diff --git a/easystacks/software.eessi.io/2023.06/eessi-2023.06-eb-4.8.2-2023a.yml b/easystacks/software.eessi.io/2023.06/eessi-2023.06-eb-4.8.2-2023a.yml
index b67e894825..7cf28acff5 100644
--- a/easystacks/software.eessi.io/2023.06/eessi-2023.06-eb-4.8.2-2023a.yml
+++ b/easystacks/software.eessi.io/2023.06/eessi-2023.06-eb-4.8.2-2023a.yml
@@ -12,4 +12,10 @@ easyconfigs:
       options:
         from-pr: 19270
   - SciPy-bundle-2023.07-gfbf-2023a.eb
+  - TensorFlow-2.13.0-foss-2023a.eb:
+      # patch setup.py for grpcio extension in TensorFlow 2.13.0 easyconfigs to take into account alternate sysroot;
+      # see https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs/pull/19268
+      options:
+        from-pr: 19268
   - OpenFOAM-10-foss-2023a.eb
+
diff --git a/eb_hooks.py b/eb_hooks.py
index 3d0e63f4c2..6fe92c7f7b 100644
--- a/eb_hooks.py
+++ b/eb_hooks.py
@@ -69,6 +69,21 @@ def parse_hook(ec, *args, **kwargs):
         PARSE_HOOKS[ec.name](ec, eprefix)
 
 
+def post_ready_hook(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Post-ready hook: limit parallellism for selected builds, because they require a lot of memory per used core.
+    """
+    # 'parallel' easyconfig parameter is set via EasyBlock.set_parallel in ready step based on available cores.
+    # here we reduce parallellism to only use half of that for selected software,
+    # to avoid failing builds/tests due to out-of-memory problems
+    if self.name in ['TensorFlow']:
+        parallel = self.cfg['parallel']
+        if parallel > 1:
+            self.cfg['parallel'] = parallel // 2
+            msg = "limiting parallelism to %s (was %s) for %s to avoid out-of-memory failures during building/testing"
+            print_msg(msg % (self.cfg['parallel'], parallel, self.name), log=self.log)
+
+
 def pre_prepare_hook(self, *args, **kwargs):
     """Main pre-prepare hook: trigger custom functions."""