diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
deleted file mode 100644
index 4fd220a3d8..0000000000
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-[run]
-
-omit =
-    **/src/archivematicaCommon/lib/externals/*
-    **/migrations/*
-    **/south_migrations/*
-    **/management/commands/*
-    **/settings/*
-    **/tests/*
-    **/wsgi.py
-    **/manage.py
-
-source =
-    **/src/archivematicaCommon/lib/
-    **/src/dashboard/src/
-    **/src/MCPClient/lib/
-    **/src/MCPClient/lib/clientScripts/
-    **/src/MCPServer/lib/
-
-branch = True
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 997335aa75..829cf25559 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ jobs:
           make -C hack/ test-${{ matrix.rule }}
         env:
           TOXARGS: -vv
-          PYTEST_ADDOPTS: -vv --cov /src/src/ --cov-config=/src/.coveragerc --cov-report xml:/src/coverage.xml
+          PYTEST_ADDOPTS: -vv --cov --cov-config=/src/pyproject.toml --cov-report xml:/src/coverage.xml
           PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: "Upload coverage report"
         if: matrix.rule != 'storage-service' && matrix.rule != 'migrations' && github.repository == 'artefactual/archivematica'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d2e418aee0..ea2f1907fc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,26 @@ addopts = "--reuse-db -p no:cacheprovider"
 DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE="settings.test"
 norecursedirs = ".svn _build tmp* node_modules bower_components share .tox"
 
+[tool.coverage.run]
+omit = [
+    "**/src/archivematicaCommon/lib/externals/*",
+    "**/migrations/*",
+    "**/south_migrations/*",
+    "**/management/commands/*",
+    "**/settings/*",
+    "**/tests/*",
+    "**/wsgi.py",
+    "**/manage.py",
+]
+include = [
+    "**/src/archivematicaCommon/lib/*",
+    "**/src/dashboard/src/*",
+    "**/src/MCPClient/lib/*",
+    "**/src/MCPClient/lib/clientScripts/*",
+    "**/src/MCPServer/lib/*",
+]
+branch = true
+
 [tool.ruff.lint]
 # Rule reference: https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/rules/
 select = [
diff --git a/requirements-dev.in b/requirements-dev.in
index 30b25fd83d..76c381b58a 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.in
+++ b/requirements-dev.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -r requirements.txt
 
-coverage
+coverage[toml]
 git+https://github.com/artefactual-labs/mockldap@v0.3.1#egg=mockldap
 pip-tools
 pytest