diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_eessi.yml b/.github/workflows/test_eessi.yml
index 832d4cf74f..64269d2982 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_eessi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_eessi.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         - eessi-2023.06-eb-4.7.2-system.yml
         - eessi-2023.06-eb-4.8.0-system.yml
         - eessi-2023.06-eb-4.8.1-2022a.yml
+        - eessi-2023.06-eb-4.8.1-system.yml
     steps:
         - name: Check out software-layer repository
           uses: actions/checkout@93ea575cb5d8a053eaa0ac8fa3b40d7e05a33cc8 # v3.1.0
diff --git a/eessi-2023.06-eb-4.8.1-2022a.yml b/eessi-2023.06-eb-4.8.1-2022a.yml
index f8caa95a54..b1bbe71da7 100644
--- a/eessi-2023.06-eb-4.8.1-2022a.yml
+++ b/eessi-2023.06-eb-4.8.1-2022a.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ easyconfigs:
   - Bowtie2-2.4.5-GCC-11.3.0.eb
   - FastTree-2.1.11-GCCcore-11.3.0.eb
   - SAMtools-1.16.1-GCC-11.3.0.eb
-  # wraps around Java/11.0.20
-  - Java-11.eb
   - gzip-1.12-GCCcore-11.3.0.eb
   - lz4-1.9.3-GCCcore-11.3.0.eb
   - zstd-1.5.2-GCCcore-11.3.0.eb
diff --git a/eessi-2023.06-eb-4.8.1-system.yml b/eessi-2023.06-eb-4.8.1-system.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb3f7af4cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eessi-2023.06-eb-4.8.1-system.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+easyconfigs:
+  # wraps around Java/11.0.20
+  - Java-11.eb