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Aging is associated with poor sleep quality and greater chronic pain prevalence, with age‐related changes in brain function as potential underlying mechanisms. Objective. The following cross‐sectional study aimed to determine whether self‐reported chronic musculoskeletal pain in community‐dwelling older adults moderates the association between sleep quality and resting state functional brain connectivity (rsFC). Methods. Community‐dwelling older individuals (mean age = 73.29 years) part of the NEPAL study who completed the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and a rsFC scan were included (n = 48) in the present investigation. To that end, we tested the effect of chronic pain‐by‐PSQI interaction on rsFC among atlas‐based brain regions‐of‐interest, controlling for age and sex. Results and Discussion. A significant network connecting the bilateral putamen and left caudate with bilateral precentral …