diff --git a/.github/workflows/schematic-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/schematic-ci.yml
index ccd9bf71..17988721 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/schematic-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/schematic-ci.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
           persist-credentials: false # otherwise, the token used is the GITHUB_TOKEN, instead of your personal access token.
@@ -46,25 +46,28 @@ jobs:
     name: Test with schematic
     if: "!contains( github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'skip tests')"
     needs: [build]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       SCHEMATIC_SERVICE_ACCT_CREDS: ${{ secrets.SCHEMATIC_SERVICE_ACCT_CREDS }}
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        schematic-version: [23.9.1]
+        schematic-version: [24.1.1]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
           fetch-depth: 1
 
       - name: Setup schematic
         id: setup-schematic
-        run: pip3 install schematicpy==${{ matrix.schematic-version }}
+        run: pip install schematicpy==${{ matrix.schematic-version }}
 
+      - name: Sanity-check successful installation and version
+        run: pip show schematicpy
+      
       - name: Test generate
         working-directory: tests/generate
         continue-on-error: true
diff --git a/tests/generate/basic_templates.sh b/tests/generate/basic_templates.sh
index 1176f650..5785a96a 100755
--- a/tests/generate/basic_templates.sh
+++ b/tests/generate/basic_templates.sh
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ mkdir -p $LOG_DIR
 for i in ${!TEMPLATES[@]}
 do
   echo ">>>>>>> Generating ${TEMPLATES[$i]}"
-  schematic manifest --config config.yml \
-  get -dt ${TEMPLATES[$i]} --title ${TEMPLATES[$i]} -s | tee $LOG_DIR/${TEMPLATES[$i]%.*}_log.txt
+  schematic manifest --config ./config.yml get -dt "${TEMPLATES[$i]}" --title "${TEMPLATES[$i]}" -s | tee $LOG_DIR/${TEMPLATES[$i]%.*}_log
   sleep $SLEEP_THROTTLE
 done
 
diff --git a/tests/test-suite-report.Rmd b/tests/test-suite-report.Rmd
index 46c1140a..19a35af9 100644
--- a/tests/test-suite-report.Rmd
+++ b/tests/test-suite-report.Rmd
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ md_link <- function (url) {
 
 ```{r parse-generation-logs, echo=FALSE}
 gen_logs <- list.files("generate/logs", full.names = TRUE)
-templates <- gsub("_.*", "", basename(gen_logs))
+templates <- gsub("_log", "", basename(gen_logs))
 gen_test_results <- lapply(gen_logs, readLines)
 gen_test_links <- sapply(gen_test_results, md_link)
 gen_test_reaction <- sapply(lengths(gen_test_results), test_reaction)