diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0441f8fcce9a679b7983b55760d2b0a392403a1c..37b18f3391158c76b023af34df011f9d5c94be7a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ install:
   - sudo apt-get install npm && npm install -g markdownlint-cli
 
 env:
-  - NXF_VER='0.32.0' # Specify a minimum NF version that should be tested and work
+  - NXF_VER='1.1.0' # Specify a minimum NF version that should be tested and work
   - NXF_VER='' # Plus: get the latest NF version and check that it works
 
 script:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2227cb44fc2348a16c7b48a509eb9dafb2aa3a54..2114b8fe4a3b5e649c0e973c8cc6eff6dcf88b46 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 **Analysis of Chromosome Conformation Capture data (Hi-C)**.
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/nf-core/hic.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/nf-core/hic)
-[![Nextflow](https://img.shields.io/badge/nextflow-%E2%89%A50.32.0-brightgreen.svg)](https://www.nextflow.io/)
+[![Nextflow](https://img.shields.io/badge/nextflow-%E2%89%A51.1.0-brightgreen.svg)](https://www.nextflow.io/)
 
 [![install with bioconda](https://img.shields.io/badge/install%20with-bioconda-brightgreen.svg)](http://bioconda.github.io/)
 [![Docker](https://img.shields.io/docker/automated/nfcore/hic.svg)](https://hub.docker.com/r/nfcore/hic)
diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index 37a7d3c86ea1e5af718b17bfdd94f6b2bbe3795d..8ee3d7c7ff53de683e35e90273994aeed016ff82 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ manifest {
   homePage = 'https://github.com/nf-core/hic'
   description = 'Analysis of Chromosome Conformation Capture data (Hi-C)'
   mainScript = 'main.nf'
-  nextflowVersion = '>=0.32.0'
+  nextflowVersion = '>=1.1.0'
   version = '1.1.0'
 }