diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 29400037cc..f28c91b62d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 ### Modules
 
+- add a panel around diff previews when updating ([#3246](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3246))
+
 ### Subworkflows
 
 ### General
diff --git a/nf_core/modules/modules_differ.py b/nf_core/modules/modules_differ.py
index f9ba9d30c7..6b0781bb89 100644
--- a/nf_core/modules/modules_differ.py
+++ b/nf_core/modules/modules_differ.py
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, List, Union
 
-from rich.console import Console
+from rich import box
+from rich.console import Console, Group, RenderableType
+from rich.panel import Panel
 from rich.syntax import Syntax
 
 import nf_core.utils
@@ -276,6 +278,7 @@ def print_diff(
         else:
             log.info(f"Changes in module '{Path(repo_path, module)}'")
 
+        panel_group: list[RenderableType] = []
         for file, (diff_status, diff) in diffs.items():
             if diff_status == ModulesDiffer.DiffEnum.UNCHANGED:
                 # The files are identical
@@ -293,7 +296,18 @@ def print_diff(
                 # The file has changed
                 log.info(f"Changes in '{Path(module, file)}':")
                 # Pretty print the diff using the pygments diff lexer
-                console.print(Syntax("".join(diff), "diff", theme="ansi_dark", padding=1))
+                syntax = Syntax("".join(diff), "diff", theme="ansi_dark", line_numbers=True)
+                panel_group.append(Panel(syntax, title=str(file), title_align="left", padding=0))
+            console.print(
+                Panel(
+                    Group(*panel_group),
+                    title=f"[white]{str(module)}[/white]",
+                    title_align="left",
+                    padding=0,
+                    border_style="blue",
+                    box=box.HEAVY,
+                )
+            )
 
     @staticmethod
     def per_file_patch(patch_fn: Union[str, Path]) -> Dict[str, List[str]]: