diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index 72dda289..e1058815 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ indent_style = space
 [*.{md,yml,yaml,html,css,scss,js}]
 indent_size = 2
 
+
 # These files are edited and tested upstream in nf-core/modules
 [/modules/nf-core/**]
 charset = unset
@@ -25,9 +26,12 @@ insert_final_newline = unset
 trim_trailing_whitespace = unset
 indent_style = unset
 
+
+
 [/assets/email*]
 indent_size = unset
 
+
 # ignore python and markdown
 [*.{py,md}]
 indent_style = unset
diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 0779fb9b..09ba835d 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ If you'd like to write some code for nf-core/smrnaseq, the standard workflow is
 1. Check that there isn't already an issue about your idea in the [nf-core/smrnaseq issues](https://github.com/nf-core/smrnaseq/issues) to avoid duplicating work. If there isn't one already, please create one so that others know you're working on this
 2. [Fork](https://help.github.com/en/github/getting-started-with-github/fork-a-repo) the [nf-core/smrnaseq repository](https://github.com/nf-core/smrnaseq) to your GitHub account
 3. Make the necessary changes / additions within your forked repository following [Pipeline conventions](#pipeline-contribution-conventions)
-4. Use `nf-core schema build` and add any new parameters to the pipeline JSON schema (requires [nf-core tools](https://github.com/nf-core/tools) >= 1.10).
+4. Use `nf-core pipelines schema build` and add any new parameters to the pipeline JSON schema (requires [nf-core tools](https://github.com/nf-core/tools) >= 1.10).
 5. Submit a Pull Request against the `dev` branch and wait for the code to be reviewed and merged
 
 If you're not used to this workflow with git, you can start with some [docs from GitHub](https://help.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests) or even their [excellent `git` resources](https://try.github.io/).
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ There are typically two types of tests that run:
 ### Lint tests
 
 `nf-core` has a [set of guidelines](https://nf-co.re/developers/guidelines) which all pipelines must adhere to.
-To enforce these and ensure that all pipelines stay in sync, we have developed a helper tool which runs checks on the pipeline code. This is in the [nf-core/tools repository](https://github.com/nf-core/tools) and once installed can be run locally with the `nf-core lint <pipeline-directory>` command.
+To enforce these and ensure that all pipelines stay in sync, we have developed a helper tool which runs checks on the pipeline code. This is in the [nf-core/tools repository](https://github.com/nf-core/tools) and once installed can be run locally with the `nf-core pipelines lint <pipeline-directory>` command.
 
 If any failures or warnings are encountered, please follow the listed URL for more documentation.
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ If you wish to contribute a new step, please use the following coding standards:
 2. Write the process block (see below).
 3. Define the output channel if needed (see below).
 4. Add any new parameters to `nextflow.config` with a default (see below).
-5. Add any new parameters to `nextflow_schema.json` with help text (via the `nf-core schema build` tool).
+5. Add any new parameters to `nextflow_schema.json` with help text (via the `nf-core pipelines schema build` tool).
 6. Add sanity checks and validation for all relevant parameters.
 7. Perform local tests to validate that the new code works as expected.
 8. If applicable, add a new test command in `.github/workflow/ci.yml`.
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ If you wish to contribute a new step, please use the following coding standards:
 
 Parameters should be initialised / defined with default values in `nextflow.config` under the `params` scope.
 
-Once there, use `nf-core schema build` to add to `nextflow_schema.json`.
+Once there, use `nf-core pipelines schema build` to add to `nextflow_schema.json`.
 
 ### Default processes resource requirements
 
-Sensible defaults for process resource requirements (CPUs / memory / time) for a process should be defined in `conf/base.config`. These should generally be specified generic with `withLabel:` selectors so they can be shared across multiple processes/steps of the pipeline. A nf-core standard set of labels that should be followed where possible can be seen in the [nf-core pipeline template](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/blob/master/nf_core/pipeline-template/conf/base.config), which has the default process as a single core-process, and then different levels of multi-core configurations for increasingly large memory requirements defined with standardised labels.
+Sensible defaults for process resource requirements (CPUs / memory / time) for a process should be defined in `conf/base.config`. These should generally be specified generic with `withLabel:` selectors so they can be shared across multiple processes/steps of the pipeline. A nf-core standard set of labels that should be followed where possible can be seen in the [nf-core pipeline template](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/blob/main/nf_core/pipeline-template/conf/base.config), which has the default process as a single core-process, and then different levels of multi-core configurations for increasingly large memory requirements defined with standardised labels.
 
 The process resources can be passed on to the tool dynamically within the process with the `${task.cpus}` and `${task.memory}` variables in the `script:` block.
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Please use the following naming schemes, to make it easy to understand what is g
 
 ### Nextflow version bumping
 
-If you are using a new feature from core Nextflow, you may bump the minimum required version of nextflow in the pipeline with: `nf-core bump-version --nextflow . [min-nf-version]`
+If you are using a new feature from core Nextflow, you may bump the minimum required version of nextflow in the pipeline with: `nf-core pipelines bump-version --nextflow . [min-nf-version]`
 
 ### Images and figures
 
diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 7360667a..2544ad43 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ Learn more about contributing: [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/nf-core/smrn
 - [ ] If you've fixed a bug or added code that should be tested, add tests!
 - [ ] If you've added a new tool - have you followed the pipeline conventions in the [contribution docs](https://github.com/nf-core/smrnaseq/tree/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)
 - [ ] If necessary, also make a PR on the nf-core/smrnaseq _branch_ on the [nf-core/test-datasets](https://github.com/nf-core/test-datasets) repository.
-- [ ] Make sure your code lints (`nf-core lint`).
-- [ ] Ensure the test suite passes (`nf-test test --tag pipeline --profile +docker`).
+- [ ] Make sure your code lints (`nf-core pipelines lint`).
+- [ ] Ensure the test suite passes (`nextflow run . -profile test,docker --outdir <OUTDIR>`).
 - [ ] Check for unexpected warnings in debug mode (`nextflow run . -profile debug,test,docker --outdir <OUTDIR>`).
 - [ ] Usage Documentation in `docs/usage.md` is updated.
 - [ ] Output Documentation in `docs/output.md` is updated.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml b/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml
index 0081a850..36fdbad6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,35 @@
 name: nf-core AWS full size tests
-# This workflow is triggered on published releases.
+# This workflow is triggered on PRs opened against the master branch.
 # It can be additionally triggered manually with GitHub actions workflow dispatch button.
 # It runs the -profile 'test_full' on AWS batch
 
 on:
-  release:
-    types: [published]
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
   workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request_review:
+    types: [submitted]
+
 jobs:
   run-platform:
     name: Run AWS full tests
-    if: github.repository == 'nf-core/smrnaseq'
+    # run only if the PR is approved by at least 2 reviewers and against the master branch or manually triggered
+    if: github.repository == 'nf-core/smrnaseq' && github.event.review.state == 'approved' && github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'master' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - uses: octokit/request-action@v2.x
+        id: check_approvals
+        with:
+          route: GET /repos/${{ github.repository }}/pulls/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/reviews
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - id: test_variables
+        if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'
+        run: |
+          JSON_RESPONSE='${{ steps.check_approvals.outputs.data }}'
+          CURRENT_APPROVALS_COUNT=$(echo $JSON_RESPONSE | jq -c '[.[] | select(.state | contains("APPROVED")) ] | length')
+          test $CURRENT_APPROVALS_COUNT -ge 2 || exit 1 # At least 2 approvals are required
       - name: Launch workflow via Seqera Platform
         uses: seqeralabs/action-tower-launch@v2
         # Add full size test data (but still relatively small datasets for few samples)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ab5c55c4..b9743603 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ on:
       - master
   release:
     types: [published]
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
   NXF_ANSI_LOG: false
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         shard: [1, 2, 3, 4]
         NXF_VER:
-          - "23.10.4"
+          - "24.04.2"
         profile: ["docker"]
     env:
       SHARDS: "4"
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
               --ci \
               --shard ${{ matrix.shard }}/${{ env.SHARDS }} \
               --changed-since HEAD^ \
-              --profile "+${{ matrix.profile }}" \
+              --profile "+${{ matrix.profile }},ci" \
               --filter pipeline \
               --junitxml=test.xml
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
index d569c851..1552cf2e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Test successful pipeline download with 'nf-core download'
+name: Test successful pipeline download with 'nf-core pipelines download'
 
 # Run the workflow when:
 #  - dispatched manually
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       testbranch:
-        description: "The specific branch you wish to utilize for the test execution of nf-core download."
+        description: "The specific branch you wish to utilize for the test execution of nf-core pipelines download."
         required: true
         default: "dev"
   pull_request:
@@ -39,9 +39,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
           architecture: "x64"
-      - uses: eWaterCycle/setup-singularity@931d4e31109e875b13309ae1d07c70ca8fbc8537 # v7
+
+      - name: Setup Apptainer
+        uses: eWaterCycle/setup-apptainer@4bb22c52d4f63406c49e94c804632975787312b3 # v2.0.0
         with:
-          singularity-version: 3.8.3
+          apptainer-version: 1.3.4
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
@@ -54,33 +56,64 @@ jobs:
           echo "REPOTITLE_LOWERCASE=$(basename ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY,,})" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
           echo "REPO_BRANCH=${{ github.event.inputs.testbranch || 'dev' }}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
 
+      - name: Make a cache directory for the container images
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ./singularity_container_images
+
       - name: Download the pipeline
         env:
-          NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR: ./
+          NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR: ./singularity_container_images
         run: |
-          nf-core download ${{ env.REPO_LOWERCASE }} \
+          nf-core pipelines download ${{ env.REPO_LOWERCASE }} \
           --revision ${{ env.REPO_BRANCH }} \
           --outdir ./${{ env.REPOTITLE_LOWERCASE }} \
           --compress "none" \
           --container-system 'singularity' \
-          --container-library "quay.io" -l "docker.io" -l "ghcr.io" \
+          --container-library "quay.io" -l "docker.io" -l "community.wave.seqera.io" \
           --container-cache-utilisation 'amend' \
-          --download-configuration
+          --download-configuration 'yes'
 
       - name: Inspect download
         run: tree ./${{ env.REPOTITLE_LOWERCASE }}
 
+      - name: Count the downloaded number of container images
+        id: count_initial
+        run: |
+          image_count=$(ls -1 ./singularity_container_images | wc -l | xargs)
+          echo "Initial container image count: $image_count"
+          echo "IMAGE_COUNT_INITIAL=$image_count" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+
       - name: Run the downloaded pipeline (stub)
         id: stub_run_pipeline
         continue-on-error: true
         env:
-          NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR: ./
+          NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR: ./singularity_container_images
           NXF_SINGULARITY_HOME_MOUNT: true
         run: nextflow run ./${{ env.REPOTITLE_LOWERCASE }}/$( sed 's/\W/_/g' <<< ${{ env.REPO_BRANCH }}) -stub -profile test,singularity,illumina --outdir ./results
       - name: Run the downloaded pipeline (stub run not supported)
         id: run_pipeline
         if: ${{ job.steps.stub_run_pipeline.status == failure() }}
         env:
-          NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR: ./
+          NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR: ./singularity_container_images
           NXF_SINGULARITY_HOME_MOUNT: true
         run: nextflow run ./${{ env.REPOTITLE_LOWERCASE }}/$( sed 's/\W/_/g' <<< ${{ env.REPO_BRANCH }}) -profile test,singularity --outdir ./results
+
+      - name: Count the downloaded number of container images
+        id: count_afterwards
+        run: |
+          image_count=$(ls -1 ./singularity_container_images | wc -l | xargs)
+          echo "Post-pipeline run container image count: $image_count"
+          echo "IMAGE_COUNT_AFTER=$image_count" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+
+      - name: Compare container image counts
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ env.IMAGE_COUNT_INITIAL }}" -ne "${{ env.IMAGE_COUNT_AFTER }}" ]; then
+            initial_count=${{ env.IMAGE_COUNT_INITIAL }}
+            final_count=${{ env.IMAGE_COUNT_AFTER }}
+            difference=$((final_count - initial_count))
+            echo "$difference additional container images were \n downloaded at runtime . The pipeline has no support for offline runs!"
+            tree ./singularity_container_images
+            exit 1
+          else
+            echo "The pipeline can be downloaded successfully!"
+          fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting.yml b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
index 1fcafe88..a502573c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: nf-core linting
 # This workflow is triggered on pushes and PRs to the repository.
-# It runs the `nf-core lint` and markdown lint tests to ensure
+# It runs the `nf-core pipelines lint` and markdown lint tests to ensure
 # that the code meets the nf-core guidelines.
 on:
   push:
@@ -41,17 +41,32 @@ jobs:
           python-version: "3.12"
           architecture: "x64"
 
+      - name: read .nf-core.yml
+        uses: pietrobolcato/action-read-yaml@1.1.0
+        id: read_yml
+        with:
+          config: ${{ github.workspace }}/.nf-core.yml
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install nf-core
+          pip install nf-core==${{ steps.read_yml.outputs['nf_core_version'] }}
+
+      - name: Run nf-core pipelines lint
+        if: ${{ github.base_ref != 'master' }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_COMMENTS_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.comments_url }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_PR_COMMIT: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+        run: nf-core -l lint_log.txt pipelines lint --dir ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE} --markdown lint_results.md
 
-      - name: Run nf-core lint
+      - name: Run nf-core pipelines lint --release
+        if: ${{ github.base_ref == 'master' }}
         env:
           GITHUB_COMMENTS_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.comments_url }}
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           GITHUB_PR_COMMIT: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-        run: nf-core -l lint_log.txt lint --dir ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE} --markdown lint_results.md
+        run: nf-core -l lint_log.txt pipelines lint --release --dir ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE} --markdown lint_results.md
 
