diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/LAMMPS/LAMMPS-23Jun2022-foss-2021a-kokkos-CUDA-11.3.1.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/LAMMPS/LAMMPS-23Jun2022-foss-2021a-kokkos-CUDA-11.3.1.eb
index ccd6b3b79e28..8586d51a9bca 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/LAMMPS/LAMMPS-23Jun2022-foss-2021a-kokkos-CUDA-11.3.1.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/LAMMPS/LAMMPS-23Jun2022-foss-2021a-kokkos-CUDA-11.3.1.eb
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ source_urls = [GITHUB_LOWER_SOURCE]
 sources = [
     'stable_%(version)s_update1.tar.gz',
 ]
-checksums = ['58e3b2b984f8935bb0db5631e143be2826c45ffd48844f7c394f36624a3e17a2']
+patches = ['LAMMPS-23June2022_fix-timestep-balance-example.patch']
+checksums = [
+    {'stable_23Jun2022_update1.tar.gz': '58e3b2b984f8935bb0db5631e143be2826c45ffd48844f7c394f36624a3e17a2'},
+    {'LAMMPS-23June2022_fix-timestep-balance-example.patch':
+     '0ad6c953f08b0d539b189b7aa7cef76774aebb9d633b07d5b6001ac0fcea3081'},
+]
 
 builddependencies = [
     ('CMake', '3.20.1'),
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/LAMMPS/LAMMPS-23Jun2022-foss-2021a-kokkos.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/LAMMPS/LAMMPS-23Jun2022-foss-2021a-kokkos.eb
index ccd13ed25c0e..b0e9ecf29dfa 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/LAMMPS/LAMMPS-23Jun2022-foss-2021a-kokkos.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/LAMMPS/LAMMPS-23Jun2022-foss-2021a-kokkos.eb
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ source_urls = [GITHUB_LOWER_SOURCE]
 sources = [
     'stable_%(version)s_update1.tar.gz',
 ]
-checksums = ['58e3b2b984f8935bb0db5631e143be2826c45ffd48844f7c394f36624a3e17a2']
+patches = ['LAMMPS-23June2022_fix-timestep-balance-example.patch']
+checksums = [
+    {'stable_23Jun2022_update1.tar.gz': '58e3b2b984f8935bb0db5631e143be2826c45ffd48844f7c394f36624a3e17a2'},
+    {'LAMMPS-23June2022_fix-timestep-balance-example.patch':
+     '0ad6c953f08b0d539b189b7aa7cef76774aebb9d633b07d5b6001ac0fcea3081'},
+]
 
 builddependencies = [
     ('CMake', '3.20.1'),
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/LAMMPS/LAMMPS-23Jun2022-foss-2021b-kokkos-CUDA-11.4.1.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/LAMMPS/LAMMPS-23Jun2022-foss-2021b-kokkos-CUDA-11.4.1.eb
index aeba49e36ce5..52a83a2780b0 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/LAMMPS/LAMMPS-23Jun2022-foss-2021b-kokkos-CUDA-11.4.1.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/LAMMPS/LAMMPS-23Jun2022-foss-2021b-kokkos-CUDA-11.4.1.eb
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ source_urls = [GITHUB_LOWER_SOURCE]
 sources = [
     'stable_%(version)s_update1.tar.gz',
 ]
-checksums = ['58e3b2b984f8935bb0db5631e143be2826c45ffd48844f7c394f36624a3e17a2']
+patches = ['LAMMPS-23June2022_fix-timestep-balance-example.patch']
+checksums = [
+    {'stable_23Jun2022_update1.tar.gz': '58e3b2b984f8935bb0db5631e143be2826c45ffd48844f7c394f36624a3e17a2'},
+    {'LAMMPS-23June2022_fix-timestep-balance-example.patch':
+     '0ad6c953f08b0d539b189b7aa7cef76774aebb9d633b07d5b6001ac0fcea3081'},
+]
 
 builddependencies = [
     ('CMake', '3.22.1'),
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/LAMMPS/LAMMPS-23Jun2022-foss-2021b-kokkos.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/LAMMPS/LAMMPS-23Jun2022-foss-2021b-kokkos.eb
index e6f9a7d19403..02df689ed2a1 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/LAMMPS/LAMMPS-23Jun2022-foss-2021b-kokkos.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/LAMMPS/LAMMPS-23Jun2022-foss-2021b-kokkos.eb
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ toolchainopts = {'openmp': True, 'usempi': True}
 # 'https://github.com/lammps/lammps/archive/'
 source_urls = [GITHUB_LOWER_SOURCE]
 sources = ['stable_%(version)s_update1.tar.gz']
-checksums = ['58e3b2b984f8935bb0db5631e143be2826c45ffd48844f7c394f36624a3e17a2']
+patches = ['LAMMPS-23June2022_fix-timestep-balance-example.patch']
+checksums = [
+    {'stable_23Jun2022_update1.tar.gz': '58e3b2b984f8935bb0db5631e143be2826c45ffd48844f7c394f36624a3e17a2'},
+    {'LAMMPS-23June2022_fix-timestep-balance-example.patch':
+     '0ad6c953f08b0d539b189b7aa7cef76774aebb9d633b07d5b6001ac0fcea3081'},
+]
 
