diff --git a/ci/run_tests.sh b/ci/run_tests.sh
index d73940c1010ad..f5e3420b8c9b3 100755
--- a/ci/run_tests.sh
+++ b/ci/run_tests.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if [[ "not network" == *"$PATTERN"* ]]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "$COVERAGE" ]; then
-    COVERAGE="-s --cov=pandas --cov-report=xml"
+    COVERAGE="-s --cov=pandas --cov-report=xml --cov-append"
 fi
 
 # If no X server is found, we use xvfb to emulate it
diff --git a/codecov.yml b/codecov.yml
index 3f3df474956da..893e40db004a6 100644
--- a/codecov.yml
+++ b/codecov.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ coverage:
   status:
     project:
       default:
-        target: '72'
+        target: '82'
     patch:
       default:
         target: '50'