diff --git a/.github/workflows/step_coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/step_coverage.yml
index 8220545d..c3b114da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/step_coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/step_coverage.yml
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ jobs:
           flags: ${{ matrix.coverage }}
           fail_ci_if_error: true
           verbose: true
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/step_tests-conda.yml b/.github/workflows/step_tests-conda.yml
index 41f0b7f8..da9e0b57 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/step_tests-conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/step_tests-conda.yml
@@ -66,4 +66,5 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fail_ci_if_error: true
           verbose: true
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
         if: inputs.coverage
diff --git a/.github/workflows/step_tests-pip.yml b/.github/workflows/step_tests-pip.yml
index 214be7a9..4eba76cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/step_tests-pip.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/step_tests-pip.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           # Test pre-release versions
           - python-version: "3.x"
             dependency_type: "pre"
-            experimental: true  # fails with pytest-8.0.0rc1
+            experimental: false
           # Test minimum markdown-it-py supported (otherwise the most recent version is used)
           - python-version: "3.x"
             markdown-it-py: "~=2.0"
@@ -96,4 +96,5 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fail_ci_if_error: true
           verbose: true
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
         if: inputs.coverage