diff --git a/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml b/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml
index d45b8ec..78fdaf9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
             }
           profiles: test_full
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5
         with:
           name: Seqera Platform debug log file
           path: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/awstest.yml b/.github/workflows/awstest.yml
index 566a8d9..47dfba5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/awstest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/awstest.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
             }
           profiles: test
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5
         with:
           name: Seqera Platform debug log file
           path: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
index 6d94bcb..45884ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: Upload Nextflow logfile for debugging purposes
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5
         with:
           name: nextflow_logfile.txt
           path: .nextflow.log*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fix_linting.yml b/.github/workflows/fix_linting.yml
index 5a1c68c..8394ba2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fix_linting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fix_linting.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # Use the @nf-core-bot token to check out so we can push later
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.nf_core_bot_auth_token }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting.yml b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
index 30e6602..7a527a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
   pre-commit:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5
 
       - name: Set up Python 3.14
         uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c # v6
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out pipeline code
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5
 
       - name: Install Nextflow
         uses: nf-core/setup-nextflow@v2
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload linting log file artifact
         if: ${{ always() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5
         with:
           name: linting-logs
           path: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nf-test.yml b/.github/workflows/nf-test.yml
index 966753e..8ee5830 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nf-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nf-test.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           rm -rf ./* || true
           rm -rf ./.??* || true
           ls -la ./
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
       TOTAL_SHARDS: ${{ needs.nf-test-changes.outputs.total_shards }}
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml b/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml
index e64cebd..431d3d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ jobs:
           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
 
       - name: get description
-        id: get_topics
+        id: get_description
         run: |
-          echo "description=$(curl -s https://nf-co.re/pipelines.json | jq -r '.remote_workflows[] | select(.full_name == "${{ github.repository }}") | .description' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
+          echo "description=$(curl -s https://nf-co.re/pipelines.json | jq -r '.remote_workflows[] | select(.full_name == "${{ github.repository }}") | .description')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - uses: rzr/fediverse-action@master
         with:
           access-token: ${{ secrets.MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
@@ -27,9 +26,7 @@ jobs:
           # https://docs.github.com/en/developers/webhooks-and-events/webhooks/webhook-events-and-payloads#release
           message: |
             Pipeline release! ${{ github.repository }} v${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} - ${{ github.event.release.name }}!
-
-            ${{ steps.get_topics.outputs.description }}
-
+            ${{ steps.get_description.outputs.description }}
             Please see the changelog: ${{ github.event.release.html_url }}
 
             ${{ steps.get_topics.outputs.topics }} #nfcore #openscience #nextflow #bioinformatics
diff --git a/.github/workflows/template-version-comment.yml b/.github/workflows/template-version-comment.yml
index c5988af..e8560fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/template-version-comment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/template-version-comment.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out pipeline code
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
 
diff --git a/.nf-core.yml b/.nf-core.yml
index fb3ee63..45136b3 100644
--- a/.nf-core.yml
+++ b/.nf-core.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ lint:
     - docs/images/nf-core-spatialxe_logo_dark.png
     - docs/images/nf-core-spatialxe_logo_light.png
     - .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
-nf_core_version: 3.4.1
+nf_core_version: 3.5.1
 repository_type: pipeline
 template:
   author: Sameesh Kher, Florian Heyl
diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index 2255e3e..dd749d4 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ testing*
 bin/
 .nf-test/
 ro-crate-metadata.json
+modules/nf-core/
+subworkflows/nf-core/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 113e335..f50fd15 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
   </picture>
 </h1>
 
-[![Open in GitHub Codespaces](https://github.com/codespaces/badge.svg)](https://github.com/codespaces/new/nf-core/spatialxe)
+[![Open in GitHub Codespaces](https://img.shields.io/badge/Open_In_GitHub_Codespaces-black?labelColor=grey&logo=github)](https://github.com/codespaces/new/nf-core/spatialxe)
 [![GitHub Actions CI Status](https://github.com/nf-core/spatialxe/actions/workflows/nf-test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/nf-core/spatialxe/actions/workflows/nf-test.yml)
 [![GitHub Actions Linting Status](https://github.com/nf-core/spatialxe/actions/workflows/linting.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/nf-core/spatialxe/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/spatialxe/results)[![Cite with Zenodo](http://img.shields.io/badge/DOI-10.5281/zenodo.XXXXXXX-1073c8?labelColor=000000)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.XXXXXXX)
 [![nf-test](https://img.shields.io/badge/unit_tests-nf--test-337ab7.svg)](https://www.nf-test.com)
 
