diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index e1c3e75014b..df4c9e317f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -39,26 +39,9 @@ jobs:
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-
 
-      # Clean, check formatting, build and do a dry release
-      - name: Make all
-        run: make all
-
-      # We stop gradle at the end to make sure the cache folders
-      # don't contain any lock files and are free to be cached.
-      - name: Make stop
-        run: make stop
-
-      - name: Archive packages
-        # We need artifacts from only one the builds
-        if: runner.os == 'Linux' && matrix.java == '17'
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: ${{ github.sha }}
-          if-no-files-found: error
-          path: |
-            ./*/build/distributions/*.zip
-            ./sentry-opentelemetry/*/build/distributions/*.zip
-            ./sentry-android-ndk/build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib/*
+      # Try unit test coverage report for sentry-android-core
+      - name: Run unit test coverage
+        run: ./gradlew unitTestCoverageReport
 
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         # We need coverage data from only one the builds
@@ -66,3 +49,4 @@ jobs:
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@eaaf4bedf32dbdc6b720b63067d99c4d77d6047d # pin@v3
         with:
           name: sentry-java
+          files: "sentry-android-*/build/reports/jacoco/unitTestCoverageReport/unitTestCoverageReport.xml"
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 8c4cd4fd386..f0bd2a5574c 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -97,6 +97,30 @@ allprojects {
 }
 
 subprojects {
+    if (name.contains("sentry-android") && !name.contains("sentry-android-integration-tests")) {
+        tasks.create("unitTestCoverageReport", JacocoReport::class) {
+            dependsOn("testReleaseUnitTest")
+
+            group = "Verification" // existing group containing tasks for generating linting reports etc.
+            description = "Generate Jacoco coverage reports for the release build."
+
+            reports {
+                html.required.set(true)
+                xml.required.set(true)
+            }
+
+            // Execution data generated when running the tests against classes instrumented by the JaCoCo agent.
+            // This is enabled with 'enableUnitTestCoverage' in the 'debug' build type.
+            executionData.setFrom("${buildDir}/outputs/unit_test_code_coverage/releaseUnitTest/testReleaseUnitTest.exec")
+
+            // Compiled Kotlin class files are written into build-variant-specific subdirectories of 'build/tmp/kotlin-classes'.
+            classDirectories.setFrom("${buildDir}/tmp/kotlin-classes/releaseUnitTest")
+
+            // To produce an accurate report, the bytecode is mapped back to the original source code.
+            sourceDirectories.setFrom("$projectDir}/src/main/java")
+        }
+    }
+
     plugins.withId(Config.QualityPlugins.detektPlugin) {
         configure<DetektExtension> {
             buildUponDefaultConfig = true
diff --git a/sentry-android-core/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-android-core/build.gradle.kts
index d7478786fe3..3ceeb446a5d 100644
--- a/sentry-android-core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-android-core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ android {
     }
 
     buildTypes {
-        getByName("debug")
+        getByName("debug") {
+            enableUnitTestCoverage = true
+        }
         getByName("release") {
+            enableUnitTestCoverage = true
             consumerProguardFiles("proguard-rules.pro")
         }
     }
diff --git a/sentry-android-fragment/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-android-fragment/build.gradle.kts
index c0a212a98f5..5aa10f2b331 100644
--- a/sentry-android-fragment/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-android-fragment/build.gradle.kts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ android {
     buildTypes {
         getByName("debug")
         getByName("release") {
+            enableUnitTestCoverage = true
             consumerProguardFiles("proguard-rules.pro")
         }
     }
diff --git a/sentry-android-navigation/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-android-navigation/build.gradle.kts
index 6ae30766e14..e5fc3e10fdc 100644
--- a/sentry-android-navigation/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-android-navigation/build.gradle.kts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ android {
     buildTypes {
         getByName("debug")
         getByName("release") {
+            enableUnitTestCoverage = true
             consumerProguardFiles("proguard-rules.pro")
         }
     }
diff --git a/sentry-android-ndk/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-android-ndk/build.gradle.kts
index 16315c80e4d..9bd4fe26d11 100644
--- a/sentry-android-ndk/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-android-ndk/build.gradle.kts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ android {
     buildTypes {
         getByName("debug")
         getByName("release") {
+            enableUnitTestCoverage = true
             consumerProguardFiles("proguard-rules.pro")
         }
     }
diff --git a/sentry-android-okhttp/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-android-okhttp/build.gradle.kts
index ae80ad068ef..16ba8ffb491 100644
--- a/sentry-android-okhttp/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-android-okhttp/build.gradle.kts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ android {
     buildTypes {
         getByName("debug")
         getByName("release") {
+            enableUnitTestCoverage = true
             consumerProguardFiles("proguard-rules.pro")
         }
     }
diff --git a/sentry-android-sqlite/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-android-sqlite/build.gradle.kts
index 11b895f385a..f8b769d1763 100644
--- a/sentry-android-sqlite/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-android-sqlite/build.gradle.kts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ android {
     buildTypes {
         getByName("debug")
         getByName("release") {
+            enableUnitTestCoverage = true
             consumerProguardFiles("proguard-rules.pro")
         }
     }
diff --git a/sentry-android-timber/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-android-timber/build.gradle.kts
index dfebefd93cd..462c56990c2 100644
--- a/sentry-android-timber/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-android-timber/build.gradle.kts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ android {
     buildTypes {
         getByName("debug")
         getByName("release") {
+            enableUnitTestCoverage = true
             consumerProguardFiles("proguard-rules.pro")
         }
     }