diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nextflow/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nextflow/package.py
index f0800126c56..a576aeb3547 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nextflow/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nextflow/package.py
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ class Nextflow(Package):
 
     maintainers("dialvarezs", "marcodelapierre")
 
+    version(
+        "24.04.1",
+        sha256="d1199179e31d0701d86e6c38afa9ccade93f62d545e800824be7767a130510ba",
+        expand=False,
+    )
     version(
         "23.10.1",
         sha256="9abc54f1ffb2b834a8135d44300404552d1e27719659cbb635199898677b660a",
@@ -177,7 +182,8 @@ class Nextflow(Package):
         deprecated=True,
     )
 
-    depends_on("java")
+    depends_on("java@17", when="@24", type="run")
+    depends_on("java", type="run")
 
     def install(self, spec, prefix):
         mkdirp(prefix.bin)