diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index feec48d3..8b23ac07 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ on:
       - "main"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+env:
+  CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+
 jobs:
   spec:
     strategy:
@@ -18,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
           - ruby-version: '2.7'
             puppet_gem_version: '~> 7.0'
           - ruby_version: '3.2'
-            puppet_gem_version: 'https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet' # puppet8'
+            puppet_gem_version: '~> 8.0'
         runs_on:
           - "ubuntu-latest"
           - "windows-latest"
@@ -26,6 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     uses: "puppetlabs/cat-github-actions/.github/workflows/gem_ci.yml@main"
     secrets: "inherit"
     with:
+      rake_task: "spec:coverage"
       ruby_version: ${{ matrix.ruby_version }}
       puppet_gem_version: ${{ matrix.puppet_gem_version }}
       runs_on: ${{ matrix.runs_on }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index b7af4460..f8aae476 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
           - ruby-version: '2.7'
             puppet_gem_version: '~> 7.0'
           - ruby_version: '3.2'
-            puppet_gem_version: 'https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet' # puppet8'
+            puppet_gem_version: '~> 8.0'
         runs_on:
           - "ubuntu-latest"
           - "windows-latest"
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 5cf8c0a3..4cea4dd9 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ group :development do
   gem 'serverspec'
   gem 'simplecov', require: false
   gem 'simplecov-console', require: false
+  gem 'codecov', require: false
 
   gem 'redcarpet'
 end
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 9a7c6f9c..0e55d365 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec) do |t|
   t.exclude_pattern = "spec/acceptance/**/*.rb"
 end
 
+namespace :spec do
+  desc 'Run RSpec code examples with coverage collection'
+  task :coverage do
+      ENV['COVERAGE'] = 'yes'
+      Rake::Task['spec'].execute
+  end
+end
+
+
 RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:acceptance) do |t|
   t.pattern = "spec/unit/**/*.rb"
 end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index fc3c86fe..67402308 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 if ENV['COVERAGE'] == 'yes'
-  require 'codecov'
   require 'simplecov'
   require 'simplecov-console'
 
   SimpleCov.formatters = [
     SimpleCov::Formatter::HTMLFormatter,
-    SimpleCov::Formatter::Console,
-    SimpleCov::Formatter::Codecov
+    SimpleCov::Formatter::Console
   ]
 
+  if ENV['CI'] == 'true'
+    require 'codecov'
+    SimpleCov.formatters << SimpleCov::Formatter::Codecov
+  end
+
   SimpleCov.start do
     track_files 'lib/**/*.rb'
-
+    add_filter 'lib/puppet-strings/version.rb'
     add_filter '/spec'
   end
 end