diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/bin/apply-patches b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/bin/apply-patches
index b27d0c93dc9e7..30229625387a9 100755
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/bin/apply-patches
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/bin/apply-patches
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ fi
 
 candidate_dir="${scriptdir}/../resources/cli-regression-patches/v${version}"
 
-if [[ -f "$candidate_dir" ]]; then
-  cp -R "${candidate_dir}/"* "$2"
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+if [[ -d "$candidate_dir" ]]; then
+  echo "Found patch directory: ${candidate_dir}"
+  cp -vR "${candidate_dir}/"* "$2"
+else
+  echo "No patch directory named: ${candidate_dir}"
+fi
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/lib/integ-test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/lib/integ-test.ts
index 5ad6596cf1b77..b4655461b5f57 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/lib/integ-test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/lib/integ-test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,14 @@ import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { MemoryStream } from './corking';
 
-const SKIP_TESTS = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'skip-tests.txt'), { encoding: 'utf-8' }).split('\n');
+const SKIP_TESTS = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'skip-tests.txt'), { encoding: 'utf-8' })
+  .split('\n')
+  .map(x => x.trim())
+  .filter(x => x && !x.startsWith('#'));
+
+if (SKIP_TESTS) {
+  process.stderr.write(`ℹ️ Skipping tests: ${JSON.stringify(SKIP_TESTS)}\n`);
+}
 
 export interface TestContext {
   readonly randomString: string;
@@ -11,7 +18,7 @@ export interface TestContext {
 };
 
 if (process.env.JEST_TEST_CONCURRENT === 'true') {
-  process.stderr.write('ℹ️ JEST_TEST_CONCURRENT is true: tests will run concurrently and filters have no effect!');
+  process.stderr.write('ℹ️ JEST_TEST_CONCURRENT is true: tests will run concurrently and filters have no effect!\n0');
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-eks/lib/managed-nodegroup.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-eks/lib/managed-nodegroup.ts
index 9aee08d143e68..4e3d4c7751d8a 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-eks/lib/managed-nodegroup.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-eks/lib/managed-nodegroup.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ export enum NodegroupAmiType {
    * Windows Full 2022 (x86-64)
    */
   WINDOWS_FULL_2022_X86_64 = 'WINDOWS_FULL_2022_x86_64',
+  /**
+   * Amazon Linux 2023 (x86-64)
+   */
+  AL2023_X86_64_STANDARD = 'AL2023_x86_64_STANDARD',
+  /**
+   * Amazon Linux 2023 (ARM-64)
+   */
+  AL2023_ARM_64_STANDARD = 'AL2023_ARM_64_STANDARD',
 }
 
 /**