diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8c04f1abc..bf47e527b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 ## 6.5.3
 ### Fixes
+- `ionoslcoud_logging_pipeline` - `location` should be optional with `de/txl` default. Upgrading should not break existing pipelines.
 - Fix DBaaS tests
 
 ## 6.5.2
 ### Features
 - support for all s3 resources configurations
-
-
-## 6.5.1
-### Features
 - Add `location` to `logging_pipeline` resource and data source
 ### Fixes
 - Fix nil deref due to `GeoRestrictions` not being checked against nil
diff --git a/docs/data-sources/logging_pipeline.md b/docs/data-sources/logging_pipeline.md
index 24459ce66..cde3b2c84 100644
--- a/docs/data-sources/logging_pipeline.md
+++ b/docs/data-sources/logging_pipeline.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ If a single match is found, it will be returned. If your search results in multi
 ### By ID
 ```hcl
 data "ionoscloud_logging_pipeline" "example" {
+  location = "de/txl"
   id = <pipeline_id>
 }
 ```
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ data "ionoscloud_logging_pipeline" "example" {
 ```
 
 ## Argument reference
-* `location` - (Required)[string] The location of the Logging pipeline. One of `de/fra`, `de/txl`, `gb/lhr`, `es/vit`, `fr/par`.
+* `location` - (Optional)[string] The location of the Logging pipeline. Default: `de/txl`. One of `de/fra`, `de/txl`, `gb/lhr`, `es/vit`, `fr/par`.
 * `id` - (Optional)[string] The ID of the Logging pipeline you want to search for.
 * `name` - (Optional)[string] The name of the Logging pipeline you want to search for.
 
diff --git a/docs/resources/logging_pipeline.md b/docs/resources/logging_pipeline.md
index 749909e4c..5ee6250fc 100644
--- a/docs/resources/logging_pipeline.md
+++ b/docs/resources/logging_pipeline.md
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ terraform apply -var-file="vars.tfvars"
 
 ## Argument reference
 
-* `location` - (Required)[string] The location of the Logging pipeline. One of `de/fra`, `de/txl`, `gb/lhr`, `es/vit`, `fr/par`.
+* `location` - (Optional)[string] The location of the Logging pipeline. Default: `de/txl` One of `de/fra`, `de/txl`, `gb/lhr`, `es/vit`, `fr/par`.
 * `name` - (Required)[string] The name of the Logging pipeline.
 * `grafana_address` - (Computed)[string] The address of the client's grafana instance.
 * `log` - (Required)[list] Pipeline logs, a list that contains elements with the following structure:
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ In order to import a Logging pipeline, you can define an empty Logging pipeline
 
 ```hcl
 resource "ionoscloud_logging_pipeline" "example" {
-  
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/ionoscloud/data_source_logging_pipeline.go b/ionoscloud/data_source_logging_pipeline.go
index 784d4cf0b..1e391d2f4 100644
--- a/ionoscloud/data_source_logging_pipeline.go
+++ b/ionoscloud/data_source_logging_pipeline.go
@@ -20,9 +20,17 @@ func dataSourceLoggingPipeline() *schema.Resource {
 		ReadContext: dataSourcePipelineRead,
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 			"location": {
-				Type:             schema.TypeString,
-				Description:      fmt.Sprintf("The location of your logging pipeline. Supported locations: %s", strings.Join(loggingService.AvailableLocations, ", ")),
-				Required:         true,
+				Type:        schema.TypeString,
+				Description: fmt.Sprintf("The location of your logging pipeline. Default: de/txl. Supported locations: %s", strings.Join(loggingService.AvailableLocations, ", ")),
+				Optional:    true,
+				Default:     "de/txl",
+				// no diff in case it moves from "" to de/txl since it's an upgrade from when we had no location
+				DiffSuppressFunc: func(_, old, new string, _ *schema.ResourceData) bool {
+					if old == "" && new == "de/txl" {
+						return true
+					}
+					return false
+				},
 				ValidateDiagFunc: validation.ToDiagFunc(validation.StringInSlice(loggingService.AvailableLocations, false)),
 			},
 			"id": {
diff --git a/ionoscloud/resource_logging_pipeline.go b/ionoscloud/resource_logging_pipeline.go
index d0b247a63..cd2857dd9 100644
--- a/ionoscloud/resource_logging_pipeline.go
+++ b/ionoscloud/resource_logging_pipeline.go
@@ -27,10 +27,18 @@ func resourceLoggingPipeline() *schema.Resource {
 		},
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 			"location": {
-				Type:             schema.TypeString,
-				Description:      fmt.Sprintf("The location of your logging pipeline. Default: de/txl. Supported locations: %s", strings.Join(logging.AvailableLocations, ", ")),
-				Required:         true,
-				ForceNew:         true,
+				Type:        schema.TypeString,
+				Description: fmt.Sprintf("The location of your logging pipeline. Default: de/txl. Supported locations: %s", strings.Join(logging.AvailableLocations, ", ")),
+				Optional:    true,
+				Default:     logging.DefaultLocation,
+				ForceNew:    true,
+				// no diff in case it moves from "" to de/txl since it's an upgrade from when we had no location
+				DiffSuppressFunc: func(_, old, new string, _ *schema.ResourceData) bool {
+					if old == "" && new == logging.DefaultLocation {
+						return true
+					}
+					return false
+				},
 				ValidateDiagFunc: validation.ToDiagFunc(validation.StringInSlice(logging.AvailableLocations, false)),
 			},
 			"name": {
@@ -116,8 +124,10 @@ func pipelineCreate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{
 func pipelineRead(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) diag.Diagnostics {
 	client := meta.(services.SdkBundle).LoggingClient
 	pipelineID := d.Id()
-	location := d.Get("location").(string)
-
+	location := logging.DefaultLocation
+	if newLocation, ok := d.GetOk("location"); ok {
+		location = newLocation.(string)
+	}
 	pipeline, apiResponse, err := client.GetPipelineByID(ctx, location, pipelineID)
 	if err != nil {
 		if apiResponse.HttpNotFound() {
diff --git a/services/logging/client.go b/services/logging/client.go
index f9a70e56a..8430b5e18 100644
--- a/services/logging/client.go
+++ b/services/logging/client.go
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ func NewClient(username, password, token, url, terraformVersion string) *Client
 }
 
 func (c *Client) changeConfigURL(location string) {
+	if location == "" {
+		location = DefaultLocation
+	}
 	config := c.sdkClient.GetConfig()
 	config.Servers = shared.ServerConfigurations{
 		{
@@ -44,6 +47,8 @@ func (c *Client) changeConfigURL(location string) {
 var (
 	// AvailableLocations is a list of available locations
 	AvailableLocations = []string{"de/fra", "de/txl", "es/vit", "gb/lhr", "fr/par"}
+	// DefaultLocation is the default logging pipeline location
+	DefaultLocation = "de/txl"
 
 	locationToURL = map[string]string{
 		"de/fra": "https://logging.de-fra.ionos.com",