diff --git a/.github/workflows/cibuild.yml b/.github/workflows/cibuild.yml
index 66162ed6b3a..212c3934dc2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cibuild.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cibuild.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ on:
       - master
       - dev-1.x
       - dev-2.x
+env:
+  # Since version 3.9.0 of Maven it will automatically understand this environment variable.
+  # However, as of 2024-11 the latest versions of Ubuntu and Debian were on 3.8.8 so it will take some
+  # time until we can remove the $MAVEN_ARGS below.
+  MAVEN_ARGS: "--no-transfer-progress -Dstyle.color=always"
+
 jobs:
   build-linux:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -46,22 +52,29 @@ jobs:
         # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/1499
         # we set nodePath and npmPath to skip downloading the node binary, which frequently times out
         run: |
-          mvn --batch-mode jacoco:prepare-agent test jacoco:report -P prettierCheck -Dprettier.nodePath=node -Dprettier.npmPath=npm
-          mvn --batch-mode package -Dmaven.test.skip -P prettierSkip
+          mvn $MAVEN_ARGS jacoco:prepare-agent test jacoco:report -P prettierCheck -Dprettier.nodePath=node -Dprettier.npmPath=npm
+          mvn $MAVEN_ARGS package -Dmaven.test.skip -P prettierSkip
 
       - name: Send coverage data to codecov.io
         if: github.repository_owner == 'opentripplanner'
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
         with:
-          files: target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
           verbose: true
 
+      - name: Upload test results to Codecov
+        # always upload test results, even when failed
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+        uses: codecov/test-results-action@v1
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          files: "*TEST-*.xml"
+
       - name: Deploy to Github Package Registry
         if: github.event_name == 'push' && (github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev-1.x' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev-2.x')
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: mvn --batch-mode deploy --settings maven-settings.xml -DskipTests -DGITHUB_REPOSITORY=$GITHUB_REPOSITORY -P prettierSkip -P deployGitHub
+        run: mvn $MAVEN_ARGS deploy --settings maven-settings.xml -DskipTests -DGITHUB_REPOSITORY=$GITHUB_REPOSITORY -P prettierSkip -P deployGitHub
 
   build-windows:
     timeout-minutes: 20
@@ -79,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Configure Windows Pagefile
         uses: al-cheb/configure-pagefile-action@v1.4
       - name: Run tests
-        run: mvn --batch-mode test -P prettierSkip
+        run: mvn $MAVEN_ARGS test -P prettierSkip
 
   docs:
     if: github.repository_owner == 'opentripplanner'
@@ -192,7 +205,7 @@ jobs:
           distribution: temurin
           cache: maven
       - name: Compile Java code
-        run: mvn --batch-mode compile -DskipTests -P prettierSkip
+        run: mvn $MAVEN_ARGS compile -DskipTests -P prettierSkip
 
   container-image:
     if: github.repository_owner == 'opentripplanner' && github.event_name == 'push' && (github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev-2.x' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/master')
@@ -237,4 +250,4 @@ jobs:
           
           MAVEN_SKIP_ARGS="-P prettierSkip -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dmaven.source.skip=true"
           
-          mvn --batch-mode $MAVEN_SKIP_ARGS package com.google.cloud.tools:jib-maven-plugin:build -Djib.to.tags=latest,$image_version
+          mvn $MAVEN_ARGS $MAVEN_SKIP_ARGS package com.google.cloud.tools:jib-maven-plugin:build -Djib.to.tags=latest,$image_version
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index caa3b6779ba..afedd24e9ea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -222,8 +222,6 @@
                         --add-opens java.base/sun.invoke.util=ALL-UNNAMED
                         --add-opens java.xml/org.xml.sax.helpers=ALL-UNNAMED
                     </argLine>
-                    <!-- Jenkins needs XML test reports to determine whether the build is stable. -->
-                    <disableXmlReport>true</disableXmlReport>
                     <reportFormat>plain</reportFormat>
                     <consoleOutputReporter>
                         <disable>true</disable>
@@ -237,6 +235,7 @@
                         <printStderrOnError>true</printStderrOnError>
                         <printStderrOnFailure>true</printStderrOnFailure>
                         <printStderrOnSuccess>false</printStderrOnSuccess>
+                        <theme>UNICODE</theme>
                     </statelessTestsetInfoReporter>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>