diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml
index 693eae98..b2243eb8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ jobs:
         rm -rf output
         rm -f tests/.local
         # Unify coverage versions to allow combine
-        pip3 install --upgrade coverage
-        ln -s /usr/local/bin/coverage3 /usr/local/bin/python3-coverage
+        pip3 install --upgrade coverage==5.1
+        ln -s /usr/local/bin/coverage3 /usr/local/bin/python3-coverage || true
         # The KiCad 5 image currently has a very old pytest (no parallel run)
         pip3 install --upgrade pytest
         pip3 install --upgrade pytest-xdist
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Combine coverage
       run: |
-        pip3 install --upgrade coverage
-        ln -s /usr/local/bin/coverage3 /usr/local/bin/python3-coverage
+        pip3 install --upgrade coverage==5.1
+        ln -s /usr/local/bin/coverage3 /usr/local/bin/python3-coverage || true
         python3-coverage combine
         python3-coverage report
         python3-coverage html -d htmlcov