diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index 4af78404a..23379da0d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -37,4 +37,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
         with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
           files: lcov.info
diff --git a/codecov.yml b/codecov.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..28c4eb4a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codecov.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+ignore:
+  - "benchmark"
+  - "example"