diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 704f4e311..3529ee652 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,4 +24,6 @@ build/apache-maven*
 build/scala*
 target/
 logs/
-out/
\ No newline at end of file
+out/
+hs_err_pid*
+
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e2fe3a938..be9001e51 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -368,6 +368,29 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>0.8.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <destFile>${project.build.directory}/codecov-reports</destFile>
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>report</id>
+                        <phase>test</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>report</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
             <!-- disable surefire -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -397,25 +420,6 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.5.8.201207111220</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>report</id>
-                        <phase>test</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>report</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>