diff --git a/.codecov.yml b/.codecov.yml
index fead3ad004f..0a5b8d6c8fa 100644
--- a/.codecov.yml
+++ b/.codecov.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ coverage:
   status:
     project:
       default:
-        threshold: 0.2%
+        threshold: 2.0%
 
 ignore:
   - lib/spack/spack/test/.*