diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index a5ea16160..f9e426484 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -21,30 +21,31 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-    - name: Setup gcovr (Linux)
-      if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+    - name: Setup environment (macOS)
+      if: runner.os == 'macos'
       run: |
-        sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
-        sudo apt-get install -y gcovr
+        brew update
+        brew install cmake virtualenv
 
-    #- name: Setup gcovr (macOS)
-    #  if: runner.os == 'macOS'
-    #  run: brew install gcovr
+    - name: Setup environment (Linux)
+      if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends build-essential virtualenv
 
     #- name: Setup libfec
     #  run: git clone https://github.com/jgaeddert/libfec.git && cd libfec && ./configure && make && sudo make install
 
-    - name: bootstrap
-      run: ./bootstrap.sh
-
-    - name: configure
-      run: ./configure --enable-coverage
-
-    - name: make
-      run: make -j 2
+    - name: build
+      run: |
+        mkdir build
+        cd build
+        cmake -DBUILD_AUTOTESTS=ON -DCOVERAGE=ON -DBUILD_BENCHMARKS=OFF -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF ..
+        make -j2
 
-    - name: make coverage
-      run: make -j 2 coverage
+    - name: check
+      run: |
+        cd build
+        ./xautotest -v -o autotest.json
 
     - name: upload report to codecov with github action
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4