diff --git a/nf_core/components/install.py b/nf_core/components/install.py
index f7a5fe6680..6385ee4092 100644
--- a/nf_core/components/install.py
+++ b/nf_core/components/install.py
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ def install(self, component, silent=False):
             self.install_included_components(component_dir)
 
         if not silent:
+            modules_json.load()
+            modules_json.dump(run_prettier=True)
             # Print include statement
             component_name = "_".join(component.upper().split("/"))
             log.info(f"Use the following statement to include this {self.component_type[:-1]}:")
diff --git a/nf_core/components/update.py b/nf_core/components/update.py
index 6fc6e03544..077cb2b840 100644
--- a/nf_core/components/update.py
+++ b/nf_core/components/update.py
@@ -288,20 +288,21 @@ def update(self, component=None, silent=False, updated=None, check_diff_exist=Tr
                 updated.append(component)
                 recursive_update = True
                 modules_to_update, subworkflows_to_update = self.get_components_to_update(component)
-                if not silent and not self.update_all and len(modules_to_update + subworkflows_to_update) > 0:
-                    log.warning(
-                        f"All modules and subworkflows linked to the updated {self.component_type[:-1]} will be {'asked for update' if self.show_diff else 'automatically updated'}.\n"
-                        "It is advised to keep all your modules and subworkflows up to date.\n"
-                        "It is not guaranteed that a subworkflow will continue working as expected if all modules/subworkflows used in it are not up to date.\n"
-                    )
-                    if self.update_deps:
-                        recursive_update = True
-                    else:
-                        recursive_update = questionary.confirm(
-                            "Would you like to continue updating all modules and subworkflows?",
-                            default=True,
-                            style=nf_core.utils.nfcore_question_style,
-                        ).unsafe_ask()
+                if not silent and len(modules_to_update + subworkflows_to_update) > 0:
+                    if not self.update_all:
+                        log.warning(
+                            f"All modules and subworkflows linked to the updated {self.component_type[:-1]} will be {'asked for update' if self.show_diff else 'automatically updated'}.\n"
+                            "It is advised to keep all your modules and subworkflows up to date.\n"
+                            "It is not guaranteed that a subworkflow will continue working as expected if all modules/subworkflows used in it are not up to date.\n"
+                        )
+                        if self.update_deps:
+                            recursive_update = True
+                        else:
+                            recursive_update = questionary.confirm(
+                                "Would you like to continue updating all modules and subworkflows?",
+                                default=True,
+                                style=nf_core.utils.nfcore_question_style,
+                            ).unsafe_ask()
                 if recursive_update and len(modules_to_update + subworkflows_to_update) > 0:
                     # Update linked components
                     self.update_linked_components(modules_to_update, subworkflows_to_update, updated)
@@ -323,8 +324,12 @@ def update(self, component=None, silent=False, updated=None, check_diff_exist=Tr
                 )
         elif not all_patches_successful and not silent:
             log.info(f"Updates complete. Please apply failed patch{plural_es(components_info)} manually.")
+            self.modules_json.load()
+            self.modules_json.dump(run_prettier=True)
         elif not silent:
             log.info("Updates complete :sparkles:")
+            self.modules_json.load()
+            self.modules_json.dump(run_prettier=True)
 
         return exit_value
 
diff --git a/nf_core/modules/modules_json.py b/nf_core/modules/modules_json.py
index 9c3d1ae9b1..354a61dac9 100644
--- a/nf_core/modules/modules_json.py
+++ b/nf_core/modules/modules_json.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import shutil
 import tempfile
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Union
 
 import git
 import questionary
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ def __init__(self, pipeline_dir):
         self.modules_dir = Path(self.dir, "modules")
         self.subworkflows_dir = Path(self.dir, "subworkflows")
         self.modules_json_path = Path(self.dir, "modules.json")
-        self.modules_json = None
+        self.modules_json: Union(dict, None) = None
         self.pipeline_modules = None
         self.pipeline_subworkflows = None
         self.pipeline_components = None
@@ -1035,13 +1036,17 @@ def get_component_branch(self, component_type, component, repo_url, install_dir)
             )
         return branch
 
-    def dump(self):
+    def dump(self, run_prettier: bool = False):
         """
         Sort the modules.json, and write it to file
         """
         # Sort the modules.json
         self.modules_json["repos"] = nf_core.utils.sort_dictionary(self.modules_json["repos"])
-        dump_json_with_prettier(self.modules_json_path, self.modules_json)
+        if run_prettier:
+            dump_json_with_prettier(self.modules_json_path, self.modules_json)
+        else:
+            with open(self.modules_json_path, "w") as fh:
+                json.dump(self.modules_json, fh, indent=4)
 
     def resolve_missing_installation(self, missing_installation, component_type):
         missing_but_in_mod_json = [