       - name: Save PR number
         if: ${{ always() }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting_comment.yml b/.github/workflows/linting_comment.yml
index 40acc23f..42e519bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting_comment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting_comment.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Download lint results
-        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@09f2f74827fd3a8607589e5ad7f9398816f540fe # v3
+        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@bf251b5aa9c2f7eeb574a96ee720e24f801b7c11 # v6
         with:
           workflow: linting.yml
           workflow_conclusion: completed
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml b/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml
index 03ecfcf7..c6ba35df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: get topics and convert to hashtags
         id: get_topics
         run: |
-          echo "topics=$(curl -s https://nf-co.re/pipelines.json | jq -r '.remote_workflows[] | select(.full_name == "${{ github.repository }}") | .topics[]' | awk '{print "#"$0}' | tr '\n' ' ')"  >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "topics=$(curl -s https://nf-co.re/pipelines.json | jq -r '.remote_workflows[] | select(.full_name == "${{ github.repository }}") | .topics[]' | awk '{print "#"$0}' | tr '\n' ' ')" | sed 's/-//g' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - uses: rzr/fediverse-action@master
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/template_version_comment.yml b/.github/workflows/template_version_comment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d01fb43f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/template_version_comment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+name: nf-core template version comment
+# This workflow is triggered on PRs to check if the pipeline template version matches the latest nf-core version.
+# It posts a comment to the PR, even if it comes from a fork.
+
+on: pull_request_target
+
+jobs:
+  template_version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out pipeline code
+        uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v4
+
+      - name: Read template version from .nf-core.yml
+        uses: pietrobolcato/action-read-yaml@1.1.0
+        id: read_yml
+        with:
+          config: ${{ github.workspace }}/.nf-core.yml
+
+      - name: Install nf-core
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install nf-core==${{ steps.read_yml.outputs['nf_core_version'] }}
+
+      - name: Check nf-core outdated
+        id: nf_core_outdated
+        run: pip list --outdated | grep nf-core
+
+      - name: Post nf-core template version comment
+        uses: mshick/add-pr-comment@b8f338c590a895d50bcbfa6c5859251edc8952fc # v2
+        if: |
+          ${{ steps.nf_core_outdated.outputs.stdout }} =~ 'nf-core'
+        with:
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.NF_CORE_BOT_AUTH_TOKEN }}
+          allow-repeats: false
+          message: |
+            ## :warning: Newer version of the nf-core template is available.
+
+            Your pipeline is using an old version of the nf-core template: ${{ steps.read_yml.outputs['nf_core_version'] }}.
+            Please update your pipeline to the latest version.
+
+            For more documentation on how to update your pipeline, please see the [nf-core documentation](https://github.com/nf-core/tools?tab=readme-ov-file#sync-a-pipeline-with-the-template) and [Synchronisation documentation](https://nf-co.re/docs/contributing/sync).
+          #
diff --git a/.gitpod.yml b/.gitpod.yml
index 105a1821..46118637 100644
--- a/.gitpod.yml
+++ b/.gitpod.yml
@@ -4,17 +4,14 @@ tasks:
     command: |
       pre-commit install --install-hooks
       nextflow self-update
-  - name: unset JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS
-    command: |
-      unset JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS
 
 vscode:
   extensions: # based on nf-core.nf-core-extensionpack
-    - esbenp.prettier-vscode # Markdown/CommonMark linting and style checking for Visual Studio Code
+    #- esbenp.prettier-vscode # Markdown/CommonMark linting and style checking for Visual Studio Code
     - EditorConfig.EditorConfig # override user/workspace settings with settings found in .editorconfig files
     - Gruntfuggly.todo-tree # Display TODO and FIXME in a tree view in the activity bar
     - mechatroner.rainbow-csv # Highlight columns in csv files in different colors
-    # - nextflow.nextflow                    # Nextflow syntax highlighting
+    - nextflow.nextflow # Nextflow syntax highlighting
     - oderwat.indent-rainbow # Highlight indentation level
     - streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker # Spelling checker for source code
     - charliermarsh.ruff # Code linter Ruff
diff --git a/.nf-core.yml b/.nf-core.yml
index 3975c3c7..46543473 100644
--- a/.nf-core.yml
+++ b/.nf-core.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
-repository_type: pipeline
-nf_core_version: "2.14.1"
+bump_version: null
 lint:
   nextflow_config:
     - config_defaults:
         - params.fastp_known_mirna_adapters
+nf_core_version: 3.0.1
+org_path: null
+repository_type: pipeline
+template:
+  author: "P. Ewels, C. Wang, R. Hammar\xE9n, L. Pantano, A. Peltzer"
+  description: Small RNA-Seq Best Practice Analysis Pipeline.
+  force: false
+  is_nfcore: true
+  name: smrnaseq
+  org: nf-core
+  outdir: .
+  skip_features: null
+  version: 2.4.0
+update: null
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 4dc0f1dc..9e9f0e1c 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ repos:
           - prettier@3.2.5
 
   - repo: https://github.com/editorconfig-checker/editorconfig-checker.python
-    rev: "2.7.3"
+    rev: "3.0.3"
     hooks:
       - id: editorconfig-checker
         alias: ec
diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index 437d763d..610e5069 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 email_template.html
 adaptivecard.json
 slackreport.json
diff --git a/CITATIONS.md b/CITATIONS.md
index 4996b65f..f473604a 100644
--- a/CITATIONS.md
+++ b/CITATIONS.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 - [MultiQC](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27312411/)
 
-  > Ewels P, Magnusson M, Lundin S, Käller M. MultiQC: summarize analysis results for multiple tools and samples in a single report. Bioinformatics. 2016 Oct 1;32(19):3047-8. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btw354. Epub 2016 Jun 16. PubMed PMID: 27312411; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5039924.
+> Ewels P, Magnusson M, Lundin S, Käller M. MultiQC: summarize analysis results for multiple tools and samples in a single report. Bioinformatics. 2016 Oct 1;32(19):3047-8. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btw354. Epub 2016 Jun 16. PubMed PMID: 27312411; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5039924.
 
 - [Bioconductor](https://www.bioconductor.org/) and [R](https://cran.r-project.org/)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d5257485..a5df23a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 [![GitHub Actions Linting Status](https://github.com/nf-core/smrnaseq/actions/workflows/linting.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/nf-core/smrnaseq/actions/workflows/linting.yml)[![AWS CI](https://img.shields.io/badge/CI%20tests-full%20size-FF9900?labelColor=000000&logo=Amazon%20AWS)](https://nf-co.re/smrnaseq/results)[![Cite with Zenodo](http://img.shields.io/badge/DOI-10.5281/zenodo.10696391?labelColor=000000)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10696391)
 [![nf-test](https://img.shields.io/badge/unit_tests-nf--test-337ab7.svg)](https://www.nf-test.com)
 
-[![Nextflow](https://img.shields.io/badge/nextflow%20DSL2-%E2%89%A523.10.4-23aa62.svg)](https://www.nextflow.io/)
+[![Nextflow](https://img.shields.io/badge/nextflow%20DSL2-%E2%89%A524.04.2-23aa62.svg)](https://www.nextflow.io/)
 [![run with conda](http://img.shields.io/badge/run%20with-conda-3EB049?labelColor=000000&logo=anaconda)](https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/)
 [![run with docker](https://img.shields.io/badge/run%20with-docker-0db7ed?labelColor=000000&logo=docker)](https://www.docker.com/)
 [![run with singularity](https://img.shields.io/badge/run%20with-singularity-1d355c.svg?labelColor=000000)](https://sylabs.io/docs/)
@@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ nextflow run nf-core/smrnaseq \
 > Remember to add a protocol as an additional profile (such as `illumina`, `nexttflex`, `qiaseq` or `cats`) when running with your own data. If no protocol is indicated via -profile, the pipeline will likely fail. Alternatively, if needed to run a custom protocol, parameters must be set manually, and auto-detect feature is available. See [usage documentation](https://nf-co.re/smrnaseq/usage) for more details about these profiles.
 
 > [!WARNING]
-> Please provide pipeline parameters via the CLI or Nextflow `-params-file` option. Custom config files including those provided by the `-c` Nextflow option can be used to provide any configuration _**except for parameters**_;
-> see [docs](https://nf-co.re/usage/configuration#custom-configuration-files).
+> Please provide pipeline parameters via the CLI or Nextflow `-params-file` option. Custom config files including those provided by the `-c` Nextflow option can be used to provide any configuration _**except for parameters**_; see [docs](https://nf-co.re/docs/usage/getting_started/configuration#custom-configuration-files).
 
 For more details and further functionality, please refer to the [usage documentation](https://nf-co.re/smrnaseq/usage) and the [parameter documentation](https://nf-co.re/smrnaseq/parameters).
 
diff --git a/assets/multiqc_config.yml b/assets/multiqc_config.yml
index b820681c..55973984 100644
--- a/assets/multiqc_config.yml
+++ b/assets/multiqc_config.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ report_comment: >
   This report has been generated by the <a href="https://github.com/nf-core/smrnaseq/releases/tag/2.4.0" target="_blank">nf-core/smrnaseq</a>
   analysis pipeline. For information about how to interpret these results, please see the
   <a href="https://nf-co.re/smrnaseq/2.4.0/docs/output" target="_blank">documentation</a>.
-
 report_section_order:
   "nf-core-smrnaseq-methods-description":
     order: -1000
diff --git a/assets/schema_input.json b/assets/schema_input.json
index 892b1996..b5face8a 100644
--- a/assets/schema_input.json
+++ b/assets/schema_input.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema",
+    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
     "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/smrnaseq/master/assets/schema_input.json",
     "title": "nf-core/smrnaseq pipeline - params.input schema",
     "description": "Schema for the file provided with params.input",
diff --git a/conf/base.config b/conf/base.config
index 0e8b0a2e..7d3a72eb 100644
--- a/conf/base.config
+++ b/conf/base.config
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 
 process {
 
-    cpus   = { check_max( 1    * task.attempt, 'cpus'   ) }
-    memory = { check_max( 6.GB * task.attempt, 'memory' ) }
-    time   = { check_max( 4.h  * task.attempt, 'time'   ) }
+    cpus   = { 1      * task.attempt }
+    memory = { 6.GB   * task.attempt }
+    time   = { 4.h    * task.attempt }
 
     errorStrategy = { task.exitStatus in ((130..145) + 104) ? 'retry' : 'finish' }
     maxRetries    = 1
@@ -24,30 +24,30 @@ process {
     //        adding in your processes.
     // See https://www.nextflow.io/docs/latest/config.html#config-process-selectors
     withLabel:process_single {
-        cpus   = { check_max( 1                  , 'cpus'    ) }
-        memory = { check_max( 6.GB * task.attempt, 'memory'  ) }
-        time   = { check_max( 4.h  * task.attempt, 'time'    ) }
+        cpus   = { 1                   }
+        memory = { 6.GB * task.attempt }
+        time   = { 4.h  * task.attempt }
     }
     withLabel:process_low {
-        cpus = { check_max( 2 * task.attempt, 'cpus' ) }
-        memory = { check_max( 12.GB * task.attempt, 'memory' ) }
-        time = { check_max( 6.h * task.attempt, 'time' ) }
+        cpus   = { 2     * task.attempt }
+        memory = { 12.GB * task.attempt }
+        time   = { 4.h   * task.attempt }
     }
     withLabel:process_medium {
-        cpus = { check_max( 6 * task.attempt, 'cpus' ) }
-        memory = { check_max( 36.GB * task.attempt, 'memory' ) }
-        time = { check_max( 8.h * task.attempt, 'time' ) }
+        cpus   = { 6     * task.attempt }
+        memory = { 36.GB * task.attempt }
+        time   = { 8.h   * task.attempt }
     }
     withLabel:process_high {
-        cpus = { check_max( 12 * task.attempt, 'cpus' ) }
-        memory = { check_max( 72.GB * task.attempt, 'memory' ) }
-        time = { check_max( 10.h * task.attempt, 'time' ) }
+        cpus   = { 12    * task.attempt }
+        memory = { 72.GB * task.attempt }
+        time   = { 16.h  * task.attempt }
     }
     withLabel:process_long {
-        time = { check_max( 20.h * task.attempt, 'time' ) }
+        time   = { 20.h  * task.attempt }
     }
     withLabel:process_high_memory {
-        memory = { check_max( 200.GB * task.attempt, 'memory' ) }
+        memory = { 200.GB * task.attempt }
     }
     withLabel:error_ignore {
         errorStrategy = 'ignore'
diff --git a/conf/ci.config b/conf/ci.config
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c63ba51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/ci.config
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// CI max resource settings
+process {
+    withLabel:'.*' {
+        cpus   = 2
+        memory = 6.GB
+        time   = 6.h
+    }
+    withLabel:process_single {
+        cpus   = 2
+        memory = 6.GB
+        time   = 6.h
+    }
+}
diff --git a/conf/igenomes_ignored.config b/conf/igenomes_ignored.config
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4034d82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/igenomes_ignored.config
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/*
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+    Nextflow config file for iGenomes paths
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+    Empty genomes dictionary to use when igenomes is ignored.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+*/
+
+params.genomes = [:]
diff --git a/conf/test.config b/conf/test.config
index a5c0ca38..b3952ad0 100644
--- a/conf/test.config
+++ b/conf/test.config
@@ -10,15 +10,18 @@
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
 
+process {
+    resourceLimits = [
+        cpus: 4,
+        memory: '15.GB',
+        time: '1.h'
+    ]
+}
+
 params {
     config_profile_name        = 'Test profile'
     config_profile_description = 'Minimal test dataset to check pipeline function'
 
-    // Limit resources so that this can run on GitHub Actions
-    max_cpus   = 2
-    max_memory = '6.GB'
-    max_time   = '6.h'
-
     // Input data
 
     input            = 'https://github.com/nf-core/test-datasets/raw/smrnaseq/samplesheet/v2.0/samplesheet.csv'
diff --git a/conf/test_contamination.config b/conf/test_contamination.config
index 5e089656..266c288c 100644
--- a/conf/test_contamination.config
+++ b/conf/test_contamination.config
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ params {
     config_profile_name        = 'Test profile'
     config_profile_description = 'Minimal test dataset to check pipeline function with contamination filter'
 
