diff --git a/.github/workflows/ee.yml b/.github/workflows/ee.yml
index 9a1d74c86..2b2675b0c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ee.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ee.yml
@@ -22,14 +22,58 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    name: Build and test EE (Ⓐ${{ matrix.runner_tag }})
+    name: Build and test EE (${{ matrix.name }})
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        runner_tag:
-          - devel
-          - stable-2.12-latest
-          - stable-2.11-latest
-          - stable-2.9-latest
+        name:
+          - ''
+        ansible_core:
+          - ''
+        ansible_runner:
+          - ''
+        base_image:
+          - ''
+        pre_base:
+          - ''
+        extra_vars:
+          - ''
+        other_deps:
+          - ''
+        exclude:
+          - ansible_core: ''
+        include:
+          - name: ansible-core devel @ RHEL UBI 9
+            ansible_core: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/devel.tar.gz
+            ansible_runner: ansible-runner
+            base_image: docker.io/redhat/ubi9:latest
+            pre_base: '"#"'
+          - name: ansible-core 2.15 @ Rocky Linux 9
+            ansible_core: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/stable-2.15.tar.gz
+            ansible_runner: ansible-runner
+            base_image: quay.io/rockylinux/rockylinux:9
+            pre_base: '"#"'
+          - name: ansible-core 2.14 @ CentOS Stream 9
+            ansible_core: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/stable-2.14.tar.gz
+            ansible_runner: ansible-runner
+            base_image: quay.io/centos/centos:stream9
+            pre_base: '"#"'
+          - name: ansible-core 2.13 @ RHEL UBI 8
+            ansible_core: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/stable-2.13.tar.gz
+            ansible_runner: ansible-runner
+            other_deps: |2
+                python_interpreter:
+                  package_system: python39 python39-pip python39-wheel python39-cryptography
+            base_image: docker.io/redhat/ubi8:latest
+            pre_base: '"#"'
+          - name: ansible-core 2.12 @ CentOS Stream 8
+            ansible_core: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/stable-2.12.tar.gz
+            ansible_runner: ansible-runner
+            other_deps: |2
+                python_interpreter:
+                  package_system: python39 python39-pip python39-wheel python39-cryptography
+            base_image: quay.io/centos/centos:stream8
+            pre_base: '"#"'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
@@ -40,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: '3.10'
+          python-version: '3.11'
 
       - name: Install ansible-builder and ansible-navigator
         run: pip install ansible-builder ansible-navigator
@@ -74,11 +118,26 @@ jobs:
           # EE config
           cat > execution-environment.yml <<EOF
           ---
-          version: 1
-          build_arg_defaults:
-            EE_BASE_IMAGE: 'quay.io/ansible/ansible-runner:${{ matrix.runner_tag }}'
+          version: 3
           dependencies:
+            ansible_core:
+              package_pip: ${{ matrix.ansible_core }}
+            ansible_runner:
+              package_pip: ${{ matrix.ansible_runner }}
             galaxy: requirements.yml
+          ${{ matrix.other_deps }}
+
+          images:
+            base_image:
+              name: ${{ matrix.base_image }}
+
+          additional_build_files:
+            - src: ${COLLECTION_FILENAME}
+              dest: src
+
+          additional_build_steps:
+            prepend_base:
+              - ${{ matrix.pre_base }}
           EOF
           echo "::group::execution-environment.yml"
           cat execution-environment.yml
@@ -88,18 +147,19 @@ jobs:
           cat > requirements.yml <<EOF
           ---
           collections:
-            - name: ${COLLECTION_FILENAME}
+            - name: src/${COLLECTION_FILENAME}
               type: file
           EOF
           echo "::group::requirements.yml"
           cat requirements.yml
           echo "::endgroup::"
 
-      - name: Build image based on ${{ matrix.runner_tag }}
+      - name: Build image based on ${{ matrix.base_image }}
         run: |
-          mkdir -p context/_build/
-          cp "${{ env.NAMESPACE }}-${{ env.COLLECTION_NAME }}"-*.tar.gz context/_build/
-          ansible-builder build -v 3 -t test-ee:latest --container-runtime=docker
+          ansible-builder build --verbosity 3 --tag test-ee:latest --container-runtime docker
+
+      - name: Show images
+        run: docker image ls
 
       - name: Make /var/run/docker.sock accessible by everyone
         run: sudo chmod a+rw /var/run/docker.sock
@@ -108,11 +168,12 @@ jobs:
         run: >
           ansible-navigator run
           --mode stdout
-          --pull-policy never
-          --set-environment-variable ANSIBLE_PRIVATE_ROLE_VARS=true
           --container-engine docker
           --container-options=-v --container-options=/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
+          --pull-policy never
+          --set-environment-variable ANSIBLE_PRIVATE_ROLE_VARS=true
           --execution-environment-image test-ee:latest
           -v
           all.yml
+          ${{ matrix.extra_vars }}
         working-directory: ansible_collections/${{ env.NAMESPACE }}/${{ env.COLLECTION_NAME }}/tests/ee