diff --git a/.github/workflows/builds.yml b/.github/workflows/builds.yml
index 8e4381f987..b810ff450c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/builds.yml
@@ -902,11 +902,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Running suricata-verify
         run: python3 ./suricata-verify/run.py -q --debug-failed --aggressive-cleanup
       - run: llvm-profdata merge -o default.profdata $(find suricata-verify/tests/ -name '*.profraw')
-      - run: llvm-cov show ./src/suricata -instr-profile=default.profdata --show-instantiations --ignore-filename-regex="^/root/.*" > coverage.txt
+      - run: llvm-cov export ./src/suricata -instr-profile=default.profdata -format=lcov --ignore-filename-regex="^/root/.*" > coverage.lcov
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@671740ac38dd9b0130fbe1cec585b89eea48d3de
         with:
           fail_ci_if_error: false
+          files: coverage.lcov
           flags: suricata-verify
 
   # Fedora build using Clang.
@@ -1591,7 +1592,7 @@ jobs:
           LLVM_PROFILE_FILE: "/tmp/dumpconfig.profraw"
       - run: llvm-profdata-19 merge -o dumpconfig.profdata /tmp/dumpconfig.profraw
       - run: llvm-profdata-19 merge -o combined.profdata $(find /tmp/ -name '*.profraw')
-      - run: llvm-cov-19 show ./src/suricata -instr-profile=combined.profdata --show-instantiations --ignore-filename-regex="^/root/.*" > coverage.txt
+      - run: llvm-cov-19 export ./src/suricata -instr-profile=combined.profdata -format=lcov --ignore-filename-regex="^/root/.*" > coverage.lcov
       - run: |
           cd rust
           cargo test --no-run
@@ -1605,11 +1606,12 @@ jobs:
           LLVM_PROFILE_FILE: "/tmp/ct.profraw"
           CARGO_INCREMENTAL: 0
       - run: llvm-profdata-19 merge -o ct.profdata /tmp/ct.profraw
-      - run: llvm-cov-19 show $(find rust/target/debug/deps/ -type f -regex 'rust/target/debug/deps/suricata\-[a-z0-9]+$') -instr-profile=ct.profdata --show-instantiations --ignore-filename-regex="^/root/.*" >> coverage.txt
+      - run: llvm-cov-19 export $(find rust/target/debug/deps/ -type f -regex 'rust/target/debug/deps/suricata\-[a-z0-9]+$') -instr-profile=ct.profdata -format=lcov --ignore-filename-regex="^/root/.*" >> coverage.lcov
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@671740ac38dd9b0130fbe1cec585b89eea48d3de
         with:
           fail_ci_if_error: false
+          files: coverage.lcov
           flags: unittests
 
   ubuntu-22-04-cov-pcapunix:
@@ -1712,11 +1714,12 @@ jobs:
         env:
           LLVM_PROFILE_FILE: "/tmp/unix.profraw"
       - run: llvm-profdata-15 merge -o default.profdata $(find /tmp/ -name '*.profraw')
-      - run: llvm-cov-15 show ./src/suricata -instr-profile=default.profdata --show-instantiations --ignore-filename-regex="^/root/.*" > coverage.txt
+      - run: llvm-cov-15 export ./src/suricata -instr-profile=default.profdata -format=lcov --ignore-filename-regex="^/root/.*" > coverage.lcov
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@671740ac38dd9b0130fbe1cec585b89eea48d3de
         with:
           fail_ci_if_error: false
+          files: coverage.lcov
           flags: pcap
 
   ubuntu-22-04-cov-afpdpdk:
@@ -1854,11 +1857,12 @@ jobs:
         env:
           LLVM_PROFILE_FILE: "/tmp/mt-autofp.profraw"
       - run: llvm-profdata-15 merge -o default.profdata $(find /tmp/ -name '*.profraw')
-      - run: llvm-cov-15 show ./src/suricata -instr-profile=default.profdata --show-instantiations --ignore-filename-regex="^/root/.*" > coverage.txt
+      - run: llvm-cov-15 export ./src/suricata -instr-profile=default.profdata -format=lcov --ignore-filename-regex="^/root/.*" > coverage.lcov
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@671740ac38dd9b0130fbe1cec585b89eea48d3de
         with:
           fail_ci_if_error: false
+          files: coverage.lcov
           flags: livemode
 
   ubuntu-24-04-pcap-unix:
@@ -2080,11 +2084,12 @@ jobs:
       - run: llvm-profdata-19 merge -o nfq-ips-workers.profdata /tmp/nfq-ips-workers.profraw
 
       - run: llvm-profdata-19 merge -o combined.profdata afp-ips.profdata nfq-ips.profdata afp-ips-autofp.profdata nfq-ips-workers.profdata afp-ips-bond1.profdata afp-ips-bond2.profdata
-      - run: llvm-cov-19 show ./src/suricata -instr-profile=combined.profdata --show-instantiations --ignore-filename-regex="^/root/.*" > coverage.txt
+      - run: llvm-cov-19 export ./src/suricata -instr-profile=combined.profdata -format=lcov --ignore-filename-regex="^/root/.*" > coverage.lcov
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@671740ac38dd9b0130fbe1cec585b89eea48d3de
         with:
           fail_ci_if_error: false
+          files: coverage.lcov
           flags: netns
           verbose: true
 
@@ -2291,11 +2296,12 @@ jobs:
           SURICATA_LUA_SYS_CFLAGS: "-fsanitize=address"
       - run: ./qa/run-ossfuzz-corpus.sh
       - run: llvm-profdata-15 merge -o default.profdata $(find /tmp/ -name '*.profraw')
-      - run: llvm-cov-15 show ./src/suricata -instr-profile=default.profdata --show-instantiations --ignore-filename-regex="^/root/.*" > coverage.txt
+      - run: llvm-cov-15 export ./src/suricata -instr-profile=default.profdata -format=lcov --ignore-filename-regex="^/root/.*" > coverage.lcov
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@671740ac38dd9b0130fbe1cec585b89eea48d3de
         with:
           fail_ci_if_error: false
+          files: coverage.lcov
           flags: fuzzcorpus
 
   ubuntu-20-04-ndebug: