diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 34c0f836a15a8f3238b0265b07d07c4ad4c902d9..15ec0bdc8d5727ee902122634c6ea9e6bfe6b532 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 before_script:
   - module add  python/3.6.1-2-anaconda
   - pip install --user pytest-pythonpath pytest-cov
-  - module load nextflow/0.27.6
+  - module load  nextflow/0.31.0
   - ln -s /project/shared/bicf_workflow_ref/workflow_testdata/chipseq/*fastq.gz test_data/
 
 stages: