diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index d1e32717..7de7b0a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       CRATEDB_VERSION: ${{ matrix.cratedb-version }}
       SQLALCHEMY_VERSION: ${{ matrix.sqla-version }}
+      CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -54,4 +55,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload coverage results to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
         with:
-          fail_ci_if_error: false
+          token: ${{ env.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          fail_ci_if_error: true