 builddependencies = [
     ('CMake', '3.22.1'),
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/LAMMPS/LAMMPS-23Jun2022-foss-2022a-kokkos.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/LAMMPS/LAMMPS-23Jun2022-foss-2022a-kokkos.eb
index afb1af60e3ab..49d6a09592cf 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/LAMMPS/LAMMPS-23Jun2022-foss-2022a-kokkos.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/LAMMPS/LAMMPS-23Jun2022-foss-2022a-kokkos.eb
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ toolchainopts = {'openmp': True, 'usempi': True}
 # 'https://github.com/lammps/lammps/archive/'
 source_urls = [GITHUB_LOWER_SOURCE]
 sources = ['stable_%(version)s_update4.tar.gz']
-checksums = ['42541b4dbd0d339d16ddb377e76d192bc3d1d5712fdf9e2cdc838fc980d0a0cf']
+patches = ['LAMMPS-23June2022_fix-timestep-balance-example.patch']
+checksums = [
+    {'stable_23Jun2022_update4.tar.gz': '42541b4dbd0d339d16ddb377e76d192bc3d1d5712fdf9e2cdc838fc980d0a0cf'},
+    {'LAMMPS-23June2022_fix-timestep-balance-example.patch':
+     '0ad6c953f08b0d539b189b7aa7cef76774aebb9d633b07d5b6001ac0fcea3081'},
+]
 
 builddependencies = [
     ('CMake', '3.23.1'),
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/LAMMPS/LAMMPS-23June2022_fix-timestep-balance-example.patch b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/LAMMPS/LAMMPS-23June2022_fix-timestep-balance-example.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d01f00767ce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/LAMMPS/LAMMPS-23June2022_fix-timestep-balance-example.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+reduce timestep to fix sanity check commands,
+see https://github.com/lammps/lammps/commit/9b88ba595d0f05e384cbe6c94cd42870ad15f3bc + https://github.com/lammps/lammps/pull/3950
+diff -ru lammps-stable_23Jun2022_update1.orig/examples/balance/in.balance lammps-stable_23Jun2022_update1/examples/balance/in.balance
+--- lammps-stable_23Jun2022_update1.orig/examples/balance/in.balance	2022-08-05 22:57:43.000000000 +0200
++++ lammps-stable_23Jun2022_update1/examples/balance/in.balance	2023-11-16 15:12:32.007322455 +0100
+@@ -50,5 +50,6 @@
+ 
+ thermo_style    custom step temp epair press f_10[3] f_10
+ thermo          100                
++timestep        0.001
+ 
+ run		10000
+diff -ru lammps-stable_23Jun2022_update1.orig/examples/balance/in.balance.bond.fast lammps-stable_23Jun2022_update1/examples/balance/in.balance.bond.fast
+--- lammps-stable_23Jun2022_update1.orig/examples/balance/in.balance.bond.fast	2022-08-05 22:57:43.000000000 +0200
++++ lammps-stable_23Jun2022_update1/examples/balance/in.balance.bond.fast	2023-11-16 15:12:42.151429264 +0100
+@@ -59,5 +59,6 @@
+ 
+ thermo_style    custom step temp epair press f_10[3] f_10
+ thermo          100                
++timestep        0.001
+ 
+ run		10000
+diff -ru lammps-stable_23Jun2022_update1.orig/examples/balance/in.balance.bond.slow lammps-stable_23Jun2022_update1/examples/balance/in.balance.bond.slow
+--- lammps-stable_23Jun2022_update1.orig/examples/balance/in.balance.bond.slow	2022-08-05 22:57:43.000000000 +0200
++++ lammps-stable_23Jun2022_update1/examples/balance/in.balance.bond.slow	2023-11-16 15:12:51.438706639 +0100
+@@ -58,5 +58,6 @@
+ 
+ thermo_style    custom step temp epair press f_10[3] f_10
+ thermo          100                
++timestep        0.001
+ 
+ run		40000