 [![Nextflow](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-%E2%89%A525.04.0-green?style=flat&logo=nextflow&logoColor=white&color=%230DC09D&link=https%3A%2F%2Fnextflow.io)](https://www.nextflow.io/)
-[![nf-core template version](https://img.shields.io/badge/nf--core_template-3.4.1-green?style=flat&logo=nfcore&logoColor=white&color=%2324B064&link=https%3A%2F%2Fnf-co.re)](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/releases/tag/3.4.1)
+[![nf-core template version](https://img.shields.io/badge/nf--core_template-3.5.1-green?style=flat&logo=nfcore&logoColor=white&color=%2324B064&link=https%3A%2F%2Fnf-co.re)](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/releases/tag/3.5.1)
 [![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/)
diff --git a/modules.json b/modules.json
index 8cfb17d..d14e802 100644
--- a/modules.json
+++ b/modules.json
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
                     },
                     "utils_nfcore_pipeline": {
                         "branch": "master",
-                        "git_sha": "05954dab2ff481bcb999f24455da29a5828af08d",
+                        "git_sha": "271e7fc14eb1320364416d996fb077421f3faed2",
                         "installed_by": ["subworkflows"]
                     },
                     "utils_nfschema_plugin": {
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/environment.yml b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/environment.yml
index dd513cb..d02016a 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/environment.yml
+++ b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/environment.yml
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ channels:
   - conda-forge
   - bioconda
 dependencies:
-  - bioconda::multiqc=1.31
+  - bioconda::multiqc=1.32
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/tests/main.nf.test.snap b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/tests/main.nf.test.snap
index 17881d1..a88bafd 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/tests/main.nf.test.snap
+++ b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/tests/main.nf.test.snap
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
     "multiqc_versions_single": {
         "content": [
             [
-                "versions.yml:md5,8968b114a3e20756d8af2b80713bcc4f"
+                "versions.yml:md5,737bb2c7cad54ffc2ec020791dc48b8f"
             ]
         ],
         "meta": {
-            "nf-test": "0.9.2",
-            "nextflow": "25.04.6"
+            "nf-test": "0.9.3",
+            "nextflow": "24.10.4"
         },
-        "timestamp": "2025-09-08T20:57:36.139055243"
+        "timestamp": "2025-10-27T13:33:24.356715"
     },
     "multiqc_stub": {
         "content": [
@@ -17,25 +17,25 @@
                 "multiqc_report.html",
                 "multiqc_data",
                 "multiqc_plots",
-                "versions.yml:md5,8968b114a3e20756d8af2b80713bcc4f"
+                "versions.yml:md5,737bb2c7cad54ffc2ec020791dc48b8f"
             ]
         ],
         "meta": {
-            "nf-test": "0.9.2",
-            "nextflow": "25.04.6"
+            "nf-test": "0.9.3",
+            "nextflow": "24.10.4"
         },
-        "timestamp": "2025-09-08T20:59:15.142230631"
+        "timestamp": "2025-10-27T13:34:11.103619"
     },
     "multiqc_versions_config": {
         "content": [
             [
-                "versions.yml:md5,8968b114a3e20756d8af2b80713bcc4f"
+                "versions.yml:md5,737bb2c7cad54ffc2ec020791dc48b8f"
             ]
         ],
         "meta": {
-            "nf-test": "0.9.2",
-            "nextflow": "25.04.6"
+            "nf-test": "0.9.3",
+            "nextflow": "24.10.4"
         },
-        "timestamp": "2025-09-08T20:58:29.629087066"
+        "timestamp": "2025-10-27T13:34:04.615233"
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_spatialxe_pipeline/main.nf b/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_spatialxe_pipeline/main.nf
index a8f1d2a..d28c1e9 100644
--- a/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_spatialxe_pipeline/main.nf
+++ b/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_spatialxe_pipeline/main.nf
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ workflow PIPELINE_INITIALISATION {
 
     main:
 
-    ch_versions = Channel.empty()
+    ch_versions = channel.empty()
 
     //
     // Print version and exit if required and dump pipeline parameters to JSON file
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline/main.nf b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline/main.nf
index bfd2587..2f30e9a 100644
--- a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline/main.nf
+++ b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline/main.nf
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ 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()))
 }
 
 //