-    // Limit resources so that this can run on GitHub Actions
-    max_cpus   = 2
-    max_memory = '6.GB'
-    max_time   = '6.h'
-
     // Input data
 
     input            = 'https://github.com/nf-core/test-datasets/raw/smrnaseq/samplesheet/v2.0/samplesheet.csv'
diff --git a/conf/test_contamination_tech_reps.config b/conf/test_contamination_tech_reps.config
index f164bde4..5daf339c 100644
--- a/conf/test_contamination_tech_reps.config
+++ b/conf/test_contamination_tech_reps.config
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ params {
     config_profile_name        = 'Test technical repeats profile'
     config_profile_description = 'Minimal test dataset to check pipeline function'
 
-    // Limit resources so that this can run on GitHub Actions
-    max_cpus   = 2
-    max_memory = '6.GB'
-    max_time   = '6.h'
-
     // Input data
     input      = 'https://github.com/nf-core/test-datasets/raw/smrnaseq/samplesheet/v2.0/samplesheet_technical_repeats_short.csv'
 
diff --git a/conf/test_mirgenedb.config b/conf/test_mirgenedb.config
index 9567dad4..097c73fe 100644
--- a/conf/test_mirgenedb.config
+++ b/conf/test_mirgenedb.config
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ params {
     config_profile_name        = 'Test profile with mirgeneDB inputs and run mirdeep2'
     config_profile_description = 'Minimal test dataset to check pipeline function with mirgeneDB inputs and run mirdeep2'
 
-    // Limit resources so that this can run on GitHub Actions
-    max_cpus   = 2
-    max_memory = '6.GB'
-    max_time   = '6.h'
-
     // Input data
     input            = 'https://github.com/nf-core/test-datasets/raw/smrnaseq/samplesheet/v2.0/samplesheet_test_short.csv'
     fasta            = 'https://github.com/nf-core/test-datasets/raw/smrnaseq/reference/genome.fa'
diff --git a/conf/test_nextflex.config b/conf/test_nextflex.config
index 17f1b721..465952f5 100644
--- a/conf/test_nextflex.config
+++ b/conf/test_nextflex.config
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ params {
     config_profile_name        = 'Nextflex Test profile'
     config_profile_description = 'Minimal test dataset to check pipeline function'
 
-    // Limit resources so that this can run on GitHub Actions
-    max_cpus   = 2
-    max_memory = '6.GB'
-    max_time   = '6.h'
-
     // Input data
     input               = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/test-datasets/smrnaseq/samplesheet/v2.0/samplesheet_test_nextflex.csv'
     mature              = 'https://github.com/nf-core/test-datasets/raw/smrnaseq/reference/mature.fa'
diff --git a/conf/test_skipfastp.config b/conf/test_skipfastp.config
index 01216039..de786332 100644
--- a/conf/test_skipfastp.config
+++ b/conf/test_skipfastp.config
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ params {
     config_profile_name        = 'Test profile'
     config_profile_description = 'Minimal test dataset to check pipeline function skipping trimming'
 
-    // Limit resources so that this can run on GitHub Actions
-    max_cpus   = 2
-    max_memory = '6.GB'
-    max_time   = '6.h'
-
     // Input data
 
     input            = 'https://github.com/nf-core/test-datasets/raw/smrnaseq/samplesheet/v2.0/samplesheet_skipfastp.csv'
diff --git a/conf/test_technical_repeats.config b/conf/test_technical_repeats.config
index 2c75e9bc..2c969ddd 100644
--- a/conf/test_technical_repeats.config
+++ b/conf/test_technical_repeats.config
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ params {
     config_profile_name        = 'Test technical repeats profile'
     config_profile_description = 'Minimal test dataset to check pipeline function'
 
-    // Limit resources so that this can run on GitHub Actions
-    max_cpus   = 2
-    max_memory = '6.GB'
-    max_time   = '6.h'
-
     // Input data
 
     input            = 'https://github.com/nf-core/test-datasets/raw/smrnaseq/samplesheet/v2.0/samplesheet_technical_repeats.csv'
diff --git a/conf/test_umi.config b/conf/test_umi.config
index 16bc7256..5945efcf 100644
--- a/conf/test_umi.config
+++ b/conf/test_umi.config
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ params {
     config_profile_name        = 'Test profile'
     config_profile_description = 'Minimal test dataset to check pipeline function'
 
-    // Limit resources so that this can run on GitHub Actions
-    max_cpus   = 2
-    max_memory = '6.GB'
-    max_time   = '6.h'
-
     // Input data
 
