diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 684e603a9..92e2dc6be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -165,11 +165,17 @@ jobs:
       if: "matrix.use_coverage"
       run: "tox -e ${{ matrix.tox_env }}-coverage"
 
-    - name: Upload coverage
-      if: matrix.use_coverage && github.repository == 'pytest-dev/pytest'
-      env:
-        CODECOV_NAME: ${{ matrix.name }}
-      run: bash scripts/upload-coverage.sh -F GHA,${{ runner.os }}
+    - name: Generate coverage report
+      if: "matrix.use_coverage"
+      run: python -m coverage xml
+
+    - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
+      if: "matrix.use_coverage"
+      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v2
+      with:
+        fail_ci_if_error: true
+        files: ./coverage.xml
+        verbose: true
 
   deploy:
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags') && github.repository == 'pytest-dev/pytest'
diff --git a/changelog/9202.improvement.rst b/changelog/9202.improvement.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..916d75074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/9202.improvement.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add github action to upload coverage report to codecov instead of bash uploader.
diff --git a/scripts/upload-coverage.sh b/scripts/upload-coverage.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 089fb67bf..000000000
--- a/scripts/upload-coverage.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-set -x
-
-# Install coverage.
-if [[ -z ${TOXENV+x} || -z $TOXENV ]]; then
-  python -m pip install coverage
-else
-  # Add last TOXENV to $PATH.
-  PATH="$PWD/.tox/${TOXENV##*,}/bin:$PATH"
-fi
-
-# Run coverage.
-python -m coverage xml
-
-# Download and verify latest Codecov bash uploader.
-# Set --connect-timeout to work around https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/4461
-curl --silent --show-error --location --connect-timeout 5 --retry 6 -o codecov https://codecov.io/bash
-VERSION=$(grep --only-matching 'VERSION=\"[0-9\.]*\"' codecov | cut -d'"' -f2)
-if command -v sha256sum; then
-    sha256sum --check --strict --ignore-missing --quiet <(curl --silent "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codecov/codecov-bash/${VERSION}/SHA256SUM")
-else
-    shasum --algorithm 256 --check --strict --ignore-missing --quiet <(curl --silent "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codecov/codecov-bash/${VERSION}/SHA256SUM")
-fi
-
-# Upload coverage.
-bash codecov -Z -X fix -f coverage.xml "$@"