diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2961fd68fa2e4..65059279f3a55 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@ rls*.log
 *.iml
 bin/node-template/Cargo.lock
 substrate.code-workspace
+.direnv/
+/.envrc
diff --git a/bin/node-template/.envrc b/bin/node-template/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3550a30f2de38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/node-template/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use flake
diff --git a/bin/node-template/README.md b/bin/node-template/README.md
index 7562b6247f353..0dd4ee5077b85 100644
--- a/bin/node-template/README.md
+++ b/bin/node-template/README.md
@@ -153,8 +153,10 @@ Instead of installing dependencies and building this source directly, consider t
 
 ### Nix
 
-Install [nix](https://nixos.org/), and optionally [direnv](https://github.com/direnv/direnv) and [lorri](https://github.com/nix-community/lorri) for a fully plug-and-play experience for setting up the development environment.
-To get all the correct dependencies, activate direnv `direnv allow` and lorri `lorri shell`.
+Install [nix](https://nixos.org/) and
+[nix-direnv](https://github.com/nix-community/nix-direnv) for a fully plug-and-play
+experience for setting up the development environment.
+To get all the correct dependencies, activate direnv `direnv allow`.
 
 ### Docker
 
diff --git a/bin/node-template/flake.lock b/bin/node-template/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..60819f675d21b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/node-template/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1678901627,
+        "narHash": "sha256-U02riOqrKKzwjsxc/400XnElV+UtPUQWpANPlyazjH0=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "93a2b84fc4b70d9e089d029deacc3583435c2ed6",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1679262748,
+        "narHash": "sha256-DQCrrAFrkxijC6haUzOC5ZoFqpcv/tg2WxnyW3np1Cc=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "60c1d71f2ba4c80178ec84523c2ca0801522e0a6",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/bin/node-template/flake.nix b/bin/node-template/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..428efd09484dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/node-template/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils, ... }: flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+    let
+      pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
+    in
+    {
+      devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+        packages = with pkgs; [
+          rustup
+          clang
+          protobuf
+        ];
+
+        LIBCLANG_PATH = "${pkgs.libclang.lib}/lib";
+      };
+    });
+}
diff --git a/bin/node-template/rust-toolchain.toml b/bin/node-template/rust-toolchain.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..64daeff68360a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/node-template/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[toolchain]
+channel = "nightly"
+components = [
+	"cargo",
+	"clippy",
+	"rust-analyzer",
+	"rust-src",
+	"rust-std",
+	"rustc-dev",
+	"rustc",
+	"rustfmt",
+]
+targets = [ "wasm32-unknown-unknown" ]
+profile = "minimal"
diff --git a/bin/node-template/shell.nix b/bin/node-template/shell.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c08005c1630e9..0000000000000
--- a/bin/node-template/shell.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-let
-  mozillaOverlay =
-    import (builtins.fetchGit {
-      url = "https://github.com/mozilla/nixpkgs-mozilla.git";
-      rev = "57c8084c7ef41366993909c20491e359bbb90f54";
-    });
-  pinned = builtins.fetchGit {
-    # Descriptive name to make the store path easier to identify
-    url = "https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/";
-    # Commit hash for nixos-unstable as of 2020-04-26
-    # `git ls-remote https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs nixos-unstable`
-    ref = "refs/heads/nixos-unstable";
-    rev = "1fe6ed37fd9beb92afe90671c0c2a662a03463dd";
-  };
-  nixpkgs = import pinned { overlays = [ mozillaOverlay ]; };
-  toolchain = with nixpkgs; (rustChannelOf { date = "2021-09-14"; channel = "nightly"; });
-  rust-wasm = toolchain.rust.override {
-    targets = [ "wasm32-unknown-unknown" ];
-  };
-in
-with nixpkgs; pkgs.mkShell {
-  buildInputs = [
-    clang
-    pkg-config
-    rust-wasm
-  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
-    darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Security
-  ];
-
-  LIBCLANG_PATH = "${llvmPackages.libclang}/lib";
-  PROTOC = "${protobuf}/bin/protoc";
-  RUST_SRC_PATH = "${toolchain.rust-src}/lib/rustlib/src/rust/library/";
-  ROCKSDB_LIB_DIR = "${rocksdb}/lib";
-
-}