How to load specific version of a model using EXPLICIT mode?

Description

(Disclaimer: This is a duplicate of the issue in TIS Github #8154 as there was no response since it was posted 2 weeks ago)

Given a model with multiple versions, I have written some logic to load a specific version of a model using EXPLICIT mode by modifying the runtime model config (see #8153 for details).

Could there be a simpler way?

BR,
Scot.