diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ebb3c70f..579d0a34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ on:
       - 'releases/*'
 
 jobs:
+  find-latest-release:
+    uses: lf-lang/lingua-franca/.github/workflows/latest-release.yml@master
+    
   check-compile:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: find-latest-release
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Set up Java 17
@@ -28,8 +32,11 @@ jobs:
           check_mode: "compile"
           no_compile_flag: false
           exclude_dirs: '["failing", "experiments"]'
+          compiler_ref: ${{ needs.find-latest-release.outputs.ref }}
+
   check-format:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: find-latest-release
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Set up Java 17
@@ -41,3 +48,4 @@ jobs:
         with:
           check_mode: "format"
           exclude_dirs: '["failing", "experiments"]'
+          compiler_ref: ${{ needs.find-latest-release.outputs.ref }}
diff --git a/utils/scripts/setup-env.bash b/utils/scripts/setup-env.bash
index 58a802ae..0eeee5a5 100644
--- a/utils/scripts/setup-env.bash
+++ b/utils/scripts/setup-env.bash
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ done
 
 # Install dependencies
 sudo apt-get update
-## Setup C, C++, Python, Rust, protobuf, gRPC
+## Setup C, C++, Python, Rust, protobuf, gRPC, gnuplot
 sudo apt-get install --assume-yes \
     build-essential \
     python3 python3-dev python3-pip \
     rustc cargo \
     libprotobuf-dev libprotobuf-c-dev protobuf-c-compiler protobuf-compiler python3-protobuf \
-    protobuf-compiler-grpc libgrpc-dev libgrpc++-dev
+    protobuf-compiler-grpc libgrpc-dev libgrpc++-dev gnuplot
     
 python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
 # Install python dependencies and