diff --git a/.codecov.yml b/.codecov.yml
index aa7a96c27..0e6fdf0c3 100644
--- a/.codecov.yml
+++ b/.codecov.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 coverage:
   status:
-    patch:
+    project:
       default:
         # allowed to drop X% and still result in a "success" commit status
         threshold: 0.05