     input            = 'https://github.com/nf-core/test-datasets/raw/smrnaseq/samplesheet/v2.0/samplesheet_umi.csv'
diff --git a/docs/images/mqc_fastqc_adapter.png b/docs/images/mqc_fastqc_adapter.png
deleted file mode 100755
index 361d0e47..00000000
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diff --git a/docs/images/mqc_fastqc_counts.png b/docs/images/mqc_fastqc_counts.png
deleted file mode 100755
index cb39ebb8..00000000
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diff --git a/docs/images/mqc_fastqc_quality.png b/docs/images/mqc_fastqc_quality.png
deleted file mode 100755
index a4b89bf5..00000000
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diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md
index 36f575a1..46fbe6eb 100644
--- a/docs/usage.md
+++ b/docs/usage.md
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ The above pipeline run specified with a params file in yaml format:
 nextflow run nf-core/smrnaseq -profile docker -params-file params.yaml
 ```
 
-with `params.yaml` containing:
+with:
 
-```yaml
+```yaml title="params.yaml"
 input: './samplesheet.csv'
 outdir: './results/'
 genome: 'GRCh37'
@@ -286,14 +286,6 @@ See the main [Nextflow documentation](https://www.nextflow.io/docs/latest/config
 
 If you have any questions or issues please send us a message on [Slack](https://nf-co.re/join/slack) on the [`#configs` channel](https://nfcore.slack.com/channels/configs).
 
-## Azure Resource Requests
-
-To be used with the `azurebatch` profile by specifying the `-profile azurebatch`.
-We recommend providing a compute `params.vm_type` of `Standard_D16_v3` VMs by default but these options can be changed if required.
-
-Note that the choice of VM size depends on your quota and the overall workload during the analysis.
-For a thorough list, please refer the [Azure Sizes for virtual machines in Azure](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes).
-
 ## Running in the background
 
 Nextflow handles job submissions and supervises the running jobs. The Nextflow process must run until the pipeline is finished.
diff --git a/main.nf b/main.nf
index a45bf433..60791ecb 100644
--- a/main.nf
+++ b/main.nf
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
 
-nextflow.enable.dsl = 2
-
 /*
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     IMPORT FUNCTIONS / MODULES / SUBWORKFLOWS / WORKFLOWS
@@ -73,7 +71,6 @@ workflow {
     //
     PIPELINE_INITIALISATION (
         params.version,
-        params.help,
         params.validate_params,
         params.monochrome_logs,
         args,
@@ -107,7 +104,6 @@ workflow {
         PIPELINE_INITIALISATION.out.three_prime_adapter,
         PIPELINE_INITIALISATION.out.phred_offset
     )
-
     //
     // SUBWORKFLOW: Run completion tasks
     //
diff --git a/modules.json b/modules.json
index d5c370d7..c137d862 100644
--- a/modules.json
+++ b/modules.json
@@ -193,17 +193,17 @@
                     },
                     "utils_nextflow_pipeline": {
                         "branch": "master",
-                        "git_sha": "d20fb2a9cc3e2835e9d067d1046a63252eb17352",
+                        "git_sha": "9d05360da397692321d377b6102d2fb22507c6ef",
                         "installed_by": ["subworkflows"]
                     },
                     "utils_nfcore_pipeline": {
                         "branch": "master",
-                        "git_sha": "2fdce49d30c0254f76bc0f13c55c17455c1251ab",
+                        "git_sha": "772684d9d66f37b650c8ba5146ac1ee3ecba2acb",
                         "installed_by": ["subworkflows"]
                     },
-                    "utils_nfvalidation_plugin": {
+                    "utils_nfschema_plugin": {
                         "branch": "master",
-                        "git_sha": "5caf7640a9ef1d18d765d55339be751bb0969dfa",
+                        "git_sha": "bbd5a41f4535a8defafe6080e00ea74c45f4f96c",
                         "installed_by": ["subworkflows"]
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/tests/main.nf.test.snap b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/tests/main.nf.test.snap
index 2fcbb5ff..261dc0fa 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/tests/main.nf.test.snap
+++ b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/tests/main.nf.test.snap
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@
         },
         "timestamp": "2024-10-02T17:52:09.185842"
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index 9a3deb36..3a734460 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ params {
     genome                     = null
     igenomes_base              = 's3://ngi-igenomes/igenomes/'
     igenomes_ignore            = false
-
     // MultiQC options
     multiqc_config             = null
     multiqc_title              = null
@@ -89,51 +88,26 @@ params {
     monochrome_logs              = false
     hook_url                     = null
     help                         = false
+    help_full                    = false
+    show_hidden                  = false
     version                      = false
     pipelines_testdata_base_path = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/test-datasets/'
-
     // Config options
     config_profile_name        = null
     config_profile_description = null
+
     custom_config_version      = 'master'
     custom_config_base         = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/configs/${params.custom_config_version}"
     config_profile_contact     = null
     config_profile_url         = null
 
-
-    // Max resource options
-    // Defaults only, expecting to be overwritten
-    max_memory                  = '128.GB'
-    max_cpus                    = 16
-    max_time                    = '240.h'
-
     // Schema validation default options
-    validationFailUnrecognisedParams = false
-    validationLenientMode            = false
-    validationSchemaIgnoreParams     = 'genomes,igenomes_base'
-    validationShowHiddenParams       = false
-    validate_params                  = true
-
+    validate_params            = true
 }
 
 // Load base.config by default for all pipelines
 includeConfig 'conf/base.config'
 
-// Load nf-core custom profiles from different Institutions
-try {
-    includeConfig "${params.custom_config_base}/nfcore_custom.config"
-} catch (Exception e) {
-    System.err.println("WARNING: Could not load nf-core/config profiles: ${params.custom_config_base}/nfcore_custom.config")
-}
-
-// Load nf-core/smrnaseq custom profiles from different institutions.
-// Warning: Uncomment only if a pipeline-specific institutional config already exists on nf-core/configs!
-// try {
-//   includeConfig "${params.custom_config_base}/pipeline/smrnaseq.config"
-// } catch (Exception e) {
-//   System.err.println("WARNING: Could not load nf-core/config/smrnaseq profiles: ${params.custom_config_base}/pipeline/smrnaseq.config")
-// }
-
 profiles {
     debug {
         dumpHashes              = true
@@ -147,7 +121,7 @@ profiles {
         podman.enabled          = false
         shifter.enabled         = false
         charliecloud.enabled    = false
-        conda.channels          = ['conda-forge', 'bioconda', 'defaults']
+        conda.channels          = ['conda-forge', 'bioconda']
         apptainer.enabled       = false
     }
     mamba {
@@ -246,6 +220,7 @@ profiles {
     test_contamination_tech_reps   { includeConfig 'conf/test_contamination_tech_reps.config' }
     test_skipfastp                 { includeConfig 'conf/test_skipfastp.config' }
     test_nextflex                  { includeConfig 'conf/test_nextflex.config' }
+    ci                             { includeConfig 'conf/ci.config' }
 
 
     //Protocol specific profiles
@@ -255,26 +230,23 @@ profiles {
     nextflex       { includeConfig 'conf/protocol_nextflex.config' }
 }
 
-// Set default registry for Apptainer, Docker, Podman and Singularity independent of -profile
-// Will not be used unless Apptainer / Docker / Podman / Singularity are enabled
-// Set to your registry if you have a mirror of containers
-apptainer.registry   = 'quay.io'
-docker.registry      = 'quay.io'
-podman.registry      = 'quay.io'
-singularity.registry = 'quay.io'
+// Load nf-core custom profiles from different Institutions
+includeConfig !System.getenv('NXF_OFFLINE') && params.custom_config_base ? "${params.custom_config_base}/nfcore_custom.config" : "/dev/null"
 
-// Nextflow plugins
-plugins {
-    id 'nf-validation@1.1.3' // Validation of pipeline parameters and creation of an input channel from a sample sheet
-}
+// Load nf-core/smrnaseq custom profiles from different institutions.
+// TODO nf-core: Optionally, you can add a pipeline-specific nf-core config at https://github.com/nf-core/configs
+// includeConfig !System.getenv('NXF_OFFLINE') && params.custom_config_base ? "${params.custom_config_base}/pipeline/smrnaseq.config" : "/dev/null"
+// Set default registry for Apptainer, Docker, Podman, Charliecloud and Singularity independent of -profile
+// Will not be used unless Apptainer / Docker / Podman / Charliecloud / Singularity are enabled
+// Set to your registry if you have a mirror of containers
+apptainer.registry    = 'quay.io'
+docker.registry       = 'quay.io'
+podman.registry       = 'quay.io'
+singularity.registry  = 'quay.io'
+charliecloud.registry = 'quay.io'
 
 // Load igenomes.config if required
-if (!params.igenomes_ignore) {
-    includeConfig 'conf/igenomes.config'
-} else {
-    params.genomes = [:]
-}
-
+includeConfig !params.igenomes_ignore ? 'conf/igenomes.config' : 'conf/igenomes_ignored.config'
 // Export these variables to prevent local Python/R libraries from conflicting with those in the container
 // The JULIA depot path has been adjusted to a fixed path `/usr/local/share/julia` that needs to be used for packages in the container.
 // See https://apeltzer.github.io/post/03-julia-lang-nextflow/ for details on that. Once we have a common agreement on where to keep Julia packages, this is adjustable.
@@ -286,16 +258,15 @@ env {
     JULIA_DEPOT_PATH = "/usr/local/share/julia"
 }
 
-// Capture exit codes from upstream processes when piping
-process.shell = ['/bin/bash', '-euo', 'pipefail']
+// Set bash options
+process.shell = """\
+bash
 
-// Set default registry for Docker and Podman independent of -profile
-// Will not be used unless Docker / Podman are enabled
-// Set to your registry if you have a mirror of containers
-apptainer.registry   = 'quay.io'
-docker.registry      = 'quay.io'
-podman.registry      = 'quay.io'
-singularity.registry = 'quay.io'
+set -e # Exit if a tool returns a non-zero status/exit code
+set -u # Treat unset variables and parameters as an error
+set -o pipefail # Returns the status of the last command to exit with a non-zero status or zero if all successfully execute
+set -C # No clobber - prevent output redirection from overwriting files.
+"""
 
 // Disable process selector warnings by default. Use debug profile to enable warnings.
 nextflow.enable.configProcessNamesValidation = false
@@ -324,44 +295,46 @@ manifest {
     homePage        = 'https://github.com/nf-core/smrnaseq'
     description     = """Small RNA-Seq Best Practice Analysis Pipeline."""
     mainScript      = 'main.nf'
-    nextflowVersion = '!>=23.10.4'
+    nextflowVersion = '!>=24.04.2'
     version         = '2.4.0'
     doi             = '10.5281/zenodo.3456879'
 }
 
-// Load modules.config for DSL2 module specific options
-includeConfig 'conf/modules.config'
+// Nextflow plugins
+plugins {
+    id 'nf-schema@2.1.1' // Validation of pipeline parameters and creation of an input channel from a sample sheet
+}
 
-// Function to ensure that resource requirements don't go beyond
-// a maximum limit
-def check_max(obj, type) {
-    if (type == 'memory') {
-        try {
-            if (obj.compareTo(params.max_memory as nextflow.util.MemoryUnit) == 1)
-                return params.max_memory as nextflow.util.MemoryUnit
-            else
-                return obj
-        } catch (all) {
-            println "   ### ERROR ###   Max memory '${params.max_memory}' is not valid! Using default value: $obj"
-            return obj
-        }
-    } else if (type == 'time') {
-        try {
-            if (obj.compareTo(params.max_time as nextflow.util.Duration) == 1)
-                return params.max_time as nextflow.util.Duration
-            else
-                return obj
-        } catch (all) {
-            println "   ### ERROR ###   Max time '${params.max_time}' is not valid! Using default value: $obj"
-            return obj
-        }
-    } else if (type == 'cpus') {
-        try {
-            return Math.min( obj, params.max_cpus as int )
-        } catch (all) {
-            println "   ### ERROR ###   Max cpus '${params.max_cpus}' is not valid! Using default value: $obj"
-            return obj
-        }
+validation {
+    defaultIgnoreParams = ["genomes","igenomes_base"]
+    help {
+        enabled = true
+        command = "nextflow run $manifest.name -profile <docker/singularity/.../institute> --input samplesheet.csv --outdir <OUTDIR>"
+        fullParameter = "help_full"
+        showHiddenParameter = "show_hidden"
+        beforeText = """
+-\033[2m----------------------------------------------------\033[0m-
+                                        \033[0;32m,--.\033[0;30m/\033[0;32m,-.\033[0m
+\033[0;34m        ___     __   __   __   ___     \033[0;32m/,-._.--~\'\033[0m
+\033[0;34m  |\\ | |__  __ /  ` /  \\ |__) |__         \033[0;33m}  {\033[0m
+\033[0;34m  | \\| |       \\__, \\__/ |  \\ |___     \033[0;32m\\`-._,-`-,\033[0m
+                                        \033[0;32m`._,._,\'\033[0m
+\033[0;35m  ${manifest.name} ${manifest.version}\033[0m
+-\033[2m----------------------------------------------------\033[0m-
+"""
+        afterText = """${manifest.doi ? "* The pipeline\n" : ""}${manifest.doi.tokenize(",").collect { "  https://doi.org/${it.trim().replace('https://doi.org/','')}"}.join("\n")}${manifest.doi ? "\n" : ""}
+* The nf-core framework
+    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0439-x
+
+* Software dependencies
+    https://github.com/${manifest.name}/blob/master/CITATIONS.md
+"""
+    }
+    summary {
+        beforeText = validation.help.beforeText
+        afterText = validation.help.afterText
     }
-
 }
+
+// Load modules.config for DSL2 module specific options
+includeConfig 'conf/modules.config'
diff --git a/nextflow_schema.json b/nextflow_schema.json
index 4fe27bb1..dc5a3c3f 100644
--- a/nextflow_schema.json
+++ b/nextflow_schema.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
-    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema",
+    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
     "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/smrnaseq/master/nextflow_schema.json",
     "title": "nf-core/smrnaseq pipeline parameters",
     "description": "Small RNA-Seq Best Practice Analysis Pipeline.",
     "type": "object",
-    "definitions": {
+    "$defs": {
         "input_output_options": {
             "title": "Input/output options",
             "type": "object",
@@ -382,41 +382,6 @@
                 }
             }
         },
-        "max_job_request_options": {
-            "title": "Max job request options",
-            "type": "object",
-            "fa_icon": "fab fa-acquisitions-incorporated",
-            "description": "Set the top limit for requested resources for any single job.",
-            "help_text": "If you are running on a smaller system, a pipeline step requesting more resources than are available may cause the Nextflow to stop the run with an error. These options allow you to cap the maximum resources requested by any single job so that the pipeline will run on your system.\n\nNote that you can not _increase_ the resources requested by any job using these options. For that you will need your own configuration file. See [the nf-core website](https://nf-co.re/usage/configuration) for details.",
-            "properties": {
-                "max_cpus": {
-                    "type": "integer",
-                    "description": "Maximum number of CPUs that can be requested for any single job.",
-                    "default": 16,
-                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-microchip",
-                    "hidden": true,
-                    "help_text": "Use to set an upper-limit for the CPU requirement for each process. Should be an integer e.g. `--max_cpus 1`"
-                },
-                "max_memory": {
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "description": "Maximum amount of memory that can be requested for any single job.",
-                    "default": "128.GB",
-                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-memory",
-                    "pattern": "^\\d+(\\.\\d+)?\\.?\\s*(K|M|G|T)?B$",
-                    "hidden": true,
-                    "help_text": "Use to set an upper-limit for the memory requirement for each process. Should be a string in the format integer-unit e.g. `--max_memory '8.GB'`"
-                },
-                "max_time": {
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "description": "Maximum amount of time that can be requested for any single job.",
-                    "default": "240.h",
-                    "fa_icon": "far fa-clock",
-                    "pattern": "^(\\d+\\.?\\s*(s|m|h|d|day)\\s*)+$",
-                    "hidden": true,
-                    "help_text": "Use to set an upper-limit for the time requirement for each process. Should be a string in the format integer-unit e.g. `--max_time '2.h'`"
-                }
-            }
-        },
         "generic_options": {
