diff --git a/.github/mergify.yml b/.github/mergify.yml
index 2ba2f3ca15..c41023b5b8 100644
--- a/.github/mergify.yml
+++ b/.github/mergify.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ pull_request_rules:
       - "status-success=Build and test AMD64 Ubuntu 18.04"
       - "status-success=continuous-integration/jenkins/pr-merge"
       - "status-success=codecov/patch"
+      - "status-success=codecov/project"
     actions:
       label:
         add:
diff --git a/codecov.yml b/codecov.yml
index d96771b0c2..7c037ff3a2 100644
--- a/codecov.yml
+++ b/codecov.yml
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ coverage:
   status:
     project:
       default:
+        target: 80%
         threshold: 0% #Allow the coverage to drop by threshold%, and posting a success status.
         branches:
           - master
     patch:
       default:
-        target: 70%
+        target: 80%
         threshold: 0%
         branches:
           - master