diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 88d3d41..399e950 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Changed
 - Enum choices are enumerated in the `--help` output
 - Enum choices are enumerated as part of the error message when a user has selected an invalid choice
+- Bumped minimum required Nextflow version to 22.10.8
 
 ### Fixed
 - Replaced `--threads` option in fastqingress with hardcoded values to remove warning about undefined `param.threads`
diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index 70beb61..f4b1ebc 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ manifest {
     homePage        = 'https://github.com/epi2me-labs/wf-transcriptomes'
     description     = 'Transcriptome analysis including gene fusions, differential expression as well as assembly and annotation of cDNA and direct RNA sequencing data.'
     mainScript      = 'main.nf'
-    nextflowVersion = '>=20.10.0'
+    nextflowVersion = '>=22.10.8'
     version         = 'v0.1.12'
 }