             "title": "Generic options",
             "type": "object",
@@ -424,12 +389,6 @@
             "description": "Less common options for the pipeline, typically set in a config file.",
             "help_text": "These options are common to all nf-core pipelines and allow you to customise some of the core preferences for how the pipeline runs.\n\nTypically these options would be set in a Nextflow config file loaded for all pipeline runs, such as `~/.nextflow/config`.",
             "properties": {
-                "help": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "description": "Display help text.",
-                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-question-circle",
-                    "hidden": true
-                },
                 "version": {
                     "type": "boolean",
                     "description": "Display version and exit.",
@@ -505,27 +464,6 @@
                     "fa_icon": "fas fa-check-square",
                     "hidden": true
                 },
-                "validationShowHiddenParams": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "fa_icon": "far fa-eye-slash",
-                    "description": "Show all params when using `--help`",
-                    "hidden": true,
-                    "help_text": "By default, parameters set as _hidden_ in the schema are not shown on the command line when a user runs with `--help`. Specifying this option will tell the pipeline to show all parameters."
-                },
-                "validationFailUnrecognisedParams": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "fa_icon": "far fa-check-circle",
-                    "description": "Validation of parameters fails when an unrecognised parameter is found.",
-                    "hidden": true,
-                    "help_text": "By default, when an unrecognised parameter is found, it returns a warinig."
-                },
-                "validationLenientMode": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "fa_icon": "far fa-check-circle",
-                    "description": "Validation of parameters in lenient more.",
-                    "hidden": true,
-                    "help_text": "Allows string values that are parseable as numbers or booleans. For further information see [JSONSchema docs](https://github.com/everit-org/json-schema#lenient-mode)."
-                },
                 "pipelines_testdata_base_path": {
                     "type": "string",
                     "fa_icon": "far fa-check-circle",
@@ -538,31 +476,34 @@
     },
     "allOf": [
         {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/input_output_options"
-        },
-        {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/umi_options"
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/input_output_options"
         },
         {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/reference_genome_options"
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/umi_options"
         },
         {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/trimming_options"
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/reference_genome_options"
         },
         {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/contamination_filtering"
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/trimming_options"
         },
         {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/skipping_pipeline_steps"
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/contamination_filtering"
         },
         {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/institutional_config_options"
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/skipping_pipeline_steps"
         },
         {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/max_job_request_options"
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/institutional_config_options"
         },
         {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/generic_options"
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/generic_options"
+        }
+    ],
+    "properties": {
+        "igenomes_base": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "default": "s3://ngi-igenomes/igenomes/"
         }
-    ]
+    }
 }
diff --git a/subworkflows/local/prepare_genome/main.nf b/subworkflows/local/prepare_genome/main.nf
index eba1d33c..2f3f34b7 100644
--- a/subworkflows/local/prepare_genome/main.nf
+++ b/subworkflows/local/prepare_genome/main.nf
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ workflow PREPARE_GENOME {
     bool_has_fasta            = val_fasta                     ? true : false
 
     ch_mirtrace_species       = val_mirtrace_species          ? Channel.value(val_mirtrace_species) : Channel.empty()
-    mirna_gtf_from_species    = val_mirtrace_species          ? (val_mirtrace_species == 'hsa' ? params.hsa_ref : "https://mirbase.org/download/CURRENT/genomes/${val_mirtrace_species}.gff3") : false
+    mirna_gtf_from_species    = val_mirtrace_species          ? (val_mirtrace_species == 'hsa' ? "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/test-datasets/smrnaseq/reference/hsa.gff3" : "https://mirbase.org/download/CURRENT/genomes/${val_mirtrace_species}.gff3") : false
     ch_mirna_gtf              = val_mirna_gtf                 ? Channel.fromPath(val_mirna_gtf, checkIfExists: true).map{ it -> [ [id:it.baseName], it ] }.collect() : ( mirna_gtf_from_species ? Channel.fromPath(mirna_gtf_from_species, checkIfExists: true).map{ it -> [ [id:it.baseName], it ] }.collect() :  Channel.empty() )
     ch_mirna_adapters         = params.with_umi               ? [] : Channel.fromPath(val_fastp_known_mirna_adapters, checkIfExists: true).collect()
 
diff --git a/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_smrnaseq_pipeline/main.nf b/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_smrnaseq_pipeline/main.nf
index e7f656d0..8d90ea04 100644
--- a/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_smrnaseq_pipeline/main.nf
+++ b/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_smrnaseq_pipeline/main.nf
@@ -8,31 +8,25 @@
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 */
 
-//nf-core subworkflows
-include { UTILS_NFVALIDATION_PLUGIN } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin'
-include { UTILS_NEXTFLOW_PIPELINE   } from '../../nf-core/utils_nextflow_pipeline'
+include { UTILS_NFSCHEMA_PLUGIN     } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin'
+include { paramsSummaryMap          } from 'plugin/nf-schema'
+include { samplesheetToList         } from 'plugin/nf-schema'
 include { completionEmail           } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
 include { completionSummary         } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
-include { dashedLine                } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
-include { nfCoreLogo                } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
 include { imNotification            } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
 include { UTILS_NFCORE_PIPELINE     } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
-include { workflowCitation          } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
-//plugins
-include { paramsSummaryMap          } from 'plugin/nf-validation'
-include { fromSamplesheet           } from 'plugin/nf-validation'
+include { UTILS_NEXTFLOW_PIPELINE   } from '../../nf-core/utils_nextflow_pipeline'
 
 /*
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     SUBWORKFLOW TO INITIALISE PIPELINE
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 */
 
 workflow PIPELINE_INITIALISATION {
 
     take:
     version                    // boolean: Display version and exit
-    help                       // boolean: Display help text
     validate_params            // boolean: Boolean whether to validate parameters against the schema at runtime
     monochrome_logs            // boolean: Do not use coloured log outputs
     nextflow_cli_args          //   array: List of positional nextflow CLI args
@@ -61,18 +55,14 @@ workflow PIPELINE_INITIALISATION {
     //
     // Validate parameters and generate parameter summary to stdout
     //
-    pre_help_text = nfCoreLogo(monochrome_logs)
-    post_help_text = '\n' + workflowCitation() + '\n' + dashedLine(monochrome_logs)
-    def String workflow_command = "nextflow run ${workflow.manifest.name} -profile <docker/singularity/.../institute> --input samplesheet.csv --outdir <OUTDIR>"
-    UTILS_NFVALIDATION_PLUGIN (
-        help,
-        workflow_command,
-        pre_help_text,
-        post_help_text,
+    UTILS_NFSCHEMA_PLUGIN (
+        workflow,
         validate_params,
-        "nextflow_schema.json"
+        null
     )
 
+
+
     //
     // Check config provided to the pipeline
     //
@@ -87,7 +77,9 @@ workflow PIPELINE_INITIALISATION {
     //
     // Create channel from input file provided through params.input
     //
-    ch_samplesheet = Channel.fromSamplesheet("input")
+
+    ch_samplesheet = Channel
+        .fromList(samplesheetToList(params.input, "${projectDir}/assets/schema_input.json"))
         .map {
             meta, fastq_1, fastq_2 ->
                 if (!fastq_2) {
@@ -97,8 +89,8 @@ workflow PIPELINE_INITIALISATION {
                 }
         }
         .groupTuple()
-        .map {
-            validateInputSamplesheet(it)
+        .map { samplesheet ->
+            validateInputSamplesheet(samplesheet)
         }
         .map {
             meta, fastqs ->
@@ -113,9 +105,9 @@ workflow PIPELINE_INITIALISATION {
 }
 
 /*
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     SUBWORKFLOW FOR PIPELINE COMPLETION
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 */
 
 workflow PIPELINE_COMPLETION {
@@ -130,7 +122,6 @@ workflow PIPELINE_COMPLETION {
     multiqc_report  //  string: Path to MultiQC report
 
     main:
-
     summary_params = paramsSummaryMap(workflow, parameters_schema: "nextflow_schema.json")
 
     //
@@ -138,11 +129,18 @@ workflow PIPELINE_COMPLETION {
     //
     workflow.onComplete {
         if (email || email_on_fail) {
-            completionEmail(summary_params, email, email_on_fail, plaintext_email, outdir, monochrome_logs, multiqc_report.toList())
+            completionEmail(
+                summary_params,
+                email,
+                email_on_fail,
+                plaintext_email,
+                outdir,
+                monochrome_logs,
+                multiqc_report.toList()
+            )
         }
 
         completionSummary(monochrome_logs)
-
         if (hook_url) {
             imNotification(summary_params, hook_url)
         }
@@ -154,9 +152,9 @@ workflow PIPELINE_COMPLETION {
 }
 
 /*
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     FUNCTIONS
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 */
 //
 // Check and validate pipeline parameters
@@ -171,7 +169,7 @@ def validateInputSamplesheet(input) {
     def (metas, fastqs) = input[1..2]
 
     // Check that multiple runs of the same sample are of the same datatype i.e. single-end / paired-end
-    def endedness_ok = metas.collect{ it.single_end }.unique().size == 1
+    def endedness_ok = metas.collect{ meta -> meta.single_end }.unique().size == 1
     if (!endedness_ok) {
         error("Please check input samplesheet -> Multiple runs of a sample must be of the same datatype i.e. single-end or paired-end: ${metas[0].id}")
     }
@@ -211,7 +209,6 @@ def genomeExistsError() {
         error(error_string)
     }
 }
-
 //
 // Generate methods description for MultiQC
 //
@@ -279,8 +276,10 @@ def methodsDescriptionText(mqc_methods_yaml) {
         // Removing `https://doi.org/` to handle pipelines using DOIs vs DOI resolvers
         // Removing ` ` since the manifest.doi is a string and not a proper list
         def temp_doi_ref = ""
-        String[] manifest_doi = meta.manifest_map.doi.tokenize(",")
-        for (String doi_ref: manifest_doi) temp_doi_ref += "(doi: <a href=\'https://doi.org/${doi_ref.replace("https://doi.org/", "").replace(" ", "")}\'>${doi_ref.replace("https://doi.org/", "").replace(" ", "")}</a>), "
+        def manifest_doi = meta.manifest_map.doi.tokenize(",")
+        manifest_doi.each { doi_ref ->
+            temp_doi_ref += "(doi: <a href=\'https://doi.org/${doi_ref.replace("https://doi.org/", "").replace(" ", "")}\'>${doi_ref.replace("https://doi.org/", "").replace(" ", "")}</a>), "
+        }
         meta["doi_text"] = temp_doi_ref.substring(0, temp_doi_ref.length() - 2)
     } else meta["doi_text"] = ""
     meta["nodoi_text"] = meta.manifest_map.doi ? "" : "<li>If available, make sure to update the text to include the Zenodo DOI of version of the pipeline used. </li>"
@@ -300,3 +299,4 @@ def methodsDescriptionText(mqc_methods_yaml) {
 
     return description_html.toString()
 }
+
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nextflow_pipeline/main.nf b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nextflow_pipeline/main.nf
index 28e32b20..2b0dc67a 100644
--- a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nextflow_pipeline/main.nf
+++ b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nextflow_pipeline/main.nf
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@
 //
 
 /*
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     SUBWORKFLOW DEFINITION
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 */
 
 workflow UTILS_NEXTFLOW_PIPELINE {
-
     take:
     print_version        // boolean: print version
     dump_parameters      // boolean: dump parameters
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ workflow UTILS_NEXTFLOW_PIPELINE {
     // Print workflow version and exit on --version
     //
     if (print_version) {
-        log.info "${workflow.manifest.name} ${getWorkflowVersion()}"
+        log.info("${workflow.manifest.name} ${getWorkflowVersion()}")
         System.exit(0)
     }
 
@@ -45,9 +44,9 @@ workflow UTILS_NEXTFLOW_PIPELINE {
 }
 
 /*
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     FUNCTIONS
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 */
 
 //
@@ -72,11 +71,11 @@ def getWorkflowVersion() {
 // Dump pipeline parameters to a JSON file
 //
 def dumpParametersToJSON(outdir) {
-    def timestamp  = new java.util.Date().format( 'yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss')
-    def filename   = "params_${timestamp}.json"
-    def temp_pf    = new File(workflow.launchDir.toString(), ".${filename}")
-    def jsonStr    = groovy.json.JsonOutput.toJson(params)
-    temp_pf.text   = groovy.json.JsonOutput.prettyPrint(jsonStr)
+    def timestamp = new java.util.Date().format('yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss')
+    def filename  = "params_${timestamp}.json"
+    def temp_pf   = new File(workflow.launchDir.toString(), ".${filename}")
+    def jsonStr   = groovy.json.JsonOutput.toJson(params)
+    temp_pf.text  = groovy.json.JsonOutput.prettyPrint(jsonStr)
 
     nextflow.extension.FilesEx.copyTo(temp_pf.toPath(), "${outdir}/pipeline_info/params_${timestamp}.json")
     temp_pf.delete()
@@ -91,9 +90,14 @@ def checkCondaChannels() {
     try {
         def config = parser.load("conda config --show channels".execute().text)
         channels = config.channels
-    } catch(NullPointerException | IOException e) {
-        log.warn "Could not verify conda channel configuration."
-        return
+    }
+    catch (NullPointerException e) {
+        log.warn("Could not verify conda channel configuration.")
+        return null
+    }
+    catch (IOException e) {
+        log.warn("Could not verify conda channel configuration.")
+        return null
     }
 
     // Check that all channels are present
@@ -106,19 +110,13 @@ def checkCondaChannels() {
 
     required_channels_in_order.eachWithIndex { channel, index ->
         if (index < required_channels_in_order.size() - 1) {
-            channel_priority_violation |= !(channels.indexOf(channel) < channels.indexOf(required_channels_in_order[index+1]))
+            channel_priority_violation |= !(channels.indexOf(channel) < channels.indexOf(required_channels_in_order[index + 1]))
         }
     }
 
     if (channels_missing | channel_priority_violation) {
-        log.warn "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n" +
-            "  There is a problem with your Conda configuration!\n\n" +
-            "  You will need to set-up the conda-forge and bioconda channels correctly.\n" +
-            "  Please refer to https://bioconda.github.io/\n" +
-            "  The observed channel order is \n" +
-            "  ${channels}\n" +
-            "  but the following channel order is required:\n" +
-            "  ${required_channels_in_order}\n" +
-            "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
+        log.warn(
+            "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n" + "  There is a problem with your Conda configuration!\n\n" + "  You will need to set-up the conda-forge and bioconda channels correctly.\n" + "  Please refer to https://bioconda.github.io/\n" + "  The observed channel order is \n" + "  ${channels}\n" + "  but the following channel order is required:\n" + "  ${required_channels_in_order}\n" + "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
+        )
     }
 }
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline/main.nf b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline/main.nf
index cbd8495b..b78273ca 100644
--- a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline/main.nf
+++ b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline/main.nf
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@
 //
 
 /*
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     SUBWORKFLOW DEFINITION
