diff --git a/sonar-project.properties b/sonar-project.properties
index 12d5055665e..08e0dd7b9b0 100644
--- a/sonar-project.properties
+++ b/sonar-project.properties
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ sonar.python.version=3.10
 
 # ignore examples for coverage and issues, these are sphinx-gallery notebook scripts
 # which aren't really supported by sonarqube and lead to a lot of false positives
-sonar.exclusions=examples/**
+sonar.exclusions=examples/**,coverage/coverage.xml