diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index f715f6b004039a8edf349b473f1b0b242005da33..53ead0e08ce15d753ba44b9ebb2899446c2c45cf 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -133,5 +133,5 @@ manifest {
   description = 'This pipeline was created to be a standard mRNA-sequencing analysis pipeline which integrates with the GUDMAP and RBK consortium data-hub.'
   mainScript = 'rna-seq.nf'
   version = 'v2.0.0'
-  nextflowVersion = '>=19.09.0'
+  nextflowVersion = '>=20.01.0'
 }