diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_template.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_template.yml
index f9e87d29..9618ea42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_template.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_template.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,17 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: pip install .[dev]
+
     - name: Run tests
-      run: pytest
\ No newline at end of file
+      run: pytest
+
+    - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
+      if: success() && (matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && matrix.python-version == '3.10')
+      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+      with:
+        fail_ci_if_error: true
+        token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+        verbose: true
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9379f692..e54b3333 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # SWMManywhere: Synthesise Urban Drainage Network Models Anywhere in the World
 
 <!-- markdown-link-check-disable -->
+[![PyPI version shields.io](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/swmmanywhere.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/swmmanywhere/)
 [![Test and build](https://github.com/ImperialCollegeLondon/SWMManywhere/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/ImperialCollegeLondon/SWMManywhere/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
 [![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/741903266.svg)](https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13837741)
+[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/ImperialCollegeLondon/SWMManywhere/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/ImperialCollegeLondon/SWMManywhere)
 <!-- markdown-link-check-enable -->
 
 SWMManywhere is a tool to synthesise urban drainage network models (UDMs) using
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index c561e5fd..7d02f737 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ plugins:
   - mkdocs-jupyter: 
       execute: false
   - search
-  - coverage:
-      page_name: coverage  # default
-      html_report_dir: htmlcov  # default
   - include-markdown
 
 repo_url: https://github.com/ImperialCollegeLondon/SWMManywhere
@@ -61,4 +58,4 @@ nav:
     - Post processing: reference-post-processing.md
     - Preprocessing: reference-preprocessing.md
     - Config definitions: reference-defs.md
-  - Coverage report: coverage.md
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+  - Coverage report: https://app.codecov.io/gh/ImperialCollegeLondon/SWMManywhere
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 66ca600e..9d950f89 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ optional-dependencies.dev = [
 ]
 optional-dependencies.doc = [
   "mkdocs",
-  "mkdocs-coverage",
   "mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin",
   "mkdocs-jupyter",
   "mkdocs-material",
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ skip = "src/swmmanywhere/defs/iso_converter.yml,*.inp"
 ignore-words-list = "gage,gages"
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
-addopts = "-v --cov=src/swmmanywhere --cov-report=html --doctest-modules --ignore=src/swmmanywhere/logging.py"
+addopts = "-v --cov=src/swmmanywhere --cov-report=xml --doctest-modules --ignore=src/swmmanywhere/logging.py"
 markers = [
   "downloads: mark a test as requiring downloads",
 ]