diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
index 39d14845..75e9b537 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -45,11 +45,8 @@ jobs:
           coverage run --source=./bec_widgets -m pytest -v --junitxml=report.xml --maxfail=2 --random-order --full-trace ./tests/unit_tests
           coverage report
           coverage xml
-      - name: Upload to Codecov
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+      - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
         with:
-          file: coverage.xml
-          flags: unit-tests
-          name: codecov-$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
-          fail_ci_if_error: true
-          verbose: true
\ No newline at end of file
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          slug: bec-project/bec_widgets
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c9f6b418..cf48ff18 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 [![Python](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.10%20%7C%203.11%20%7C%203.12-blue?logo=python&logoColor=white)](https://www.python.org)
 [![PySide6](https://img.shields.io/badge/PySide6-blue?logo=qt&logoColor=white)](https://doc.qt.io/qtforpython/)
 [![Conventional Commits](https://img.shields.io/badge/conventional%20commits-1.0.0-yellow?logo=conventionalcommits&logoColor=white)](https://conventionalcommits.org)
+[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/bec-project/bec_widgets/graph/badge.svg?token=0Z9IQRJKMY)](https://codecov.io/gh/bec-project/bec_widgets)
 
 
 **⚠️ Important Notice:**