diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index 4589ba3..5e55161 100755
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -34,10 +34,15 @@ profiles {
     process.container = 'quay.io/nextflow/rnaseq-nf:v1.2.1'
   }
 
+  /*
+   * NOTE: requires nextflow 24.03.0-edge or later
+   */
   wave {
     wave.enabled = true
     wave.strategy = 'conda'
     wave.freeze = true
+    apptainer.ociAutoPull = true
+    singularity.ociAutoPull = true
   }
 
   docker {