diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SciPy-bundle/SciPy-bundle-2023.12-iimkl-2023b.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SciPy-bundle/SciPy-bundle-2023.11-iimkl-2023b.eb
similarity index 98%
rename from easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SciPy-bundle/SciPy-bundle-2023.12-iimkl-2023b.eb
rename to easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SciPy-bundle/SciPy-bundle-2023.11-iimkl-2023b.eb
index 5a8373ea0998..2a4b77fcaae4 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SciPy-bundle/SciPy-bundle-2023.12-iimkl-2023b.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SciPy-bundle/SciPy-bundle-2023.11-iimkl-2023b.eb
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 easyblock = 'PythonBundle'
 
 name = 'SciPy-bundle'
-version = '2023.12'
+# using 2023.11 as version to keep it aligned with gfbf/2023b version
+version = '2023.11'
 
 homepage = 'https://python.org/'
 description = "Bundle of Python packages for scientific software"