diff --git a/.changelog/3883.txt b/.changelog/3883.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4f6d341f7d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/3883.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+```release-note:bug
+plugin/nomad: Update Nomad task launcher plugin to respect namespace and region
+configs in runner profile
+```
+```release-note:bug
+plugin/nomad-jobspec: Update Nomad jobspec status check to not report partial
+health for deployments with canaries
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/builtin/nomad/jobspec/platform.go b/builtin/nomad/jobspec/platform.go
index d3454b997f0..6c9077ecdc2 100644
--- a/builtin/nomad/jobspec/platform.go
+++ b/builtin/nomad/jobspec/platform.go
@@ -257,6 +257,15 @@ func (p *Platform) resourceJobStatus(
 			}
 		}
 
+		// Need to subtract # of canaries in the update stanza from
+		// "completed". Canary allocs will end up in the "completed"
+		// state after the deployment, and thusly throw off the count
+		// of otherwise "completed" allocs, resulting in a partial
+		// state, when it's actually healthy
+		if complete > 0 {
+			complete = complete - *job.Update.Canary
+		}
+
 		if running == currentJobVersionAllocs && hasSquashedEvals == false {
 			jobResource.Health = sdk.StatusReport_READY
 			jobResource.HealthMessage = fmt.Sprintf("Job %q is reporting ready!", state.Name)
diff --git a/builtin/nomad/task.go b/builtin/nomad/task.go
index 4fa10ba2f65..4151862c039 100644
--- a/builtin/nomad/task.go
+++ b/builtin/nomad/task.go
@@ -271,7 +271,11 @@ func (p *TaskLauncher) StartTask(
 	job.TaskGroups[0].Tasks[0].Config = config
 
 	log.Debug("registering on-demand task job", "task-name", taskName)
-	_, _, err = jobclient.Register(job, nil)
+	writeOptions := &api.WriteOptions{
+		Region:    p.config.Region,
+		Namespace: p.config.Namespace,
+	}
+	_, _, err = jobclient.Register(job, writeOptions)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Debug("failed to register job to nomad")
 		return nil, err