diff --git a/.github/workflows/codecov.yaml b/.github/workflows/codecov.yaml
index 9e841025993..6eb6e79b86b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codecov.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codecov.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Code Coverage with codecov
 
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron: '25 */3 * * 1-5'
+    - cron: '25 06,18 * * 1-5'
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}
@@ -88,27 +88,25 @@ jobs:
           export ZEPHYR_BASE=${PWD}
           export ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT=zephyr
           mkdir -p coverage/reports
-          ./scripts/twister --force-color -N -v --filter runnable -p ${{ matrix.platform }} --coverage -T tests
-
-      - name: Generate Coverage Report
-        run: |
-          mv twister-out/coverage.info lcov.pre.info
-          lcov -q --remove lcov.pre.info mylib.c --remove lcov.pre.info tests/\* \
-            --remove lcov.pre.info samples/\* --remove lcov.pre.info ext/\* \
-            --remove lcov.pre.info *generated*  \
-            -o coverage/reports/${{ matrix.platform }}.info --rc lcov_branch_coverage=1
+          pip3 install gcovr
+          ./scripts/twister -i --force-color -N -v --filter runnable -p ${{ matrix.platform }} --coverage -T tests --coverage-tool gcovr
 
       - name: ccache stats post
         run: |
           ccache -s
           ccache -p
 
+      - name: Rename coverage files
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          cp twister-out/coverage.json coverage/reports/${{ matrix.platform }}.json
+
       - name: Upload Coverage Results
         if: always()
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: Coverage Data (Subset ${{ matrix.platform }})
-          path: coverage/reports/${{ matrix.platform }}.info
+          path: coverage/reports/${{ matrix.platform }}.json
 
   codecov-results:
     name: "Publish Coverage Results"
@@ -129,14 +127,14 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Move coverage files
         run: |
-          mv ./coverage/reports/*/*.info ./coverage/reports
+          mv ./coverage/reports/*/*.json ./coverage/reports
           ls -la ./coverage/reports
 
       - name: Generate list of coverage files
         id: get-coverage-files
         shell: cmake -P {0}
         run: |
-          file(GLOB INPUT_FILES_LIST  "coverage/reports/*.info")
+          file(GLOB INPUT_FILES_LIST  "coverage/reports/*.json")
           set(MERGELIST "")
           set(FILELIST "")
           foreach(ITEM ${INPUT_FILES_LIST})
@@ -150,7 +148,7 @@ jobs:
           foreach(ITEM ${INPUT_FILES_LIST})
             get_filename_component(f ${ITEM} NAME)
             if(MERGELIST STREQUAL "")
-              set(MERGELIST "-a ${f}")
+              set(MERGELIST "--add-tracefile ${f}")
             else()
               set(MERGELIST "${MERGELIST} -a ${f}")
             endif()
@@ -160,17 +158,19 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Merge coverage files
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y lcov
           cd ./coverage/reports
-          lcov ${{ steps.get-coverage-files.outputs.mergefiles }} -o merged.info --rc lcov_branch_coverage=1
+          pip3 install gcovr
+          gcovr ${{ steps.get-coverage-files.outputs.mergefiles }}  --merge-mode-functions=separate --json merged.json
+          gcovr ${{ steps.get-coverage-files.outputs.mergefiles }} --merge-mode-functions=separate --cobertura merged.xml
 
       - name: Upload Merged Coverage Results
         if: always()
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: Merged Coverage Data
-          path: merged.info
+          path: |
+            coverage/reports/merged.json
+            coverage/reports/merged.xml
 
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         if: always()
@@ -180,4 +180,4 @@ jobs:
           env_vars: OS,PYTHON
           fail_ci_if_error: false
           verbose: true
-          files: merged.info
+          files: merged.xml