diff --git a/services/catalog/src/simcore_service_catalog/db/repositories/_services_sql.py b/services/catalog/src/simcore_service_catalog/db/repositories/_services_sql.py
index a09d2ef510b6..18dde513e9b8 100644
--- a/services/catalog/src/simcore_service_catalog/db/repositories/_services_sql.py
+++ b/services/catalog/src/simcore_service_catalog/db/repositories/_services_sql.py
@@ -211,3 +211,34 @@ def list_services_with_history_stmt(
             )
         ).label("history"),
     ).group_by(subquery.c.key)
+
+
+def list_services_stmt2():
+    # Subquery to get the latest version for each key
+    subquery = sa.select(
+        services_meta_data.c.key,
+        services_meta_data.c.version,
+        services_meta_data.c.description,
+        func.row_number()
+        .over(
+            partition_by=services_meta_data.c.key,
+            order_by=sa.desc(_version(services_meta_data.c.version)),
+        )
+        .label("row_num"),
+    ).alias("s")
+
+    return (
+        sa.select(
+            subquery.c.key,
+            subquery.c.description,
+            func.array_agg(services_meta_data.c.version).label("history"),
+        )
+        .select_from(
+            subquery.join(
+                services_meta_data, subquery.c.key == services_meta_data.c.key
+            )
+        )
+        .where(subquery.c.row_num == 1)
+        .group_by(subquery.c.key, subquery.c.description)
+        .order_by(subquery.c.key)
+    )
diff --git a/services/catalog/tests/unit/with_dbs/test_db_repositories.py b/services/catalog/tests/unit/with_dbs/test_db_repositories.py
index ef3f29e235ab..c11970179db2 100644
--- a/services/catalog/tests/unit/with_dbs/test_db_repositories.py
+++ b/services/catalog/tests/unit/with_dbs/test_db_repositories.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from simcore_service_catalog.db.repositories._services_sql import (
     AccessRightsClauses,
     batch_get_services_stmt,
+    list_services_stmt2,
     list_services_with_history_stmt,
     total_count_stmt,
 )
@@ -383,3 +384,7 @@ def test_services_sql_statements():
         ],
     )
     print(as_postgres_sql_query_str(stmt))
+
+    print(f"{list_services_stmt2.__name__:*^100}")
+    stmt = list_services_stmt2()
+    print(as_postgres_sql_query_str(stmt))