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 */
 
 workflow UTILS_NFCORE_PIPELINE {
-
     take:
     nextflow_cli_args
 
@@ -22,9 +21,9 @@ workflow UTILS_NFCORE_PIPELINE {
 }
 
 /*
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     FUNCTIONS
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 */
 
 //
@@ -33,12 +32,9 @@ workflow UTILS_NFCORE_PIPELINE {
 def checkConfigProvided() {
     def valid_config = true as Boolean
     if (workflow.profile == 'standard' && workflow.configFiles.size() <= 1) {
-        log.warn "[$workflow.manifest.name] You are attempting to run the pipeline without any custom configuration!\n\n" +
-            "This will be dependent on your local compute environment but can be achieved via one or more of the following:\n" +
-            "   (1) Using an existing pipeline profile e.g. `-profile docker` or `-profile singularity`\n" +
-            "   (2) Using an existing nf-core/configs for your Institution e.g. `-profile crick` or `-profile uppmax`\n" +
-            "   (3) Using your own local custom config e.g. `-c /path/to/your/custom.config`\n\n" +
-            "Please refer to the quick start section and usage docs for the pipeline.\n "
+        log.warn(
+            "[${workflow.manifest.name}] You are attempting to run the pipeline without any custom configuration!\n\n" + "This will be dependent on your local compute environment but can be achieved via one or more of the following:\n" + "   (1) Using an existing pipeline profile e.g. `-profile docker` or `-profile singularity`\n" + "   (2) Using an existing nf-core/configs for your Institution e.g. `-profile crick` or `-profile uppmax`\n" + "   (3) Using your own local custom config e.g. `-c /path/to/your/custom.config`\n\n" + "Please refer to the quick start section and usage docs for the pipeline.\n "
+        )
         valid_config = false
     }
     return valid_config
@@ -49,12 +45,14 @@ def checkConfigProvided() {
 //
 def checkProfileProvided(nextflow_cli_args) {
     if (workflow.profile.endsWith(',')) {
-        error "The `-profile` option cannot end with a trailing comma, please remove it and re-run the pipeline!\n" +
-            "HINT: A common mistake is to provide multiple values separated by spaces e.g. `-profile test, docker`.\n"
+        error(
+            "The `-profile` option cannot end with a trailing comma, please remove it and re-run the pipeline!\n" + "HINT: A common mistake is to provide multiple values separated by spaces e.g. `-profile test, docker`.\n"
+        )
     }
     if (nextflow_cli_args[0]) {
-        log.warn "nf-core pipelines do not accept positional arguments. The positional argument `${nextflow_cli_args[0]}` has been detected.\n" +
-            "HINT: A common mistake is to provide multiple values separated by spaces e.g. `-profile test, docker`.\n"
+        log.warn(
+            "nf-core pipelines do not accept positional arguments. The positional argument `${nextflow_cli_args[0]}` has been detected.\n" + "HINT: A common mistake is to provide multiple values separated by spaces e.g. `-profile test, docker`.\n"
+        )
     }
 }
 
@@ -70,13 +68,7 @@ def workflowCitation() {
     manifest_doi.each { doi_ref ->
         temp_doi_ref += "  https://doi.org/${doi_ref.replace('https://doi.org/', '').replace(' ', '')}\n"
     }
-    return "If you use ${workflow.manifest.name} for your analysis please cite:\n\n" +
-        "* The pipeline\n" +
-        temp_doi_ref + "\n" +
-        "* The nf-core framework\n" +
-        "  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0439-x\n\n" +
-        "* Software dependencies\n" +
-        "  https://github.com/${workflow.manifest.name}/blob/master/CITATIONS.md"
+    return "If you use ${workflow.manifest.name} for your analysis please cite:\n\n" + "* The pipeline\n" + temp_doi_ref + "\n" + "* The nf-core framework\n" + "  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0439-x\n\n" + "* Software dependencies\n" + "  https://github.com/${workflow.manifest.name}/blob/master/CITATIONS.md"
 }
 
 //
@@ -102,7 +94,7 @@ def getWorkflowVersion() {
 //
 def processVersionsFromYAML(yaml_file) {
     def yaml = new org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml()
-    def versions = yaml.load(yaml_file).collectEntries { k, v -> [ k.tokenize(':')[-1], v ] }
+    def versions = yaml.load(yaml_file).collectEntries { k, v -> [k.tokenize(':')[-1], v] }
     return yaml.dumpAsMap(versions).trim()
 }
 
@@ -112,8 +104,8 @@ def processVersionsFromYAML(yaml_file) {
 def workflowVersionToYAML() {
     return """
     Workflow:
-        $workflow.manifest.name: ${getWorkflowVersion()}
-        Nextflow: $workflow.nextflow.version
+        ${workflow.manifest.name}: ${getWorkflowVersion()}
+        Nextflow: ${workflow.nextflow.version}
     """.stripIndent().trim()
 }
 
@@ -121,11 +113,7 @@ def workflowVersionToYAML() {
 // Get channel of software versions used in pipeline in YAML format
 //
 def softwareVersionsToYAML(ch_versions) {
-    return ch_versions
-                .unique()
-                .map { version -> processVersionsFromYAML(version) }
-                .unique()
-                .mix(Channel.of(workflowVersionToYAML()))
+    return ch_versions.unique().map { version -> processVersionsFromYAML(version) }.unique().mix(Channel.of(workflowVersionToYAML()))
 }
 
 //
@@ -133,25 +121,31 @@ def softwareVersionsToYAML(ch_versions) {
 //
 def paramsSummaryMultiqc(summary_params) {
     def summary_section = ''
-    summary_params.keySet().each { group ->
-        def group_params = summary_params.get(group)  // This gets the parameters of that particular group
-        if (group_params) {
-            summary_section += "    <p style=\"font-size:110%\"><b>$group</b></p>\n"
-            summary_section += "    <dl class=\"dl-horizontal\">\n"
-            group_params.keySet().sort().each { param ->
-                summary_section += "        <dt>$param</dt><dd><samp>${group_params.get(param) ?: '<span style=\"color:#999999;\">N/A</a>'}</samp></dd>\n"
+    summary_params
+        .keySet()
+        .each { group ->
+            def group_params = summary_params.get(group)
+            // This gets the parameters of that particular group
+            if (group_params) {
+                summary_section += "    <p style=\"font-size:110%\"><b>${group}</b></p>\n"
+                summary_section += "    <dl class=\"dl-horizontal\">\n"
+                group_params
+                    .keySet()
+                    .sort()
+                    .each { param ->
+                        summary_section += "        <dt>${param}</dt><dd><samp>${group_params.get(param) ?: '<span style=\"color:#999999;\">N/A</a>'}</samp></dd>\n"
+                    }
+                summary_section += "    </dl>\n"
             }
-            summary_section += "    </dl>\n"
         }
-    }
 
-    def yaml_file_text  = "id: '${workflow.manifest.name.replace('/','-')}-summary'\n" as String
-    yaml_file_text        += "description: ' - this information is collected when the pipeline is started.'\n"
-    yaml_file_text        += "section_name: '${workflow.manifest.name} Workflow Summary'\n"
-    yaml_file_text        += "section_href: 'https://github.com/${workflow.manifest.name}'\n"
-    yaml_file_text        += "plot_type: 'html'\n"
-    yaml_file_text        += "data: |\n"
-    yaml_file_text        += "${summary_section}"
+    def yaml_file_text = "id: '${workflow.manifest.name.replace('/', '-')}-summary'\n" as String
+    yaml_file_text     += "description: ' - this information is collected when the pipeline is started.'\n"
+    yaml_file_text     += "section_name: '${workflow.manifest.name} Workflow Summary'\n"
+    yaml_file_text     += "section_href: 'https://github.com/${workflow.manifest.name}'\n"
+    yaml_file_text     += "plot_type: 'html'\n"
+    yaml_file_text     += "data: |\n"
+    yaml_file_text     += "${summary_section}"
 
     return yaml_file_text
 }
@@ -199,54 +193,54 @@ def logColours(monochrome_logs=true) {
     colorcodes['hidden']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[8m"
 
     // Regular Colors
-    colorcodes['black']      = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;30m"
-    colorcodes['red']        = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;31m"
-    colorcodes['green']      = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;32m"
-    colorcodes['yellow']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;33m"
-    colorcodes['blue']       = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;34m"
-    colorcodes['purple']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;35m"
-    colorcodes['cyan']       = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;36m"
-    colorcodes['white']      = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;37m"
+    colorcodes['black']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;30m"
+    colorcodes['red']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;31m"
+    colorcodes['green']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;32m"
+    colorcodes['yellow'] = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;33m"
+    colorcodes['blue']   = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;34m"
+    colorcodes['purple'] = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;35m"
+    colorcodes['cyan']   = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;36m"
+    colorcodes['white']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;37m"
 
     // Bold
-    colorcodes['bblack']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;30m"
-    colorcodes['bred']       = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;31m"
-    colorcodes['bgreen']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;32m"
-    colorcodes['byellow']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;33m"
-    colorcodes['bblue']      = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;34m"
-    colorcodes['bpurple']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;35m"
-    colorcodes['bcyan']      = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;36m"
-    colorcodes['bwhite']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;37m"
+    colorcodes['bblack']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;30m"
+    colorcodes['bred']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;31m"
+    colorcodes['bgreen']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;32m"
+    colorcodes['byellow'] = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;33m"
+    colorcodes['bblue']   = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;34m"
+    colorcodes['bpurple'] = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;35m"
+    colorcodes['bcyan']   = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;36m"
+    colorcodes['bwhite']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;37m"
 
     // Underline
-    colorcodes['ublack']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;30m"
-    colorcodes['ured']       = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;31m"
-    colorcodes['ugreen']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;32m"
-    colorcodes['uyellow']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;33m"
-    colorcodes['ublue']      = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;34m"
-    colorcodes['upurple']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;35m"
-    colorcodes['ucyan']      = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;36m"
-    colorcodes['uwhite']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;37m"
+    colorcodes['ublack']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;30m"
+    colorcodes['ured']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;31m"
+    colorcodes['ugreen']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;32m"
+    colorcodes['uyellow'] = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;33m"
+    colorcodes['ublue']   = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;34m"
+    colorcodes['upurple'] = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;35m"
+    colorcodes['ucyan']   = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;36m"
+    colorcodes['uwhite']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;37m"
 
     // High Intensity
-    colorcodes['iblack']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;90m"
-    colorcodes['ired']       = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;91m"
-    colorcodes['igreen']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;92m"
-    colorcodes['iyellow']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;93m"
-    colorcodes['iblue']      = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;94m"
-    colorcodes['ipurple']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;95m"
-    colorcodes['icyan']      = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;96m"
-    colorcodes['iwhite']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;97m"
+    colorcodes['iblack']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;90m"
+    colorcodes['ired']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;91m"
+    colorcodes['igreen']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;92m"
+    colorcodes['iyellow'] = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;93m"
+    colorcodes['iblue']   = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;94m"
+    colorcodes['ipurple'] = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;95m"
+    colorcodes['icyan']   = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;96m"
+    colorcodes['iwhite']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;97m"
 
     // Bold High Intensity
-    colorcodes['biblack']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;90m"
-    colorcodes['bired']      = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;91m"
-    colorcodes['bigreen']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;92m"
-    colorcodes['biyellow']   = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;93m"
-    colorcodes['biblue']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;94m"
-    colorcodes['bipurple']   = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;95m"
-    colorcodes['bicyan']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;96m"
-    colorcodes['biwhite']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;97m"
+    colorcodes['biblack']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;90m"
+    colorcodes['bired']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;91m"
+    colorcodes['bigreen']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;92m"
+    colorcodes['biyellow'] = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;93m"
+    colorcodes['biblue']   = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;94m"
+    colorcodes['bipurple'] = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;95m"
+    colorcodes['bicyan']   = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;96m"
+    colorcodes['biwhite']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;97m"
 
     return colorcodes
 }
@@ -261,14 +255,15 @@ def attachMultiqcReport(multiqc_report) {
             mqc_report = multiqc_report.getVal()
             if (mqc_report.getClass() == ArrayList && mqc_report.size() >= 1) {
                 if (mqc_report.size() > 1) {
-                    log.warn "[$workflow.manifest.name] Found multiple reports from process 'MULTIQC', will use only one"
+                    log.warn("[${workflow.manifest.name}] Found multiple reports from process 'MULTIQC', will use only one")
                 }
                 mqc_report = mqc_report[0]
             }
         }
-    } catch (all) {
+    }
+    catch (Exception all) {
         if (multiqc_report) {
-            log.warn "[$workflow.manifest.name] Could not attach MultiQC report to summary email"
+            log.warn("[${workflow.manifest.name}] Could not attach MultiQC report to summary email")
         }
     }
     return mqc_report
@@ -280,26 +275,35 @@ def attachMultiqcReport(multiqc_report) {
 def completionEmail(summary_params, email, email_on_fail, plaintext_email, outdir, monochrome_logs=true, multiqc_report=null) {
 
     // Set up the e-mail variables
-    def subject = "[$workflow.manifest.name] Successful: $workflow.runName"
+    def subject = "[${workflow.manifest.name}] Successful: ${workflow.runName}"
     if (!workflow.success) {
-        subject = "[$workflow.manifest.name] FAILED: $workflow.runName"
+        subject = "[${workflow.manifest.name}] FAILED: ${workflow.runName}"
     }
 
     def summary = [:]
-    summary_params.keySet().sort().each { group ->
-        summary << summary_params[group]
-    }
+    summary_params
+        .keySet()
+        .sort()
+        .each { group ->
+            summary << summary_params[group]
+        }
 
     def misc_fields = [:]
     misc_fields['Date Started']              = workflow.start
     misc_fields['Date Completed']            = workflow.complete
     misc_fields['Pipeline script file path'] = workflow.scriptFile
     misc_fields['Pipeline script hash ID']   = workflow.scriptId
-    if (workflow.repository) misc_fields['Pipeline repository Git URL']    = workflow.repository
-    if (workflow.commitId)   misc_fields['Pipeline repository Git Commit'] = workflow.commitId
-    if (workflow.revision)   misc_fields['Pipeline Git branch/tag']        = workflow.revision
-    misc_fields['Nextflow Version']           = workflow.nextflow.version
-    misc_fields['Nextflow Build']             = workflow.nextflow.build
+    if (workflow.repository) {
+        misc_fields['Pipeline repository Git URL']    = workflow.repository
+    }
