diff --git a/.codecov.yml b/.codecov.yml
index 6488176ce17..66f0f966848 100644
--- a/.codecov.yml
+++ b/.codecov.yml
@@ -5,3 +5,10 @@ ignore:
   - "scrape"
   # ignore tools
   - "tools"
+
+coverage:
+  status:
+    project:
+      default:
+        target: auto  # auto compares coverage to the previous base commit
+        removed_code_behavior: fully_covered_patch
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index d9e3d3bac02..6ef7a97ea9e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -73,4 +73,4 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
       if: ${{ matrix.update-coverage }}
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@e28ff129e5465c2c0dcc6f003fc735cb6ae0c673 #v4.5.0
+      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4