diff --git a/EESSI-install-software.sh b/EESSI-install-software.sh
index c491819..f568c35 100755
--- a/EESSI-install-software.sh
+++ b/EESSI-install-software.sh
@@ -183,6 +183,20 @@ else
     fatal_error "Failed to initialize Lmod?! (see output in ${ml_version_out}"
 fi
 
+# install any additional required scripts
+# order is important: these are needed to install a full CUDA SDK in host_injections
+# for now, this just reinstalls all scripts. Note the most elegant, but works
+
+# the install_scripts.sh script relies on knowing the location of the PR diff
+# assume there's only one diff file that corresponds to the PR patch file
+pr_diff=$(ls [0-9]*.diff | head -1)
+export PR_DIFF="$PWD/$pr_diff"
+
+# Only run install_scripts.sh if not in dev.eessi.io for security
+if [[ -z ${EESSI_DEV_PROJECT} ]]; then
+    ${TOPDIR}/install_scripts.sh --prefix ${EESSI_CVMFS_REPO}/versions/${EESSI_VERSION} --eessi-version ${EESSI_VERSION}
+fi
+
 # Make sure we start with no modules and clean $MODULEPATH
 echo ">> Setting up \$MODULEPATH..."
 module --force purge
@@ -238,20 +252,6 @@ if [ ! -f ${_lmod_sitepackage_file} ]; then
     python3 ${TOPDIR}/create_lmodsitepackage.py ${_eessi_software_path}
 fi
 
-# install any additional required scripts
-# order is important: these are needed to install a full CUDA SDK in host_injections
-# for now, this just reinstalls all scripts. Note the most elegant, but works
-
-# the install_scripts.sh script relies on knowing the location of the PR diff
-# assume there's only one diff file that corresponds to the PR patch file
-pr_diff=$(ls [0-9]*.diff | head -1)
-export PR_DIFF="$PWD/$pr_diff"
-
-# Only run install_scripts.sh if not in dev.eessi.io for security
-if [[ -z ${EESSI_DEV_PROJECT} ]]; then
-    ${TOPDIR}/install_scripts.sh --prefix ${EESSI_PREFIX}
-fi
-
 echo ">> Configuring EasyBuild..."
 
 # Make sure EESSI-extend is not loaded, and configure location variables for a
diff --git a/init/modules/EESSI/2023.06.lua b/init/modules/EESSI/2023.06.lua
index 7ebb26a..0d82090 100644
--- a/init/modules/EESSI/2023.06.lua
+++ b/init/modules/EESSI/2023.06.lua
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ More information
 whatis("Description: The European Environment for Scientific Software Installations (EESSI, pronounced as easy) is a collaboration between different European partners in HPC community. The goal of this project is to build a common stack of scientific software installations for HPC systems and beyond, including laptops, personal workstations and cloud infrastructure.")
 whatis("URL: https://www.eessi.io/docs/")
 conflict("EESSI")
+-- this is a version-agnostic module file, works for EESSI/2023.06, EESSI/2025.06, etc.
 local eessi_version = myModuleVersion()
 local eessi_repo = "/cvmfs/software.eessi.io"
 if (subprocess("uname -m"):gsub("\n$","") == "riscv64") then
diff --git a/init/modules/EESSI/2025.06.lua b/init/modules/EESSI/2025.06.lua
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..cbf80d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/init/modules/EESSI/2025.06.lua
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2023.06.lua
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/install_scripts.sh b/install_scripts.sh
index cbe9bdb..b366df1 100755
--- a/install_scripts.sh
+++ b/install_scripts.sh
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ POSITIONAL_ARGS=()
 
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
   case $1 in
+    --eessi-version)
+      EESSI_VERSION="$2"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
     -p|--prefix)
       INSTALL_PREFIX="$2"
       shift 2
@@ -149,6 +153,16 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
   esac
 done
 
+if [ -z "${INSTALL_PREFIX}" ]; then
+    echo "EESSI prefix not specified, you must use --prefix" >&2
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${EESSI_VERSION}" ]; then
+    echo "EESSI version not specified, you must use --eessi-version" >&2
+    exit 3
+fi
+
 set -- "${POSITIONAL_ARGS[@]}"
 
 TOPDIR=$(dirname $(realpath $0))
@@ -175,7 +189,7 @@ copy_files_by_list ${TOPDIR}/init/Magic_Castle ${INSTALL_PREFIX}/init/Magic_Cast
 
 # Copy for init/modules/EESSI directory
 mc_files=(
-   2023.06.lua
+   ${EESSI_VERSION}.lua
 )
 copy_files_by_list ${TOPDIR}/init/modules/EESSI ${INSTALL_PREFIX}/init/modules/EESSI "${mc_files[@]}"