diff --git a/.crow/build.yaml b/.crow/build.yaml
index 57478f7..921f9d3 100644
--- a/.crow/build.yaml
+++ b/.crow/build.yaml
@@ -114,15 +114,26 @@ steps:
           kubernetes.io/arch: "${ARCH}"
 
 
-  - name: Get latest R version
+  - name: Get R versions to build
     image: reg.devxy.io/docker.io/library/alpine:3.23
     privileged: true
     commands:
       - ip link set dev eth0 mtu 1280 2>/dev/null || true
       - for i in 1 2 3 4 5; do apk add -q --no-cache curl jq && break; sleep 5; done
-      - curl -sf https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/r.json | jq -er '.versions.stable' > r-version-to-build.txt
-      # - echo "4.1.3" > r-version-to-build.txt
-      - cat r-version-to-build.txt
+      # Latest patch release of each of the last 4 minor R versions (e.g. 4.6.0, 4.5.3, 4.4.3, 4.3.3).
+      - |
+          curl -sf https://cdn.posit.co/r/versions.json | jq -r '
+            .r_versions
+            | map(select(test("^[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+$")))
+            | group_by(split(".")[0:2] | join("."))
+            | map(max_by(split(".") | map(tonumber)))
+            | sort_by(split(".") | map(tonumber))
+            | reverse
+            | .[0:4]
+            | .[]' > r-versions-to-build.txt
+      # To pin specific versions for testing, overwrite the file, e.g.:
+      # - printf '4.1.3\n' > r-versions-to-build.txt
+      - cat r-versions-to-build.txt
     backend_options:
       kubernetes:
         resources:
@@ -136,19 +147,23 @@ steps:
           kubernetes.io/arch: "${ARCH}"
 
 
-  - name: Check if files for R version already exist in s3
+  - name: Check which R versions already exist in s3
     image: reg.devxy.io/docker.io/library/alpine:3.23
     privileged: true
     commands:
       - ip link set dev eth0 mtu 1280 2>/dev/null || true
       - for i in 1 2 3 4 5; do apk add -q --no-cache curl && break; sleep 5; done
       - |
-          VERSION=$(cat r-version-to-build.txt)
-          curl -s "https://s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com/devxy-r-builds?prefix=${PLATFORM_ID}/" | \
-            grep -oE '<Key>[^<]+</Key>' | sed 's/<[^>]*>//g' | \
-            awk -v arch="${ARCH_ID}" -v ver="${VERSION}" \
-              '$0 ~ arch && $0 ~ ver {print substr($NF, 3, 5)}' > r-version-s3.txt
-      - cat r-version-s3.txt
+          LISTING=$(curl -s "https://s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com/devxy-r-builds?prefix=${PLATFORM_ID}/" | \
+            grep -oE '<Key>[^<]+</Key>' | sed 's/<[^>]*>//g')
+          : > r-versions-existing.txt
+          for VERSION in $(cat r-versions-to-build.txt); do
+            if printf '%s\n' "$LISTING" | \
+              awk -v arch="${ARCH_ID}" -v ver="$VERSION" 'index($0, arch) && index($0, ver) { found=1 } END { exit !found }'; then
+              echo "$VERSION" >> r-versions-existing.txt
+            fi
+          done
+      - echo "Already present in s3:"; cat r-versions-existing.txt
     backend_options:
       kubernetes:
         nodeSelector:
@@ -164,9 +179,20 @@ steps:
     commands: |
       ip link set dev eth0 mtu 1280 2>/dev/null || true
       # docker info
-      if ! grep -qF "$(cat r-version-to-build.txt)" r-version-s3.txt; then
+      TO_BUILD=""
+      for VERSION in $(cat r-versions-to-build.txt); do
+        if grep -qxF "$VERSION" r-versions-existing.txt; then
+          echo "R $VERSION already exists for ${PLATFORM} (${ARCH_ID}), skipping"
+        else
+          TO_BUILD="$TO_BUILD $VERSION"
+        fi
+      done
+      if [ -n "$TO_BUILD" ]; then
         for i in 1 2 3 4 5; do apk add -q --no-cache make just docker-compose && break; sleep 5; done
-        just build-r-${PLATFORM} $(cat r-version-to-build.txt)
+        for VERSION in $TO_BUILD; do
+          echo "Building R $VERSION for ${PLATFORM}"
+          just build-r-${PLATFORM} "$VERSION"
+        done
       fi
     backend_options:
       kubernetes: