diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-test-wf.yml b/.github/workflows/create-test-wf.yml
index 8f3c5fdb47..d52fa22301 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-test-wf.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-test-wf.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         NXF_VER:
-          - "22.10.1"
-          - "latest-everything"
+          - "23.04.1"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         name: Check out source-code repository
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run nf-core/tools
         run: |
           nf-core --log-file log.txt create -n testpipeline -d "This pipeline is for testing" -a "Testing McTestface" --plain
-          nextflow run nf-core-testpipeline -profile test,docker --outdir ./results
+          nextflow run nf-core-testpipeline -profile test,docker --outdir ./results -plugins nf-amazon@1.16.2
 
       - name: Upload log file artifact
         if: ${{ always() }}