diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index f23c5159b..55e833f0c 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Sample conf file from http://nedbatchelder.com/code/coverage/config.html
 [run]
-source = sopel
+include =
+    sopel/*
 branch = True
 omit =
     sopel/web.py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b8b7d05b6..4755a4826 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -41,12 +41,16 @@ jobs:
         run: make lint
       - name: Run pytest
         run: make test_norecord
+      - name: Generate XML coverage report
+        # Coveralls reporter doesn't understand branch coverage in .coverage DB
+        # and conversion to LCOV doesn't work right either
+        run: coverage xml
       - name: Upload coverage data to coveralls.io
-        run: coveralls --service=github
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          COVERALLS_FLAG_NAME: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          COVERALLS_PARALLEL: true
+        uses: coverallsapp/github-action@v2
+        with:
+          flag-name: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          parallel: true
+          file: coverage.xml
 
   coveralls:
     if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'sopel-irc' }}
@@ -55,11 +59,9 @@ jobs:
     name: Finalize job on coveralls.io
     needs: tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: python:3-slim
     steps:
     - name: Notify coveralls.io
-      run: |
-        pip install --upgrade coveralls
-        coveralls --finish
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      uses: coverallsapp/github-action@v2
+      with:
+        parallel-finished: true
+        carryforward: all
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 39c25f980..3b6ea72d8 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # These are requirements to develop Sopel itself.
-coveralls>=2.0
+coverage~=7.0
 flake8>=5
 flake8-coding
 flake8-future-import