diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 1e763b3d..9e9668cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         NXF_VER:
-          - "22.04.3"
+          - "23.04.0"
           - "latest-everything"
     steps:
       - name: Check out pipeline code
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index da8711ce..ee85285e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [![GitHub Actions CI Status](https://github.com/plant-food-research-open/assemblyqc/workflows/nf-core%20CI/badge.svg)](https://github.com/plant-food-research-open/assemblyqc/actions?query=workflow%3A%22nf-core+CI%22)
 [![GitHub Actions Linting Status](https://github.com/plant-food-research-open/assemblyqc/workflows/nf-core%20linting/badge.svg)](https://github.com/plant-food-research-open/assemblyqc/actions?query=workflow%3A%22nf-core+linting%22)[![Cite with Zenodo](http://img.shields.io/badge/DOI-10.5281/zenodo.10647870-1073c8?labelColor=000000)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10647870)
 
-[![Nextflow](https://img.shields.io/badge/nextflow%20DSL2-%E2%89%A522.04.3-23aa62.svg)](https://www.nextflow.io/)
+[![Nextflow](https://img.shields.io/badge/nextflow%20DSL2-%E2%89%A523.04.0-23aa62.svg)](https://www.nextflow.io/)
 [![run with conda](http://img.shields.io/badge/run%20with-conda-3EB049?labelColor=000000&logo=anaconda)](https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/)
 [![run with docker](https://img.shields.io/badge/run%20with-docker-0db7ed?labelColor=000000&logo=docker)](https://www.docker.com/)
 [![run with singularity](https://img.shields.io/badge/run%20with-singularity-1d355c.svg?labelColor=000000)](https://sylabs.io/docs/)
diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index 1af86d10..ec565e3c 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ manifest {
     homePage        = 'https://github.com/plant-food-research-open/assemblyqc'
     description     = """A NextFlow pipeline which evaluates assembly quality with well-established tools and presents the results in a unified html report."""
     mainScript      = 'main.nf'
-    nextflowVersion = '!>=22.04.3'
+    nextflowVersion = '!>=23.04.0'
     version         = '1.4dev'
     doi             = '10.5281/zenodo.10647870'
 }