diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8c39115f5d..9a993e26aa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ Please note that there are many excellent integrations for Prettier available, f
 - Add `--publish_dir_mode` back into the pipeline template ([nf-core/rnaseq#752](https://github.com/nf-core/rnaseq/issues/752#issuecomment-1039451607))
 - Add optional loading of of pipeline-specific institutional configs to `nextflow.config`
 - Make `--outdir` a mandatory parameter ([nf-core/tools#1415](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/issues/1415))
+- Add description between double quotes to avoid errors with apostrophes in a description ([#2066](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2066))
 
 ### General
 
diff --git a/nf_core/pipeline-template/nextflow.config b/nf_core/pipeline-template/nextflow.config
index 77f6841fac..8ccb08d409 100644
--- a/nf_core/pipeline-template/nextflow.config
+++ b/nf_core/pipeline-template/nextflow.config
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ manifest {
     name            = '{{ name }}'
     author          = '{{ author }}'
     homePage        = 'https://github.com/{{ name }}'
-    description     = '{{ description }}'
+    description     = """{{ description }}"""
     mainScript      = 'main.nf'
     nextflowVersion = '!>=22.10.1'
     version         = '{{ version }}'