diff --git a/modules/instance_template/README.md b/modules/instance_template/README.md
index 0127382c..5d3dd7a9 100644
--- a/modules/instance_template/README.md
+++ b/modules/instance_template/README.md
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ See the [simple](../../examples/instance_template/simple) for a usage example.
 | nic\_type | Valid values are "VIRTIO\_NET", "GVNIC" or set to null to accept API default behavior. | `string` | `null` | no |
 | on\_host\_maintenance | Instance availability Policy | `string` | `"MIGRATE"` | no |
 | preemptible | Allow the instance to be preempted | `bool` | `false` | no |
-| project\_id | The GCP project ID | `string` | `null` | no |
-| region | Region where the instance template should be created. | `string` | `null` | no |
+| project\_id | The GCP project ID | `string` | n/a | yes |
+| region | Region where the instance template should be created. | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | resource\_policies | A list of self\_links of resource policies to attach to the instance. Modifying this list will cause the instance to recreate. Currently a max of 1 resource policy is supported. | `list(string)` | `[]` | no |
 | service\_account | Service account to attach to the instance. See https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/google/r/compute_instance_template#service_account. | <pre>object({<br>    email  = string<br>    scopes = optional(set(string), ["cloud-platform"])<br>  })</pre> | n/a | yes |
 | shielded\_instance\_config | Not used unless enable\_shielded\_vm is true. Shielded VM configuration for the instance. | <pre>object({<br>    enable_secure_boot          = bool<br>    enable_vtpm                 = bool<br>    enable_integrity_monitoring = bool<br>  })</pre> | <pre>{<br>  "enable_integrity_monitoring": true,<br>  "enable_secure_boot": true,<br>  "enable_vtpm": true<br>}</pre> | no |
diff --git a/modules/instance_template/metadata.yaml b/modules/instance_template/metadata.yaml
index 4064f403..ba72ce94 100644
--- a/modules/instance_template/metadata.yaml
+++ b/modules/instance_template/metadata.yaml
@@ -83,9 +83,11 @@ spec:
       - name: project_id
         description: The GCP project ID
         varType: string
+        required: true
       - name: region
         description: Region where the instance template should be created.
         varType: string
+        required: true
       - name: name_prefix
         description: Name prefix for the instance template
         varType: string
diff --git a/modules/instance_template/variables.tf b/modules/instance_template/variables.tf
index a7162fcb..f15468df 100644
--- a/modules/instance_template/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/instance_template/variables.tf
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
 variable "project_id" {
   type        = string
   description = "The GCP project ID"
-  default     = null
 }
 
 variable "region" {
   type        = string
   description = "Region where the instance template should be created."
-  default     = null
 }
 
 variable "name_prefix" {