diff --git a/.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml b/.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml
index f8d5ffc..fa97252 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # Fetch all history for .GitInfo and .Lastmod
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: 17
           distribution: adopt
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index debe0c2..87036a8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -168,8 +168,10 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.2.5</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <!-- Allow JUnit to access the test classes -->
+                    <!-- Allow JUnit to access the test classes
+                         add argLine so target/jacoco.exec is generated properly -->
                     <argLine>
+                        ${argLine}
                         --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
                     </argLine>
                     <systemPropertyVariables>