diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
index 6588764cd..8e3df7969 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ jobs:
             echo "matrix={\"mechanical-version\":['${{ needs.revn-variations.outputs.test_docker_image_version }}'],\"experimental\":[false]}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
 
-  tests:
-    name: Testing and coverage - Mechanical ${{ matrix.mechanical-version }}
+  remote-connect:
+    name: Remote connect testing and coverage - Mechanical ${{ matrix.mechanical-version }}
     runs-on: public-ubuntu-latest-8-cores
     needs: [smoke-tests, revn-variations, config-matrix]
     continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.experimental }}
@@ -158,9 +158,18 @@ jobs:
         uses: ansys/actions/tests-pytest@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ env.MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION }}
+          pytest-markers: 'remote_session_connect'
+          pytest-extra-args: '-s --junitxml remote_results${{ env.MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION}}.xml'
 
-      # - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
-      #   uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+      - name: Publish Test Report
+        uses: mikepenz/action-junit-report@v4
+        if: always()
+        with:
+          report_paths: '**/remote_results*.xml'
+          check_name: Remote Connect Test Report ${{ env.MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION}}
+          detailed_summary: true
+          include_passed: true
+          fail_on_failure: true
 
       - name: Upload coverage results
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -443,7 +452,7 @@ jobs:
 
   coverage:
     name: Merging coverage
-    needs: [tests, embedding-tests, launch-tests]
+    needs: [remote-connect, embedding-tests, launch-tests]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
@@ -520,7 +529,7 @@ jobs:
 
   package:
     name: Package library
-    needs: [tests, embedding-tests, doc-build]
+    needs: [smoke-tests, remote-connect, embedding-tests, doc-build]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Build library source and wheel artifacts
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 30186e91b..97cee9fc3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ output = ".cov/coverage.xml"
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 minversion = "7.1"
-addopts = """-ra -s -m remote_session_connect --durations=0 --cov=ansys.mechanical --cov-report html:.cov/html \
+addopts = """-ra -s --durations=0 --cov=ansys.mechanical --cov-report html:.cov/html \
  --cov-report xml:.cov/xml --cov-report term -vv --print --print-relative-time"""
 # addopts = """-ra -s -m remote_session_launch --durations=0 --cov=ansys.mechanical --cov-report html:.cov/html \
 # --cov-report xml:.cov/xml --cov-report term -vv --print --print-relative-time"""