diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/only_latest_easystacks.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/only_latest_easystacks.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c78829e724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/only_latest_easystacks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+EESSI_VERSION=${EESSI_VERSION:-"2023.06"}
+
+directory="easystacks/software.eessi.io/${EESSI_VERSION}"
+# List of example filenames
+files=($(ls "$directory"/*.yml))
+[ -n "$DEBUG" ] && echo "${files[@]}"
+
+versions=()
+# Loop over each filename
+for filename in "${files[@]}"; do
+    # Extract the semantic version using grep
+    version=$(echo "$filename" | grep -oP '(?<=eb-)\d+\.\d+\.\d+?(?=-)')
+    
+    # Output the result
+    [ -n "$DEBUG" ] && echo "Filename: $filename"
+    [ -n "$DEBUG" ] && echo "Extracted version: $version"
+    [ -n "$DEBUG" ] && echo
+    versions+=("$version")
+done
+highest_version=$(printf "%s\n" "${versions[@]}" | sort -V | tail -n 1)
+
+[ -n "$DEBUG" ] && echo "Highest version: $highest_version"
+[ -n "$DEBUG" ] && echo
+[ -n "$DEBUG" ] && echo "Matching files:"
+all_latest_easystacks=($(find $directory -type f -name "*eb-$highest_version*.yml"))
+
+accel_latest_easystacks=()
+cpu_latest_easystacks=()
+
+# Loop through the array and split based on partial matching of string
+accel="/accel/"
+for item in "${all_latest_easystacks[@]}"; do
+  if [[ "$item" == *"$accel"* ]]; then
+    accel_latest_easystacks+=("$item")
+  else
+    cpu_latest_easystacks+=("$item")
+  fi
+done
+
+# Output the results
+[ -n "$ACCEL_EASYSTACKS" ] && echo "${accel_latest_easystacks[@]}" || echo "${cpu_latest_easystacks[@]}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-software.eessi.io.yml b/.github/workflows/test-software.eessi.io.yml
index 6f592cf4c4..525e16f99d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-software.eessi.io.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-software.eessi.io.yml
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ jobs:
               env | grep ^EESSI | sort
 
               # first check the CPU-only builds for this CPU target
-              echo "just run check_missing_installations.sh (should use easystacks/software.eessi.io/${{matrix.EESSI_VERSION}}/eessi-${{matrix.EESSI_VERSION}}-*.yml)"
-              for easystack_file in $(ls easystacks/software.eessi.io/${{matrix.EESSI_VERSION}}/eessi-${{matrix.EESSI_VERSION}}-eb-*.yml); do
+              echo "just run check_missing_installations.sh (should use easystacks/software.eessi.io/${{matrix.EESSI_VERSION}}/eessi-${{matrix.EESSI_VERSION}}-*.yml with latest EasyBuild release)"
+              for easystack_file in $(EESSI_VERSION=${{matrix.EESSI_VERSION}} .github/workflows/scripts/only_latest_easystacks.sh); do
                   if [ ${{matrix.EESSI_SOFTWARE_SUBDIR_OVERRIDE}} = "x86_64/amd/zen4" ]; then
                       if grep -q 2022b <<<"${easystack_file}"; then
                           # skip the check of installed software on zen4 for foss/2022b builds
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
                   for accel in ${accelerators}; do
                       module use ${EESSI_SOFTWARE_PATH}/accel/${accel}/modules/all
                       echo "checking missing installations for accelerator ${accel} using modulepath: ${MODULEPATH}"
-                      for easystack_file in $(ls easystacks/software.eessi.io/${{matrix.EESSI_VERSION}}/accel/$(dirname ${accel})/eessi-${{matrix.EESSI_VERSION}}-eb-*.yml); do
+                      for easystack_file in $(EESSI_VERSION=${{matrix.EESSI_VERSION}} ACCEL_EASYSTACKS=1 .github/workflows/scripts/only_latest_easystacks.sh); do
                           echo "check missing installations for ${easystack_file}..."
                           ./check_missing_installations.sh ${easystack_file}
                           ec=$?
diff --git a/check_missing_installations.sh b/check_missing_installations.sh
index 280de294af..7edd2ebb39 100755
--- a/check_missing_installations.sh
+++ b/check_missing_installations.sh
@@ -25,16 +25,17 @@ easystack=$1
 
 LOCAL_TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
 
+# ~~No longer required as we use from-commit as of EB 4.9.something~~
 # Clone the develop branch of EasyBuild and use that to search for easyconfigs
-
-if [[ -z ${EASYBUILD_ROBOT_PATHS} ]]; then
-    git clone -b develop https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs.git $LOCAL_TMPDIR/easyconfigs
-    export EASYBUILD_ROBOT_PATHS=$LOCAL_TMPDIR/easyconfigs/easybuild/easyconfigs
-fi
-
+#
+#if [[ -z ${EASYBUILD_ROBOT_PATHS} ]]; then
+#    git clone -b develop https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs.git $LOCAL_TMPDIR/easyconfigs
+#    export EASYBUILD_ROBOT_PATHS=$LOCAL_TMPDIR/easyconfigs/easybuild/easyconfigs
+#fi
+#
 # All PRs used in EESSI are supposed to be merged, so we can strip out all cases of from-pr
-tmp_easystack=${LOCAL_TMPDIR}/$(basename ${easystack})
-grep -v from-pr ${easystack} > ${tmp_easystack}
+# tmp_easystack=${LOCAL_TMPDIR}/$(basename ${easystack})
+# grep -v from-pr ${easystack} > ${tmp_easystack}
 
 source $TOPDIR/scripts/utils.sh