+    if (workflow.commitId) {
+        misc_fields['Pipeline repository Git Commit'] = workflow.commitId
+    }
+    if (workflow.revision) {
+        misc_fields['Pipeline Git branch/tag']        = workflow.revision
+    }
+    misc_fields['Nextflow Version']          = workflow.nextflow.version
+    misc_fields['Nextflow Build']            = workflow.nextflow.build
     misc_fields['Nextflow Compile Timestamp'] = workflow.nextflow.timestamp
 
     def email_fields = [:]
@@ -337,7 +341,7 @@ def completionEmail(summary_params, email, email_on_fail, plaintext_email, outdi
 
     // Render the sendmail template
     def max_multiqc_email_size = (params.containsKey('max_multiqc_email_size') ? params.max_multiqc_email_size : 0) as nextflow.util.MemoryUnit
-    def smail_fields           = [ email: email_address, subject: subject, email_txt: email_txt, email_html: email_html, projectDir: "${workflow.projectDir}", mqcFile: mqc_report, mqcMaxSize: max_multiqc_email_size.toBytes() ]
+    def smail_fields           = [email: email_address, subject: subject, email_txt: email_txt, email_html: email_html, projectDir: "${workflow.projectDir}", mqcFile: mqc_report, mqcMaxSize: max_multiqc_email_size.toBytes()]
     def sf                     = new File("${workflow.projectDir}/assets/sendmail_template.txt")
     def sendmail_template      = engine.createTemplate(sf).make(smail_fields)
     def sendmail_html          = sendmail_template.toString()
@@ -346,30 +350,32 @@ def completionEmail(summary_params, email, email_on_fail, plaintext_email, outdi
     def colors = logColours(monochrome_logs) as Map
     if (email_address) {
         try {
-            if (plaintext_email) { throw new org.codehaus.groovy.GroovyException('Send plaintext e-mail, not HTML') }
+            if (plaintext_email) {
+new org.codehaus.groovy.GroovyException('Send plaintext e-mail, not HTML')            }
             // Try to send HTML e-mail using sendmail
             def sendmail_tf = new File(workflow.launchDir.toString(), ".sendmail_tmp.html")
             sendmail_tf.withWriter { w -> w << sendmail_html }
-            [ 'sendmail', '-t' ].execute() << sendmail_html
-            log.info "-${colors.purple}[$workflow.manifest.name]${colors.green} Sent summary e-mail to $email_address (sendmail)-"
-        } catch (all) {
+            ['sendmail', '-t'].execute() << sendmail_html
+            log.info("-${colors.purple}[${workflow.manifest.name}]${colors.green} Sent summary e-mail to ${email_address} (sendmail)-")
+        }
+        catch (Exception all) {
             // Catch failures and try with plaintext
-            def mail_cmd = [ 'mail', '-s', subject, '--content-type=text/html', email_address ]
+            def mail_cmd = ['mail', '-s', subject, '--content-type=text/html', email_address]
             mail_cmd.execute() << email_html
-            log.info "-${colors.purple}[$workflow.manifest.name]${colors.green} Sent summary e-mail to $email_address (mail)-"
+            log.info("-${colors.purple}[${workflow.manifest.name}]${colors.green} Sent summary e-mail to ${email_address} (mail)-")
         }
     }
 
     // Write summary e-mail HTML to a file
     def output_hf = new File(workflow.launchDir.toString(), ".pipeline_report.html")
     output_hf.withWriter { w -> w << email_html }
-    nextflow.extension.FilesEx.copyTo(output_hf.toPath(), "${outdir}/pipeline_info/pipeline_report.html");
+    nextflow.extension.FilesEx.copyTo(output_hf.toPath(), "${outdir}/pipeline_info/pipeline_report.html")
     output_hf.delete()
 
     // Write summary e-mail TXT to a file
     def output_tf = new File(workflow.launchDir.toString(), ".pipeline_report.txt")
     output_tf.withWriter { w -> w << email_txt }
-    nextflow.extension.FilesEx.copyTo(output_tf.toPath(), "${outdir}/pipeline_info/pipeline_report.txt");
+    nextflow.extension.FilesEx.copyTo(output_tf.toPath(), "${outdir}/pipeline_info/pipeline_report.txt")
     output_tf.delete()
 }
 
@@ -380,12 +386,14 @@ def completionSummary(monochrome_logs=true) {
     def colors = logColours(monochrome_logs) as Map
     if (workflow.success) {
         if (workflow.stats.ignoredCount == 0) {
-            log.info "-${colors.purple}[$workflow.manifest.name]${colors.green} Pipeline completed successfully${colors.reset}-"
-        } else {
-            log.info "-${colors.purple}[$workflow.manifest.name]${colors.yellow} Pipeline completed successfully, but with errored process(es) ${colors.reset}-"
+            log.info("-${colors.purple}[${workflow.manifest.name}]${colors.green} Pipeline completed successfully${colors.reset}-")
+        }
+        else {
+            log.info("-${colors.purple}[${workflow.manifest.name}]${colors.yellow} Pipeline completed successfully, but with errored process(es) ${colors.reset}-")
         }
-    } else {
-        log.info "-${colors.purple}[$workflow.manifest.name]${colors.red} Pipeline completed with errors${colors.reset}-"
+    }
+    else {
+        log.info("-${colors.purple}[${workflow.manifest.name}]${colors.red} Pipeline completed with errors${colors.reset}-")
     }
 }
 
@@ -394,21 +402,30 @@ def completionSummary(monochrome_logs=true) {
 //
 def imNotification(summary_params, hook_url) {
     def summary = [:]
-    summary_params.keySet().sort().each { group ->
-        summary << summary_params[group]
-    }
+    summary_params
+        .keySet()
+        .sort()
+        .each { group ->
+            summary << summary_params[group]
+        }
 
     def misc_fields = [:]
-    misc_fields['start']                                = workflow.start
-    misc_fields['complete']                             = workflow.complete
-    misc_fields['scriptfile']                           = workflow.scriptFile
-    misc_fields['scriptid']                             = workflow.scriptId
-    if (workflow.repository) misc_fields['repository']  = workflow.repository
-    if (workflow.commitId)   misc_fields['commitid']    = workflow.commitId
-    if (workflow.revision)   misc_fields['revision']    = workflow.revision
-    misc_fields['nxf_version']                          = workflow.nextflow.version
-    misc_fields['nxf_build']                            = workflow.nextflow.build
-    misc_fields['nxf_timestamp']                        = workflow.nextflow.timestamp
+    misc_fields['start']          = workflow.start
+    misc_fields['complete']       = workflow.complete
+    misc_fields['scriptfile']     = workflow.scriptFile
+    misc_fields['scriptid']       = workflow.scriptId
+    if (workflow.repository) {
+        misc_fields['repository'] = workflow.repository
+    }
+    if (workflow.commitId) {
+        misc_fields['commitid']   = workflow.commitId
+    }
+    if (workflow.revision) {
+        misc_fields['revision']   = workflow.revision
+    }
+    misc_fields['nxf_version']    = workflow.nextflow.version
+    misc_fields['nxf_build']      = workflow.nextflow.build
+    misc_fields['nxf_timestamp']  = workflow.nextflow.timestamp
 
     def msg_fields = [:]
     msg_fields['version']      = getWorkflowVersion()
@@ -433,13 +450,13 @@ def imNotification(summary_params, hook_url) {
     def json_message  = json_template.toString()
 
     // POST
-    def post = new URL(hook_url).openConnection();
+    def post = new URL(hook_url).openConnection()
     post.setRequestMethod("POST")
     post.setDoOutput(true)
     post.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json")
-    post.getOutputStream().write(json_message.getBytes("UTF-8"));
-    def postRC = post.getResponseCode();
-    if (! postRC.equals(200)) {
-        log.warn(post.getErrorStream().getText());
+    post.getOutputStream().write(json_message.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+    def postRC = post.getResponseCode()
+    if (!postRC.equals(200)) {
+        log.warn(post.getErrorStream().getText())
     }
 }
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/main.nf b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/main.nf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4994303e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/main.nf
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+//
+// Subworkflow that uses the nf-schema plugin to validate parameters and render the parameter summary
+//
+
+include { paramsSummaryLog   } from 'plugin/nf-schema'
+include { validateParameters } from 'plugin/nf-schema'
+
+workflow UTILS_NFSCHEMA_PLUGIN {
+
+    take:
+    input_workflow      // workflow: the workflow object used by nf-schema to get metadata from the workflow
+    validate_params     // boolean:  validate the parameters
+    parameters_schema   // string:   path to the parameters JSON schema.
+                        //           this has to be the same as the schema given to `validation.parametersSchema`
+                        //           when this input is empty it will automatically use the configured schema or
+                        //           "${projectDir}/nextflow_schema.json" as default. This input should not be empty
+                        //           for meta pipelines
+
+    main:
+
+    //
+    // Print parameter summary to stdout. This will display the parameters
+    // that differ from the default given in the JSON schema
+    //
+    if(parameters_schema) {
+        log.info paramsSummaryLog(input_workflow, parameters_schema:parameters_schema)
+    } else {
+        log.info paramsSummaryLog(input_workflow)
+    }
+
+    //
+    // Validate the parameters using nextflow_schema.json or the schema
+    // given via the validation.parametersSchema configuration option
+    //
+    if(validate_params) {
+        if(parameters_schema) {
+            validateParameters(parameters_schema:parameters_schema)
+        } else {
+            validateParameters()
+        }
+    }
+
+    emit:
+    dummy_emit = true
+}
+
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/meta.yml b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/meta.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f7d9f028
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/meta.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/modules/master/subworkflows/yaml-schema.json
+name: "utils_nfschema_plugin"
+description: Run nf-schema to validate parameters and create a summary of changed parameters
+keywords:
+  - validation
+  - JSON schema
+  - plugin
+  - parameters
+  - summary
+components: []
+input:
+  - input_workflow:
+      type: object
+      description: |
+        The workflow object of the used pipeline.
+        This object contains meta data used to create the params summary log
+  - validate_params:
+      type: boolean
+      description: Validate the parameters and error if invalid.
+  - parameters_schema:
+      type: string
+      description: |
+        Path to the parameters JSON schema.
+        This has to be the same as the schema given to the `validation.parametersSchema` config
+        option. When this input is empty it will automatically use the configured schema or
+        "${projectDir}/nextflow_schema.json" as default. The schema should not be given in this way
+        for meta pipelines.
+output:
+  - dummy_emit:
+      type: boolean
+      description: Dummy emit to make nf-core subworkflows lint happy
+authors:
+  - "@nvnieuwk"
+maintainers:
+  - "@nvnieuwk"
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/main.nf.test b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/main.nf.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..842dc432
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/main.nf.test
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+nextflow_workflow {
+
+    name "Test Subworkflow UTILS_NFSCHEMA_PLUGIN"
+    script "../main.nf"
+    workflow "UTILS_NFSCHEMA_PLUGIN"
+
+    tag "subworkflows"
+    tag "subworkflows_nfcore"
+    tag "subworkflows/utils_nfschema_plugin"
+    tag "plugin/nf-schema"
+
+    config "./nextflow.config"
+
+    test("Should run nothing") {
+
+        when {
+
+            params {
+                test_data   = ''
+            }
+
+            workflow {
+                """
+                validate_params = false
+                input[0] = workflow
+                input[1] = validate_params
+                input[2] = ""
+                """
+            }
+        }
+
+        then {
+            assertAll(
+                { assert workflow.success }
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    test("Should validate params") {
+
+        when {
+
+            params {
+                test_data   = ''
+                outdir      = 1
+            }
+
+            workflow {
+                """
+                validate_params = true
+                input[0] = workflow
+                input[1] = validate_params
+                input[2] = ""
+                """
+            }
+        }
+
+        then {
+            assertAll(
+                { assert workflow.failed },
+                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('ERROR ~ Validation of pipeline parameters failed!') } }
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    test("Should run nothing - custom schema") {
+
+        when {
+
+            params {
+                test_data   = ''
+            }
+
+            workflow {
+                """
+                validate_params = false
+                input[0] = workflow
+                input[1] = validate_params
+                input[2] = "${projectDir}/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow_schema.json"
+                """
+            }
+        }
+
+        then {
+            assertAll(
+                { assert workflow.success }
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    test("Should validate params - custom schema") {
+
+        when {
+
+            params {
+                test_data   = ''
+                outdir      = 1
+            }
+
+            workflow {
+                """
+                validate_params = true
+                input[0] = workflow
+                input[1] = validate_params
+                input[2] = "${projectDir}/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow_schema.json"
+                """
+            }
+        }
+
+        then {
+            assertAll(
+                { assert workflow.failed },
+                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('ERROR ~ Validation of pipeline parameters failed!') } }
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow.config b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow.config
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0907ac58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow.config
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+plugins {
+    id "nf-schema@2.1.0"
+}
+
+validation {
+    parametersSchema = "${projectDir}/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow_schema.json"
+    monochromeLogs = true
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/tests/nextflow_schema.json b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow_schema.json
similarity index 95%
rename from subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/tests/nextflow_schema.json
rename to subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow_schema.json
index 7626c1c9..331e0d2f 100644
--- a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/tests/nextflow_schema.json
+++ b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow_schema.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
-    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema",
+    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
     "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/./master/nextflow_schema.json",
     "title": ". pipeline parameters",
     "description": "",
     "type": "object",
-    "definitions": {
+    "$defs": {
         "input_output_options": {
             "title": "Input/output options",
             "type": "object",
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@
     },
     "allOf": [
         {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/input_output_options"
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/input_output_options"
         },
         {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/generic_options"
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/generic_options"
         }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/main.nf b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/main.nf
deleted file mode 100644
index 2585b65d..00000000
--- a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/main.nf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-//
-// Subworkflow that uses the nf-validation plugin to render help text and parameter summary
-//
-
-/*
-========================================================================================
-    IMPORT NF-VALIDATION PLUGIN
-========================================================================================
-*/
-
-include { paramsHelp         } from 'plugin/nf-validation'
-include { paramsSummaryLog   } from 'plugin/nf-validation'
-include { validateParameters } from 'plugin/nf-validation'
-
-/*
-========================================================================================
-    SUBWORKFLOW DEFINITION
-========================================================================================
-*/
-
-workflow UTILS_NFVALIDATION_PLUGIN {
-
-    take:
-    print_help       // boolean: print help
-    workflow_command //  string: default commmand used to run pipeline
-    pre_help_text    //  string: string to be printed before help text and summary log
-    post_help_text   //  string: string to be printed after help text and summary log
