diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nextflow/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nextflow/package.py
index 4687218fc6b..316e4da17cf 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(
+        "24.10.0",
+        sha256="e848918fb9b85762822c078435d9ff71979a88cccff81ce5babd75d5eee52fe6",
+        expand=False,
+    )
     version(
         "24.04.3",
         sha256="e258f6395a38f044eb734cba6790af98b561aa521f63e2701fe95c050986e11c",
@@ -187,7 +192,6 @@ class Nextflow(Package):
         deprecated=True,
     )
 
-    depends_on("java@17", when="@24", type="run")
     depends_on("java", type="run")
 
     def install(self, spec, prefix):