diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 5b164b71fb..f574ee5d84 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .dockerignore
 Dockerfile
 .vagrant/
-codecov/
+codecov-results/
 .dev/
 .venv/
 .git/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 1699261dbc..b40928595a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -32,22 +32,20 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
         uses: codecov/test-results-action@v1
         with:
-          files: ./codecov/junit.xml
+          files: ./codecov-results/junit.xml
           flags: unittests
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Upload unit test coverage results to Codecov
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
         if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
         with:
-          files: ./codecov/unittests.xml
+          files: ./codecov-results/unittests.xml
           flags: unittests
-          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Upload functional test coverage results to Codecov
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
         if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
         with:
-          files: ./codecov/functionaltests.xml
+          files: ./codecov-results/functionaltests.xml
           flags: functionaltests
-          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 436dd0ad04..8db56f9fc1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ cache/
 lib/
 log/
 .vagrant/
-codecov/
+codecov-results/
 .dev/
 test_logs/
diff --git a/docker/_cms-test-internal.sh b/docker/_cms-test-internal.sh
index 6608e5ef47..aa508743a0 100755
--- a/docker/_cms-test-internal.sh
+++ b/docker/_cms-test-internal.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-sudo chown cmsuser:cmsuser ./codecov
+sudo chown cmsuser:cmsuser ./codecov-results
 
 dropdb --if-exists --host=testdb --username=postgres cmsdbfortesting
 createdb --host=testdb --username=postgres cmsdbfortesting
 cmsInitDB
 
-pytest --cov . --cov-report xml:codecov/unittests.xml --junitxml=codecov/junit.xml -o junit_family=legacy
+pytest --cov . --cov-report xml:codecov-results/unittests.xml --junitxml=codecov-results/junit.xml -o junit_family=legacy
 UNIT=$?
 
 dropdb --host=testdb --username=postgres cmsdbfortesting
 createdb --host=testdb --username=postgres cmsdbfortesting
 cmsInitDB
 
-cmsRunFunctionalTests -v --coverage codecov/functionaltests.xml
+cmsRunFunctionalTests -v --coverage codecov-results/functionaltests.xml
 FUNC=$?
 
 # This check is needed because otherwise failing unit tests aren't reported in
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.test.yml b/docker/docker-compose.test.yml
index 72048c2410..e8d31bca48 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.test.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.test.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ services:
       # - https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/241
       PYTEST_ADDOPTS: --color=yes
     volumes:
-      - "../codecov:/home/cmsuser/src/codecov"
+      - "../codecov-results:/home/cmsuser/src/codecov-results"
     privileged: true
     cgroup: host
     command: wait-for-it testdb:5432 -- docker/_cms-test-internal.sh