diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 036bfc4..6bdcb75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -70,14 +70,15 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         pytest --cov=sphinx_design --cov-report=xml --cov-report=term-missing
     - name: Upload to Codecov
-      if: (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) && matrix.python-version == '3.13' && matrix.sphinx-version == '~=8.0' && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      if: (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' && matrix.python-version == '3.13' && matrix.sphinx-version == '~=8.0' && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v7
       with:
         token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
         name: pytests
         flags: pytests
         files: ./coverage.xml
-        fail_ci_if_error: true
+        # coverage is informational: an upload failure must not fail CI
+        fail_ci_if_error: false
 
   docs-build-format: