diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4c406f9a41..3171acd057 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 - Save template information to `.nf-core.yml` and deprecate argument `--template-yaml` for `nf-core sync` ([#2388](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2388) and [#2389](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2389))
 - ([#2397](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2397)) Remove fixed Ubuntu test and added to standard testing matrix
 - ([#2396](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2396)) Reduce container finding error to warning since the registries are not consistent.
+- ([#2415](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2415#issuecomment-1709847086)) Add autoMounts for apptainer.
 
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diff --git a/nf_core/pipeline-template/nextflow.config b/nf_core/pipeline-template/nextflow.config
index ae62a6ecac..54f03fd0b4 100644
--- a/nf_core/pipeline-template/nextflow.config
+++ b/nf_core/pipeline-template/nextflow.config
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ profiles {
     }
     apptainer {
         apptainer.enabled      = true
+        apptainer.autoMounts   = true
         conda.enabled          = false
         docker.enabled         = false
         singularity.enabled    = false