diff --git a/.github/workflows/qc_checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/qc_checks.yaml
index ca8ef33b49..580eed7341 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qc_checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qc_checks.yaml
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           flag-name: backend
+          file: coverage.xml
           git-commit: ${{ github.sha }}
           git-branch: ${{ github.ref }}
           parallel: true
diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index 4113511ea9..37052e2014 100644
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ def test(
     if coverage:
         # Run tests within coverage environment, and generate report
         c.run(f'coverage run {managePyPath()} {cmd}')
-        c.run('coverage html -i')
+        c.run('coverage xml -i')
     else:
         # Run simple test runner, without coverage
         manage(c, cmd, pty=pty)