diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/athena/start-query-execution.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/athena/start-query-execution.ts
index 9918535134c67..0973734194573 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/athena/start-query-execution.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/lib/athena/start-query-execution.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ export class AthenaStartQueryExecution extends sfn.TaskStateBase {
         resources: [
           this.props.resultConfiguration?.outputLocation?.bucketName
             ? cdk.Stack.of(this).formatArn({
+              // S3 Bucket names are globally unique in a partition,
+              // and so their ARNs have empty region and account components
+              region: '',
+              account: '',
               service: 's3',
               resource: this.props.resultConfiguration?.outputLocation?.bucketName,
               resourceName: this.props.resultConfiguration?.outputLocation?.objectKey,
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/test/athena/start-query-execution.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/test/athena/start-query-execution.test.ts
index 6b3c24b62a045..5efe5525e9a99 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/test/athena/start-query-execution.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/test/athena/start-query-execution.test.ts
@@ -216,15 +216,7 @@ describe('Start Query Execution', () => {
                   {
                     Ref: 'AWS::Partition',
                   },
-                  ':s3:',
-                  {
-                    Ref: 'AWS::Region',
-                  },
-                  ':',
-                  {
-                    Ref: 'AWS::AccountId',
-                  },
-                  ':query-results-bucket/folder',
+                  ':s3:::query-results-bucket/folder',
                 ],
               ],
             },