diff --git a/.codecov.yml b/.codecov.yml
index a302704acc..32dc8a6220 100644
--- a/.codecov.yml
+++ b/.codecov.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+codecov:
+  notify:
+    manual_trigger: true  # needed for codecov-notify CI step
+
 coverage:
   precision: 2
   round: down
@@ -14,8 +18,6 @@ coverage:
       default:
         informational: true
 
-comment: false
-
 ignore:
  - "extern"
  - "hpcgap/extern"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 9a7626a9c1..ca0f05b997 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -280,6 +280,18 @@ jobs:
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
+  codecov-notify:
+    name: Finalize Codecov notifications
+    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    needs: test
+    if: ${{ always() }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: "Send Codecov notifications"
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v6
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          run_command: send-notifications
 
   cross_compile:
     # The host should always be linux