diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting.yml b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
index 81cd098..cb5452d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@ jobs:
   pre-commit:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v4
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.11
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - name: Set up Python 3.12
+        uses: actions/setup-python@82c7e631bb3cdc910f68e0081d67478d79c6982d # v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.11
-          cache: "pip"
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
       - name: Install pre-commit
         run: pip install pre-commit
@@ -32,20 +31,43 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out pipeline code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v4
 
       - name: Install Nextflow
-        uses: nf-core/setup-nextflow@v1
+        uses: nf-core/setup-nextflow@v2
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@82c7e631bb3cdc910f68e0081d67478d79c6982d # v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.12"
           architecture: "x64"
 
+      - name: read .nf-core.yml
+        uses: pietrobolcato/action-read-yaml@1.0.0
+        id: read_yml
+        with:
+          config: ${{ github.workspace }}/testpipeline/.nf-core.yaml
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install nf-core
+          pip install nf-core==${{ steps.read_yml.outputs['nf_core_version'] }}
+
+      - name: Check nf-core outdated
+        id: nf_core_outdated
+        run: pip list --outdated | grep nf-core
+
+      - name: Post nf-core last version comment
+        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@331f8f5b4215f0445d3c07b4967662a32a2d3e31 # v2
+        if: |
+          ${{ steps.nf_core_outdated.outputs.stdout }} =~ 'nf-core'
+        with:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          header: update template
+          message: |
+            ## :warning: New nf-core template version 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.
 
       - name: Run nf-core lint
         env:
@@ -60,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload linting log file artifact
         if: ${{ always() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65462800fd760344b1a7b4382951275a0abb4808 # v4
         with:
           name: linting-logs
           path: |
diff --git a/.nf-core.yml b/.nf-core.yml
index 3805dc8..dea081b 100644
--- a/.nf-core.yml
+++ b/.nf-core.yml
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 repository_type: pipeline
+nf_core_version: 1.13.1