diff --git a/.codecov.yml b/.codecov.yml
index 69cb76019a..7510dfc65c 100644
--- a/.codecov.yml
+++ b/.codecov.yml
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
 comment: false
+coverage:
+  status:
+    project:
+      threshold: 0.5%
diff --git a/changelog.d/2762.misc.rst b/changelog.d/2762.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc9bf86c84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/2762.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Changed codecov.yml to configure the threshold to be lower
+-- by :user:`tanvimoharir`