
         max_output_tokens: Optional[int] = None,
         model_id: Optional[str] = None,
         endpoint_id: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -1157,6 +1161,7 @@ def google_vertex(
             project_id: The Google Vertex project ID to use.
             api_endpoint: The API endpoint to use without a leading scheme such as `http://`. Defaults to `None`, which uses the server-defined default
             region: The region to use. Defaults to `None`, which uses the server-defined default
+            location: The location to use. Defaults to `None`, which uses the server-defined default of `us-central1`
             max_output_tokens: The maximum number of tokens to generate. Defaults to `None`, which uses the server-defined default
             model_id: The model ID to use. Defaults to `None`, which uses the server-defined default
             endpoint_id: The endpoint ID to use. Defaults to `None`, which uses the server-defined default
@@ -1167,6 +1172,7 @@ def google_vertex(
         return _GenerativeGoogleConfig(
             apiEndpoint=api_endpoint,
             region=region,
+            location=location,
             maxOutputTokens=max_output_tokens,
             modelId=model_id,
             projectId=project_id,
@@ -1202,6 +1208,7 @@ def google_gemini(
         return _GenerativeGoogleConfig(
             apiEndpoint=None,
             region=None,
+            location=None,
             maxOutputTokens=max_output_tokens,
             modelId=model,
             projectId="",