diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverity_scan/build.sh b/.github/workflows/coverity_scan/build.sh
index 3becfb98f422..7337a13889a7 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/coverity_scan/build.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverity_scan/build.sh
@@ -22,10 +22,32 @@ cmake ${GDAL_SOURCE_DIR:=..} \
 
 /tmp/cov-analysis-linux64/bin/cov-build --dir cov-int make "-j$(nproc)"
 tar czf cov-int.tgz cov-int
-curl \
-    --form token=$COVERITY_SCAN_TOKEN \
-    --form email=$COVERITY_SCAN_EMAIL \
-    --form file=@cov-int.tgz \
-    --form version=master \
-    --form description="`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD` `git rev-parse --short HEAD`" \
-    https://scan.coverity.com/builds?project=GDAL
+
+apt-get install -y jq
+
+## Below from https://scan.coverity.com/projects/gdal/builds/new
+
+# Initialize a build. Fetch a cloud upload url.
+curl -X POST \
+  -d version=master \
+  -d description="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD) $(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" \
+  -d token=$COVERITY_SCAN_TOKEN \
+  -d email=$COVERITY_SCAN_EMAIL \
+  -d file_name="cov-int.tgz" \
+  https://scan.coverity.com/projects/749/builds/init \
+  | tee response
+
+# Store response data to use in later stages.
+upload_url=$(jq -r '.url' response)
+build_id=$(jq -r '.build_id' response)
+
+# Upload the tarball to the Cloud.
+curl -X PUT \
+  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  --upload-file cov-int.tgz \
+  $upload_url
+
+#  Trigger the build on Scan.
+curl -X PUT \
+  -d token=$COVERITY_SCAN_TOKEN \
+  https://scan.coverity.com/projects/749/builds/$build_id/enqueue