diff --git a/ci/test_python.sh b/ci/test_python.sh
index f0d878a87f8..76041899c43 100755
--- a/ci/test_python.sh
+++ b/ci/test_python.sh
@@ -118,8 +118,11 @@ echo "nx-cugraph coverage from networkx tests: $_coverage"
 echo $_coverage | awk '{ if ($NF == "0.0%") exit 1 }'
 # Ensure all algorithms were called by comparing covered lines to function lines.
 # Run our tests again (they're fast enough) to add their coverage, then create coverage.json
-pytest --cov=nx_cugraph --cov-append --cov-report=
-coverage json
+coverage report
+coverage report --data-file=.coverage
+pytest --cov=nx_cugraph --cov-append --data-file=.coverage
+coverage json --data-file=.coverage
+cat coverage.json
 python nx_cugraph/tests/ensure_algos_covered.py
 popd
 
diff --git a/python/nx-cugraph/run_nx_tests.sh b/python/nx-cugraph/run_nx_tests.sh
index 936af75e53b..b0bed6741f9 100755
--- a/python/nx-cugraph/run_nx_tests.sh
+++ b/python/nx-cugraph/run_nx_tests.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,5 @@ NETWORKX_FALLBACK_TO_NX=True \
     pytest \
     --pyargs networkx \
     --cov=nx_cugraph \
-    --cov-report= \
     "$@"
-coverage report --include="nx_cugraph/algorithms/*" --omit=__init__.py --show-missing
+coverage report --include="nx_cugraph/algorithms/*" --omit=__init__.py --show-missing --data-file=.coverage