-    validate_params  // boolean: validate parameters
-    schema_filename  //    path: JSON schema file, null to use default value
-
-    main:
-
-    log.debug "Using schema file: ${schema_filename}"
-
-    // Default values for strings
-    pre_help_text    = pre_help_text    ?: ''
-    post_help_text   = post_help_text   ?: ''
-    workflow_command = workflow_command ?: ''
-
-    //
-    // Print help message if needed
-    //
-    if (print_help) {
-        log.info pre_help_text + paramsHelp(workflow_command, parameters_schema: schema_filename) + post_help_text
-        System.exit(0)
-    }
-
-    //
-    // Print parameter summary to stdout
-    //
-    log.info pre_help_text + paramsSummaryLog(workflow, parameters_schema: schema_filename) + post_help_text
-
-    //
-    // Validate parameters relative to the parameter JSON schema
-    //
-    if (validate_params){
-        validateParameters(parameters_schema: schema_filename)
-    }
-
-    emit:
-    dummy_emit = true
-}
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/meta.yml b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/meta.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d4a6b04..00000000
--- a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/meta.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/modules/master/subworkflows/yaml-schema.json
-name: "UTILS_NFVALIDATION_PLUGIN"
-description: Use nf-validation to initiate and validate a pipeline
-keywords:
-  - utility
-  - pipeline
-  - initialise
-  - validation
-components: []
-input:
-  - print_help:
-      type: boolean
-      description: |
-        Print help message and exit
-  - workflow_command:
-      type: string
-      description: |
-        The command to run the workflow e.g. "nextflow run main.nf"
-  - pre_help_text:
-      type: string
-      description: |
-        Text to print before the help message
-  - post_help_text:
-      type: string
-      description: |
-        Text to print after the help message
-  - validate_params:
-      type: boolean
-      description: |
-        Validate the parameters and error if invalid.
-  - schema_filename:
-      type: string
-      description: |
-        The filename of the schema to validate against.
-output:
-  - dummy_emit:
-      type: boolean
-      description: |
-        Dummy emit to make nf-core subworkflows lint happy
-authors:
-  - "@adamrtalbot"
-maintainers:
-  - "@adamrtalbot"
-  - "@maxulysse"
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/tests/main.nf.test b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/tests/main.nf.test
deleted file mode 100644
index 5784a33f..00000000
--- a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/tests/main.nf.test
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,200 +0,0 @@
-nextflow_workflow {
-
-    name "Test Workflow UTILS_NFVALIDATION_PLUGIN"
-    script "../main.nf"
-    workflow "UTILS_NFVALIDATION_PLUGIN"
-    tag "subworkflows"
-    tag "subworkflows_nfcore"
-    tag "plugin/nf-validation"
-    tag "'plugin/nf-validation'"
-    tag "utils_nfvalidation_plugin"
-    tag "subworkflows/utils_nfvalidation_plugin"
-
-    test("Should run nothing") {
-
-        when {
-
-            params {
-                monochrome_logs = true
-                test_data       = ''
-            }
-
-            workflow {
-                """
-                help             = false
-                workflow_command = null
-                pre_help_text    = null
-                post_help_text   = null
-                validate_params  = false
-                schema_filename  = "$moduleTestDir/nextflow_schema.json"
-
-                input[0] = help
-                input[1] = workflow_command
-                input[2] = pre_help_text
-                input[3] = post_help_text
-                input[4] = validate_params
-                input[5] = schema_filename
-                """
-            }
-        }
-
-        then {
-            assertAll(
-                { assert workflow.success }
-            )
-        }
-    }
-
-    test("Should run help") {
-
-
-        when {
-
-            params {
-                monochrome_logs = true
-                test_data       = ''
-            }
-            workflow {
-                """
-                help             = true
-                workflow_command = null
-                pre_help_text    = null
-                post_help_text   = null
-                validate_params  = false
-                schema_filename  = "$moduleTestDir/nextflow_schema.json"
-
-                input[0] = help
-                input[1] = workflow_command
-                input[2] = pre_help_text
-                input[3] = post_help_text
-                input[4] = validate_params
-                input[5] = schema_filename
-                """
-            }
-        }
-
-        then {
-            assertAll(
-                { assert workflow.success },
-                { assert workflow.exitStatus == 0 },
-                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('Input/output options') } },
-                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('--outdir') } }
-            )
-        }
-    }
-
-    test("Should run help with command") {
-
-        when {
-
-            params {
-                monochrome_logs = true
-                test_data       = ''
-            }
-            workflow {
-                """
-                help             = true
-                workflow_command = "nextflow run noorg/doesntexist"
-                pre_help_text    = null
-                post_help_text   = null
-                validate_params  = false
-                schema_filename  = "$moduleTestDir/nextflow_schema.json"
-
-                input[0] = help
-                input[1] = workflow_command
-                input[2] = pre_help_text
-                input[3] = post_help_text
-                input[4] = validate_params
-                input[5] = schema_filename
-                """
-            }
-        }
-
-        then {
-            assertAll(
-                { assert workflow.success },
-                { assert workflow.exitStatus == 0 },
-                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('nextflow run noorg/doesntexist') } },
-                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('Input/output options') } },
-                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('--outdir') } }
-            )
-        }
-    }
-
-    test("Should run help with extra text") {
-
-
-        when {
-
-            params {
-                monochrome_logs = true
-                test_data       = ''
-            }
-            workflow {
-                """
-                help             = true
-                workflow_command = "nextflow run noorg/doesntexist"
-                pre_help_text    = "pre-help-text"
-                post_help_text   = "post-help-text"
-                validate_params  = false
-                schema_filename  = "$moduleTestDir/nextflow_schema.json"
-
-                input[0] = help
-                input[1] = workflow_command
-                input[2] = pre_help_text
-                input[3] = post_help_text
-                input[4] = validate_params
-                input[5] = schema_filename
-                """
-            }
-        }
-
-        then {
-            assertAll(
-                { assert workflow.success },
-                { assert workflow.exitStatus == 0 },
-                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('pre-help-text') } },
-                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('nextflow run noorg/doesntexist') } },
-                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('Input/output options') } },
-                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('--outdir') } },
-                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('post-help-text') } }
-            )
-        }
-    }
-
-    test("Should validate params") {
-
-        when {
-
-            params {
-                monochrome_logs = true
-                test_data       = ''
-                outdir          = 1
-            }
-            workflow {
-                """
-                help             = false
-                workflow_command = null
-                pre_help_text    = null
-                post_help_text   = null
-                validate_params  = true
-                schema_filename  = "$moduleTestDir/nextflow_schema.json"
-
-                input[0] = help
-                input[1] = workflow_command
-                input[2] = pre_help_text
-                input[3] = post_help_text
-                input[4] = validate_params
-                input[5] = schema_filename
-                """
-            }
-        }
-
-        then {
-            assertAll(
-                { assert workflow.failed },
-                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('ERROR ~ ERROR: Validation of pipeline parameters failed!') } }
-            )
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/tests/tags.yml b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/tests/tags.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 60b1cfff..00000000
--- a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/tests/tags.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-subworkflows/utils_nfvalidation_plugin:
-  - subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/**
diff --git a/tests/test_contamination_tech_reps.nf.test.snap b/tests/test_contamination_tech_reps.nf.test.snap
index 9441f4c5..47b6891d 100644
--- a/tests/test_contamination_tech_reps.nf.test.snap
+++ b/tests/test_contamination_tech_reps.nf.test.snap
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@
     },
     "software_versions": {
         "content": [
-            "{BLAT_CDNA={blat=36}, BLAT_NCRNA={blat=36}, BOWTIE2_ALIGN_CDNA={bowtie2=2.5.2, samtools=1.18, pigz=2.6}, BOWTIE2_ALIGN_NCRNA={bowtie2=2.5.2, samtools=1.18, pigz=2.6}, BOWTIE2_ALIGN_TRNA={bowtie2=2.5.2, samtools=1.18, pigz=2.6}, BOWTIE_MAP_HAIRPIN={bowtie=1.3.0, samtools=1.16.1}, BOWTIE_MAP_MATURE={bowtie=1.3.0, samtools=1.16.1}, BOWTIE_MAP_SEQCLUSTER={bowtie=1.3.0, samtools=1.16.1}, CAT_FASTQ={cat=8.3}, CSVTK_JOIN={csvtk=0.30.0}, DATATABLE_MERGE={r-base=3.6.2}, FASTP={fastp=0.23.4}, FILTER_STATS={BusyBox=1.32.1}, FORMAT_HAIRPIN={fastx_toolkit=0.0.14}, FORMAT_MATURE={fastx_toolkit=0.0.14}, GAWK_CDNA={gawk=5.3.0}, GAWK_NCRNA={gawk=5.3.0}, INDEX_CDNA={bowtie2=2.5.2}, INDEX_HAIRPIN={bowtie=1.3.0}, INDEX_MATURE={bowtie=1.3.0}, INDEX_NCRNA={bowtie2=2.5.2}, INDEX_TRNA={bowtie2=2.5.2}, MIRTOP_COUNTS={mirtop=0.4.28}, MIRTOP_EXPORT={mirtop=0.4.28}, MIRTOP_GFF={mirtop=0.4.28}, MIRTOP_STATS={mirtop=0.4.28}, MIRTRACE_QC={mirtrace=1.0.1}, PARSE_HAIRPIN={seqkit=2.6.1}, PARSE_MATURE={seqkit=2.6.1}, SAMTOOLS_FLAGSTAT={samtools=1.21}, SAMTOOLS_IDXSTATS={samtools=1.21}, SAMTOOLS_INDEX={samtools=1.21}, SAMTOOLS_SORT={samtools=1.21}, SAMTOOLS_STATS={samtools=1.21}, SEQCLUSTER_COLLAPSE={seqcluster=1.2.9}, SEQKIT_GREP_CDNA={seqkit=2.8.0}, SEQKIT_GREP_NCRNA={seqkit=2.8.0}, STATS_GAWK_CDNA={gawk=5.3.0}, STATS_GAWK_NCRNA={gawk=5.3.0}, STATS_GAWK_TRNA={gawk=5.3.0}, Workflow={nf-core/smrnaseq=v2.3.2dev}}"
+            "{BLAT_CDNA={blat=36}, BLAT_NCRNA={blat=36}, BOWTIE2_ALIGN_CDNA={bowtie2=2.5.2, samtools=1.18, pigz=2.6}, BOWTIE2_ALIGN_NCRNA={bowtie2=2.5.2, samtools=1.18, pigz=2.6}, BOWTIE2_ALIGN_TRNA={bowtie2=2.5.2, samtools=1.18, pigz=2.6}, BOWTIE_MAP_HAIRPIN={bowtie=1.3.0, samtools=1.16.1}, BOWTIE_MAP_MATURE={bowtie=1.3.0, samtools=1.16.1}, BOWTIE_MAP_SEQCLUSTER={bowtie=1.3.0, samtools=1.16.1}, CAT_FASTQ={cat=8.3}, CSVTK_JOIN={csvtk=0.30.0}, DATATABLE_MERGE={r-base=3.6.2}, FASTP={fastp=0.23.4}, FILTER_STATS={BusyBox=1.32.1}, FORMAT_HAIRPIN={fastx_toolkit=0.0.14}, FORMAT_MATURE={fastx_toolkit=0.0.14}, GAWK_CDNA={gawk=5.3.0}, GAWK_NCRNA={gawk=5.3.0}, INDEX_CDNA={bowtie2=2.5.2}, INDEX_HAIRPIN={bowtie=1.3.0}, INDEX_MATURE={bowtie=1.3.0}, INDEX_NCRNA={bowtie2=2.5.2}, INDEX_TRNA={bowtie2=2.5.2}, MIRTOP_COUNTS={mirtop=0.4.28}, MIRTOP_EXPORT={mirtop=0.4.28}, MIRTOP_GFF={mirtop=0.4.28}, MIRTOP_STATS={mirtop=0.4.28}, MIRTRACE_QC={mirtrace=1.0.1}, PARSE_HAIRPIN={seqkit=2.6.1}, PARSE_MATURE={seqkit=2.6.1}, SAMTOOLS_FLAGSTAT={samtools=1.21}, SAMTOOLS_IDXSTATS={samtools=1.21}, SAMTOOLS_INDEX={samtools=1.21}, SAMTOOLS_SORT={samtools=1.21}, SAMTOOLS_STATS={samtools=1.21}, SEQCLUSTER_COLLAPSE={seqcluster=1.2.9}, SEQKIT_GREP_CDNA={seqkit=2.8.0}, SEQKIT_GREP_NCRNA={seqkit=2.8.0}, STATS_GAWK_CDNA={gawk=5.3.0}, STATS_GAWK_NCRNA={gawk=5.3.0}, STATS_GAWK_TRNA={gawk=5.3.0}, Workflow={nf-core/smrnaseq=v2.4.0}}"
         ],
         "meta": {
             "nf-test": "0.9.0",
             "nextflow": "24.04.4"
         },
-        "timestamp": "2024-10-02T13:29:37.770610046"
+        "timestamp": "2024-10-08T23:16:26.853242481"
     },
     "mirna_quant_bam": {
         "content": [
diff --git a/tests/test_mirgenedb.nf.test.snap b/tests/test_mirgenedb.nf.test.snap
index db381a2e..7724ffbd 100644
--- a/tests/test_mirgenedb.nf.test.snap
+++ b/tests/test_mirgenedb.nf.test.snap
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
     "genome_quant_bam": {
         "content": [
-            "Clone9_N1_mature_hairpin_genome.sorted.stats:md5,201486e8c88b0dbb639776f9dacefe66",
+            "Clone9_N1_mature_hairpin_genome.sorted.stats:md5,6b1d2b924593096358494dda37b46770",
             "Clone9_N1_mature_hairpin_genome.sorted.idxstats:md5,aa37c5da7c2b4505ce58c3a21f97121c",
-            "Clone1_N1_mature_hairpin_genome.sorted.stats:md5,5679af445f4628e0f4137f339319c950",
-            "Control_N1_mature_hairpin_genome.sorted.stats:md5,4da4f877f06083f616a0d76edd04ea22",
+            "Clone1_N1_mature_hairpin_genome.sorted.stats:md5,3c5f51cd7136eed5e97847ad7b857d23",
+            "Control_N1_mature_hairpin_genome.sorted.stats:md5,a7f2dd17a34c8f0b669a774404247394",
             "Clone1_N1_mature_hairpin_genome.sorted.flagstat:md5,5bb521c495f1c450835299b1eb88dc84",
             "Clone9_N1_mature_hairpin_genome.sorted.flagstat:md5,6a8ad3be2ca0fa924fd32a04293d4ce4",
             "Clone1_N1_mature_hairpin_genome.sorted.idxstats:md5,d92f9eae7657418858e6d2b69436f74f",
@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@
             "nf-test": "0.9.0",
             "nextflow": "24.04.4"
         },
-        "timestamp": "2024-09-20T13:36:32.067039888"
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index ce2fdbd9..0484a8af 100644
--- a/tests/test_skipfastp.nf.test.snap
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         ],
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
             "nf-test": "0.9.0",
             "nextflow": "24.04.4"
         },
-        "timestamp": "2024-09-19T15:35:36.685710047"
+        "timestamp": "2024-10-08T23:34:54.777375775"
     },
     "mirna_quant_edger_qc": {
         "content": [
diff --git a/workflows/smrnaseq.nf b/workflows/smrnaseq.nf
index e4848c8a..d7161c9b 100644
--- a/workflows/smrnaseq.nf
+++ b/workflows/smrnaseq.nf
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     IMPORT MODULES / SUBWORKFLOWS / FUNCTIONS
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 */
-
 // nf-core modules
 include { CAT_FASTQ                        } from '../modules/nf-core/cat/fastq/main'
 include { FASTQC                           } from '../modules/nf-core/fastqc/main'
@@ -15,15 +14,16 @@ include { UMITOOLS_EXTRACT                 } from '../modules/nf-core/umitools/e
 include { MIRTRACE_QC                      } from '../modules/nf-core/mirtrace/qc/main'
 // nf-core subworkflows
 include { FASTQ_FASTQC_UMITOOLS_FASTP      } from '../subworkflows/nf-core/fastq_fastqc_umitools_fastp'
+include { FASTQ_FIND_MIRNA_MIRDEEP2        } from '../subworkflows/nf-core/fastq_find_mirna_mirdeep2/main'
 include { paramsSummaryMultiqc             } from '../subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
 include { softwareVersionsToYAML           } from '../subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
-include { FASTQ_FIND_MIRNA_MIRDEEP2        } from '../subworkflows/nf-core/fastq_find_mirna_mirdeep2/main'
 // local subworkflows
 include { CONTAMINANT_FILTER               } from '../subworkflows/local/contaminant_filter/main'
 include { GENOME_QUANT                     } from '../subworkflows/local/genome_quant'
 include { MIRNA_QUANT                      } from '../subworkflows/local/mirna_quant'
+include { methodsDescriptionText           } from '../subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_smrnaseq_pipeline'
 // plugins
-include { paramsSummaryMap                 } from 'plugin/nf-validation'
+include { paramsSummaryMap                 } from 'plugin/nf-schema'
 
 /*
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ workflow NFCORE_SMRNASEQ {
     ch_phred_offset        // channel: [ val(string) ]
 
     main:
+    ch_multiqc_files = Channel.empty()
     //
     // Create separate channels for samples that have single/multiple FastQ files to merge
     //
@@ -244,13 +245,14 @@ workflow NFCORE_SMRNASEQ {
     softwareVersionsToYAML(ch_versions)
         .collectFile(
             storeDir: "${params.outdir}/pipeline_info",
-            name: 'nf_core_pipeline_software_mqc_versions.yml',
+            name: 'nf_core_'  + 'pipeline_software_' +  'mqc_'  + 'versions.yml',
             sort: true,
             newLine: true
         ).set { ch_collated_versions }
         // .collectFile(storeDir: "${params.outdir}/pipeline_info", name: 'nf_core_smrnaseq_software_mqc_versions.yml', sort: true, newLine: true)
         // .set {ch_collated_versions}
 
+
     //
     // MODULE: MultiQC
     //