diff --git a/.ci/start_mapdl.sh b/.ci/start_mapdl.sh
index 26962a8557..68d028c4a4 100755
--- a/.ci/start_mapdl.sh
+++ b/.ci/start_mapdl.sh
@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@ export VERSION="$MAJOR$MINOR"
 echo "MAPDL VERSION: $VERSION"
 
 
-if [[ $MAPDL_VERSION == *"ubuntu"* ]] ; then
-    echo "It is an ubuntu based image"
-    export EXEC_PATH=/ansys_inc/v$VERSION/ansys/bin/mapdl
-    export P_SCHEMA=/ansys_inc/v$VERSION/ansys/ac4/schema
-
-elif [[ $MAPDL_VERSION == *"latest-ubuntu"* ]]; then
+if [[ $MAPDL_VERSION == *"latest-ubuntu"* ]]; then
     echo "It is latest-ubuntu. Using 'ansys' script to launch"
     export EXEC_PATH=ansys
     # export P_SCHEMA=/ansys_inc/ansys/ac4/schema
 
+elif [[ $MAPDL_VERSION == *"ubuntu"* ]] ; then
+    echo "It is an ubuntu based image"
+    export EXEC_PATH=/ansys_inc/v$VERSION/ansys/bin/mapdl
+    export P_SCHEMA=/ansys_inc/v$VERSION/ansys/ac4/schema
+
 else
     echo "It is a CentOS based image"
     export EXEC_PATH=/ansys_inc/ansys/bin/mapdl
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5c244e1672..4a9e77d8d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -709,12 +709,12 @@ jobs:
           # Because there is no 'ansys-tools-path' we need to input the
           # executable path with the env var: PYMAPDL_MAPDL_EXEC.
 
-          if [[ $MAPDL_VERSION == *"latest-ubuntu"* ]] ; then
+          if [[ "${{ matrix.mapdl-image }}" == *"latest-ubuntu"* ]] ; then
             version="242"
           else
             version=$(echo "${{ matrix.mapdl-image }}" | head -c 5 | tail -c 4 | tr -d '.')
           fi;
-  
+
           echo "$version"
 
           export PYMAPDL_MAPDL_EXEC=/ansys_inc/v"$version"/ansys/bin/ansys"$version"