diff --git a/sonar/src/main/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/SonarPlugin.kt b/sonar/src/main/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/SonarPlugin.kt
index 3dacf3b..8916332 100644
--- a/sonar/src/main/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/SonarPlugin.kt
+++ b/sonar/src/main/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/SonarPlugin.kt
@@ -80,23 +80,18 @@ class SonarPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
             }
 
             if (!subprojects.isEmpty()) {
-                val jacocoMerge by tasks.registering(JacocoMerge::class) {
+                tasks.register<JacocoReport>("jacocoRootReport") {
                     subprojects {
                         executionData(tasks.withType<JacocoReport>().map { it.executionData })
                     }
-                    destinationFile = file("$buildDir/jacoco")
-                }
-                tasks.register<JacocoReport>("jacocoRootReport") {
-                    dependsOn(jacocoMerge)
                     sourceDirectories.from(files(subprojects.map {
                         it.the<SourceSetContainer>()["main"].allSource.srcDirs
                     }))
                     classDirectories.from(files(subprojects.map { it.the<SourceSetContainer>()["main"].output }))
-                    executionData(jacocoMerge.get().destinationFile)
                     reports {
-                        html.isEnabled = true
-                        xml.isEnabled = true
-                        csv.isEnabled = false
+                        html.required.set(true)
+                        xml.required.set(true)
+                        csv.required.set(false)
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -104,7 +99,7 @@ class SonarPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
                 configure<org.sonarqube.gradle.SonarExtension> {
                     properties {
                         property("sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths",
-                                rootProject.tasks.withType<JacocoReport>().map { it.reports.xml.destination })
+                                rootProject.tasks.withType<JacocoReport>().map { it.reports.xml.outputLocation.asFile })
                     }
                 }
             }