diff --git a/examples/demo-nextflow-project/workflows/words/nextflow.config b/examples/demo-nextflow-project/workflows/words/nextflow.config
index b910fae5..2f21f462 100644
--- a/examples/demo-nextflow-project/workflows/words/nextflow.config
+++ b/examples/demo-nextflow-project/workflows/words/nextflow.config
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 manifest {
     name = "Demo - words with vowels"
-    nextflowVersion = '>=22.04.0'
+    nextflowVersion = '>=23.04.1'
 }
 
 process {
diff --git a/packages/cli/internal/pkg/environment/environment.go b/packages/cli/internal/pkg/environment/environment.go
index 0be12458..421e3e84 100644
--- a/packages/cli/internal/pkg/environment/environment.go
+++ b/packages/cli/internal/pkg/environment/environment.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ var DefaultRepositories = map[string]string{
 var DefaultTags = map[string]string{
 	constants.CROMWELL:  "64",
 	constants.MINIWDL:   "v0.7.0",
-	constants.NEXTFLOW:  "22.04.3",
+	constants.NEXTFLOW:  "23.04.1",
 	constants.SNAKEMAKE: "internal-fork",
 	constants.TOIL:      "5.7.0a1-d831f74e918c4a01e961e3b45504a92d1827b8b3",
 	constants.WES:       "0.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/engines/nextflow/buildspec.yml b/packages/engines/nextflow/buildspec.yml
index a86063f9..8d7c72d6 100644
--- a/packages/engines/nextflow/buildspec.yml
+++ b/packages/engines/nextflow/buildspec.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ env:
   variables:
     # These variables may be over-ridden as appropriate by the CI/CD pipeline
     NEXTFLOW_IMAGE_NAME: "nextflow"
-    NEXTFLOW_VERSION: "22.04.3"
+    NEXTFLOW_VERSION: "23.04.1"
 
 phases:
   pre_build: