diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 28ab0d24..e8b6b357 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.36'
     implementation 'ch.qos.logback:logback-core:1.2.11'
     implementation 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.2.11'
-    implementation 'io.seqera.tower:tower-java-sdk:1.9.6'
+    implementation 'io.seqera.tower:tower-java-sdk:1.9.7'
     implementation 'info.picocli:picocli:4.6.3'
     implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-compress:1.22'
     implementation 'org.tukaani:xz:1.9'
diff --git a/conf/reflect-config.json b/conf/reflect-config.json
index 0ea74561..55cd6b9a 100644
--- a/conf/reflect-config.json
+++ b/conf/reflect-config.json
@@ -2710,7 +2710,7 @@
   "allDeclaredFields":true,
   "queryAllDeclaredMethods":true,
   "queryAllDeclaredConstructors":true,
-  "methods":[{"name":"<init>","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getBootDiskSizeGb","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getComputeJobsInstanceTemplate","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getCopyImage","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getCpuPlatform","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getDebugMode","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getDiscriminator","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getEnvironment","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getFusion2Enabled","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getHeadJobCpus","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getHeadJobInstanceTemplate","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getHeadJobMemoryMb","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getHeadJobOptions","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getHostName","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getLabels","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getLaunchDir","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getLocation","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getMachineType","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getMaxQueueSize","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getNetwork","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getNfsMount","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getNfsTarget","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getPort","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getPostRunScript","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getPreRunScript","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getProjectId","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getPropagateHeadJobOptions","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getServiceAccount","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getSpot","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getSshDaemon","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getSshImage","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getSubnetwork","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getUsePrivateAddress","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getUserName","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getWaveEnabled","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getWorkDir","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"setBootDiskSizeGb","parameterTypes":["java.lang.Integer"] }, {"name":"setCopyImage","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setCpuPlatform","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setDebugMode","parameterTypes":["java.lang.Integer"] }, {"name":"setEnvironment","parameterTypes":["java.util.List"] }, {"name":"setFusion2Enabled","parameterTypes":["java.lang.Boolean"] }, {"name":"setHeadJobCpus","parameterTypes":["java.lang.Integer"] }, {"name":"setHeadJobMemoryMb","parameterTypes":["java.lang.Integer"] }, {"name":"setLabels","parameterTypes":["java.util.Map"] }, {"name":"setLocation","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setMachineType","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setNetwork","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setNfsMount","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setNfsTarget","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setPostRunScript","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setPreRunScript","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setProjectId","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setServiceAccount","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setSpot","parameterTypes":["java.lang.Boolean"] }, {"name":"setSshDaemon","parameterTypes":["java.lang.Boolean"] }, {"name":"setSshImage","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setSubnetwork","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setUsePrivateAddress","parameterTypes":["java.lang.Boolean"] }, {"name":"setWaveEnabled","parameterTypes":["java.lang.Boolean"] }, {"name":"setWorkDir","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }]
+  "methods":[{"name":"<init>","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getBootDiskSizeGb","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getComputeJobsInstanceTemplate","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getCopyImage","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getCpuPlatform","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getDebugMode","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getDiscriminator","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getEnvironment","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getFusion2Enabled","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getHeadJobCpus","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getHeadJobInstanceTemplate","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getHeadJobMemoryMb","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getHeadJobOptions","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getHostName","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getLabels","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getLaunchDir","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getLocation","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getMachineType","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getMaxQueueSize","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getNetwork","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getNfsMount","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getNfsTarget","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getPort","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getPostRunScript","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getPreRunScript","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getProjectId","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getPropagateHeadJobOptions","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getServiceAccount","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getSpot","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getSshDaemon","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getSshImage","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getSubnetwork","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getUsePrivateAddress","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getUserName","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getWaveEnabled","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"getWorkDir","parameterTypes":[] }, {"name":"setBootDiskSizeGb","parameterTypes":["java.lang.Integer"] }, {"name":"setCopyImage","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setCpuPlatform","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setDebugMode","parameterTypes":["java.lang.Integer"] }, {"name":"setEnvironment","parameterTypes":["java.util.List"] }, {"name":"setFusion2Enabled","parameterTypes":["java.lang.Boolean"] }, {"name":"setHeadJobCpus","parameterTypes":["java.lang.Integer"] }, {"name":"setHeadJobMemoryMb","parameterTypes":["java.lang.Integer"] }, {"name":"setLabels","parameterTypes":["java.util.Map"] }, {"name":"setLocation","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setMachineType","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setNetwork","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setNfsMount","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setNfsTarget","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setPostRunScript","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setPreRunScript","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setProjectId","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setServiceAccount","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setSpot","parameterTypes":["java.lang.Boolean"] }, {"name":"setSshDaemon","parameterTypes":["java.lang.Boolean"] }, {"name":"setSshImage","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setSubnetwork","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"setUsePrivateAddress","parameterTypes":["java.lang.Boolean"] }, {"name":"setWaveEnabled","parameterTypes":["java.lang.Boolean"] }, {"name":"setWorkDir","parameterTypes":["java.lang.String"] }, {"name":"getNextflowConfig","parameterTypes":[] }]
 },
 {
   "name":"io.seqera.tower.model.GoogleLifeSciencesConfig",
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/seqera/tower/cli/commands/LaunchCmd.java b/src/main/java/io/seqera/tower/cli/commands/LaunchCmd.java
index 93c27179..7053b71d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/seqera/tower/cli/commands/LaunchCmd.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/seqera/tower/cli/commands/LaunchCmd.java
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ public class LaunchCmd extends AbstractRootCmd {
     @Option(names = {"-l", "--labels"}, split = ",", description = "Comma-separated list of labels for the pipeline.")
     List<String> labels;
 
+    @Option(names = {"--launch-container"}, description = "Container to be used to run the nextflow head job (BETA).")
+    String launchContainer;
+
     @ArgGroup(heading = "%nAdvanced options:%n", validate = false)
     AdvancedOptions adv;
 
@@ -165,7 +168,8 @@ private WorkflowLaunchRequest updateLaunchRequest(WorkflowLaunchRequest base) th
                 .optimizationTargets(coalesce(adv().disableOptimization, false) ? null : base.getOptimizationTargets())
                 .labelIds(base.getLabelIds())
                 .headJobCpus(base.getHeadJobCpus())
-                .headJobMemoryMb(base.getHeadJobMemoryMb());
+                .headJobMemoryMb(base.getHeadJobMemoryMb())
+                .launchContainer(launchContainer);
     }
 
     protected Response runTowerPipeline(Long wspId) throws ApiException, IOException {