diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1cc44be..8231c1f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ and most importantly, simply didn't work for me!
 
 4) run the script with:
 ```
-  curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-23.05 bash -x
+  curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-23.11 bash -x
 ```
 
 *NB*: This script wipes out the targeted host's root filesystem when it runs to completion.
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ and supply to it the following example yaml stanzas:
 #cloud-config
 
 runcmd:
-  - curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | PROVIDER=digitalocean NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-23.05 bash 2>&1 | tee /tmp/infect.log
+  - curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | PROVIDER=digitalocean NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-23.11 bash 2>&1 | tee /tmp/infect.log
 ```
 
 #### Potential tweaks:
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ write_files:
       environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ vim ];
     }
 runcmd:
-  - curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | PROVIDER=digitalocean NIXOS_IMPORT=./host.nix NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-23.05 bash 2>&1 | tee /tmp/infect.log
+  - curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | PROVIDER=digitalocean NIXOS_IMPORT=./host.nix NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-23.11 bash 2>&1 | tee /tmp/infect.log
 ```
 
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ To set up a NixOS Vultr server, instantiate an Ubuntu box with the following "Cl
 ```bash
 #!/bin/sh
 
-curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-23.05 bash
+curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-23.11 bash
 ```
 
 Allow for a few minutes over the usual Ubuntu deployment time for NixOS to download & install itself.
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ When creating a server provide the following yaml as "Cloud config":
 #cloud-config
 
 runcmd:
-  - curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | PROVIDER=hetznercloud NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-23.05 bash 2>&1 | tee /tmp/infect.log
+  - curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | PROVIDER=hetznercloud NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-23.11 bash 2>&1 | tee /tmp/infect.log
 ```
 
 #### Tested on
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ build time or using `ssh-copy-id` before running nixos-infect
 ```
 #!/bin/sh
 
-curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-23.05 bash 2>&1 | tee /tmp/infect.log
+curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-23.11 bash 2>&1 | tee /tmp/infect.log
 ```
 
 #### Tested on
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ Tested on vServer. The network configuration seems to be important so the same t
 ### ServArica
 Requires the same static network settings that Digital Ocean does.
 
-    curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | PROVIDER=servarica NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-23.05 bash
+    curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | PROVIDER=servarica NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-23.11 bash
 
 #### Tested on
 |Distribution|       Name      | Status    | test date|
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ write_files:
       environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ tmux ];
     }
 runcmd:
-  - curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect |  NIXOS_IMPORT=./host.nix NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-23.05 bash 2>&1 | tee /tmp/infect.log
+  - curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect |  NIXOS_IMPORT=./host.nix NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-23.11 bash 2>&1 | tee /tmp/infect.log
 ```
 
 #### Tested on
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ and have a copy of the private key on your local box.
 
 On RackNerd's Ubuntu 20.04, there's no `curl` by default, so `wget -O-` needs to be used instead:
 ```command
-# wget -O- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-23.05 bash -x
+# wget -O- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elitak/nixos-infect/master/nixos-infect | NIX_CHANNEL=nixos-23.11 bash -x
 ```
 
 #### Tested on
diff --git a/nixos-infect b/nixos-infect
index 06f0171..7db9ca4 100644
--- a/nixos-infect
+++ b/nixos-infect
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ infect() {
   # shellcheck disable=SC1090
   source ~/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh
 
-  [[ -z "$NIX_CHANNEL" ]] && NIX_CHANNEL="nixos-23.05"
+  [[ -z "$NIX_CHANNEL" ]] && NIX_CHANNEL="nixos-23.11"
   nix-channel --remove nixpkgs
   nix-channel --add "https://nixos.org/channels/$NIX_CHANNEL" nixos
   nix-channel --update