diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3ab69b73c9dc5af39b6ac2478e787ab1fead234e..56ecdb182b0b5cab7cb7fecd6e86b6dfe2bf495b 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ before_script:
   - module load astrocyte
   - module load python/3.6.1-2-anaconda
   - pip install --user pytest-pythonpath==0.7.1 pytest-cov==2.5.1
-  - module load nextflow/19.07.0
+  - module load nextflow/19.09.0
   - mkdir -p test_data/simple1
   - mkdir -p test_data/simple2
   - ln -sfn /project/shared/bicf_workflow_ref/workflow_testdata/cellranger/cellranger_mkfastq/simple1/* test_data/simple1/