diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
index 01000c51..5bdd1d32 100644
--- a/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ pytest-cache >=1.0
 pytest-cov >=2.4.0
 pytest-mock >=2.0.0
 
+# Coverage for covreports
+coverage >= 7.2.0
+
 # Faking of file systems
 pyfakefs >=3.7.1
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 6e7a8ff0..bf7300eb 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ testpaths = tests
 omit =
     cubi_tk/_version.py
 
+# exclude logger lines from test coverage
+[coverage:report]
+exclude_also =
+    logger.
+
 # See the docstring in versioneer.py for instructions. Note that you must
 # re-run 'versioneer.py setup' after changing this section, and commit the
 # resulting files.