diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage-linux-without-intl.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage-linux-without-intl.yml
index d3dc4baf78e3d5..892c7db48f4fb6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage-linux-without-intl.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage-linux-without-intl.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Environment Information
         run: npx envinfo
       - name: Install gcovr
-        run: pip install gcovr==4.2
+        run: pip install gcovr==7.2
       - name: Build
         run: make build-ci -j4 V=1 CONFIG_FLAGS="--error-on-warn --coverage --without-intl"
       # TODO(bcoe): fix the couple tests that fail with the inspector enabled.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage-linux.yml
index 79f1f89470d41a..a449135f6464de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage-linux.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Environment Information
         run: npx envinfo
       - name: Install gcovr
-        run: pip install gcovr==4.2
+        run: pip install gcovr==7.2
       - name: Build
         run: make build-ci -j4 V=1 CONFIG_FLAGS="--error-on-warn --coverage"
       # TODO(bcoe): fix the couple tests that fail with the inspector enabled.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ab62b2ca7a86bb..9cb348a5fa8c2a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ coverage: coverage-test ## Run the tests and generate a coverage report.
 .PHONY: coverage-build
 coverage-build: all
 	-$(MAKE) coverage-build-js
-	if [ ! -d gcovr ]; then $(PYTHON) -m pip install -t gcovr gcovr==4.2; fi
+	if [ ! -d gcovr ]; then $(PYTHON) -m pip install -t gcovr gcovr==7.2; fi
 	$(MAKE)
 
 .PHONY: coverage-build-js