diff --git a/.github/workflows/dendrite.yml b/.github/workflows/dendrite.yml
index a37e45e46..bc5da641d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dendrite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dendrite.yml
@@ -122,12 +122,14 @@ jobs:
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-go${{ matrix.go }}-test-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-go${{ matrix.go }}-test-
-      - run: go test -json -v ./... 2>&1 | gotestfmt
+      - run: go test -json -v -covermode=atomic -coverprofile=coverage.txt ./... 2>&1 | gotestfmt
         env:
           POSTGRES_HOST: localhost
           POSTGRES_USER: postgres
           POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
           POSTGRES_DB: dendrite
+      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
 
   # build Dendrite for linux with different architectures and go versions
   build: