diff --git a/.github/workflows/get_coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/get_coverage.yml
index 50a66ad2..64f1a17e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/get_coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/get_coverage.yml
@@ -37,11 +37,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pytest -s --cov dascore --cov-report=xml
 
-      - name: upload coverage
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v2
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
-          file: ./coverage.xml
-          flags: unittests
-          name: master_tests
           fail_ci_if_error: true
+          files: ./coverage.xml
+          flags: unittests # optional
+          name: master_tests # optional
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }} # required
diff --git a/.github/workflows/runtests.yml b/.github/workflows/runtests.yml
index 2cb9e04d..e4e5b47c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/runtests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/runtests.yml
@@ -113,14 +113,13 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: ./.github/test_code.sh doctest
 
-      # upload coverage
-      - name: upload coverage
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
         with:
-          file: ./coverage.xml
-          flags: unittests
-          name: PR_tests
           fail_ci_if_error: false
+          files: ./coverage.xml
+          flags: unittests # optional
+          name: PR_tests # optional
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }} # required
 
 # This is a very useful step for debugging, it allows you to ssh into the CI
 # machine (https://github.com/marketplace/actions/debugging-with-tmate).