diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index beceff9e2b..6144cbb834 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 - Remove `.cff` files from `.editorconfig` [(#2145)[https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2145]]
 - Simplify pipeline README ([#2186](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/issues/2186))
 - Added support for the apptainer container engine via `-profile apptainer`. ([#2244](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/issues/2244)) [Contributed by @jfy133]
+- Add tower.yml file to the pipeline template ([#2251](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2251))
 
 ### Linting
 
diff --git a/nf_core/pipeline-template/tower.yml b/nf_core/pipeline-template/tower.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..787aedfe92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nf_core/pipeline-template/tower.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+reports:
+  multiqc_report.html:
+    display: "MultiQC HTML report"
+  samplesheet.csv:
+    display: "Auto-created samplesheet with collated metadata and FASTQ paths"