diff --git a/.github/workflows/blt.yml b/.github/workflows/blt.yml
index c462ef47..1e7802fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/blt.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/blt.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ jobs:
         --cov-report=xml --cov=nmdc_automation
     - name: Generate badges
       run: |
+        pip install genbadge[all]
         poetry run genbadge tests -i pytest.xml -l -v
 
 #    - name: Pytest coverage comment
diff --git a/coverage.xml b/coverage.xml
index ebf9310c..9f89d6d3 100644
--- a/coverage.xml
+++ b/coverage.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" ?>
-<coverage version="7.3.2" timestamp="1701991168059" lines-valid="1654" lines-covered="1090" line-rate="0.659" branches-valid="462" branches-covered="247" branch-rate="0.5346" complexity="0">
+<coverage version="7.3.2" timestamp="1702069969386" lines-valid="1654" lines-covered="1090" line-rate="0.659" branches-valid="462" branches-covered="247" branch-rate="0.5346" complexity="0">
 	<!-- Generated by coverage.py: https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/7.3.2 -->
 	<!-- Based on https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cobertura/web/master/htdocs/xml/coverage-04.dtd -->
 	<sources>
diff --git a/pytest.xml b/pytest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4d6c35d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pytest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><testsuites><testsuite name="pytest" errors="0" failures="0" skipped="0" tests="26" time="8.702" timestamp="2023-12-08T13:12:40.849708" hostname="MBThornton-M92.local"><testcase classname="tests.test_activities" name="test_activies" time="0.040" /><testcase classname="tests.test_config" name="test_config" time="0.048" /><testcase classname="tests.test_config" name="test_config_missing" time="0.001" /><testcase classname="tests.test_imports" name="test_activity_mapper" time="0.081" /><testcase classname="tests.test_imports" name="test_unique_object_mapper" time="0.068" /><testcase classname="tests.test_imports" name="test_multiple_object_mapper" time="0.067" /><testcase classname="tests.test_nmdcapi" name="test_basics" time="0.003" /><testcase classname="tests.test_nmdcapi" name="test_objects" time="0.009" /><testcase classname="tests.test_nmdcapi" name="test_list_funcs" time="0.005" /><testcase classname="tests.test_nmdcapi" name="test_update_op" time="0.003" /><testcase classname="tests.test_nmdcapi" name="test_jobs" time="0.004" /><testcase classname="tests.test_sched" name="test_submit" time="0.041" /><testcase classname="tests.test_sched" name="test_progress" time="0.176" /><testcase classname="tests.test_sched" name="test_multiple_versions" time="0.196" /><testcase classname="tests.test_watch_nmdc" name="test_watcher" time="0.048" /><testcase classname="tests.test_watch_nmdc" name="test_claim_jobs" time="1.074" /><testcase classname="tests.test_watch_nmdc" name="test_reclaim_job" time="0.847" /><testcase classname="tests.test_wfutils" name="test_job" time="0.987" /><testcase classname="tests.test_wfutils" name="test_log" time="0.001" /><testcase classname="tests.test_wfutils" name="test_check_meta" time="0.003" /><testcase classname="tests.test_wfutils" name="test_set_state" time="0.001" /><testcase classname="tests.test_jgi_file_staging.test_file_metadata" name="test_get_access_token" time="0.002" /><testcase classname="tests.test_jgi_file_staging.test_file_metadata" name="test_check_access_token" time="1.009" /><testcase classname="tests.test_jgi_file_staging.test_file_metadata" name="test_check_access_token_invalid" time="1.011" /><testcase classname="tests.test_jgi_file_staging.test_file_metadata" name="test_get_sequence_id" time="2.020" /><testcase classname="tests.test_jgi_file_staging.test_file_metadata" name="test_get_analysis_projects_from_proposal_id" time="0.014" /></testsuite></testsuites>
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