diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index f08e90f5..696872d5 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ When submitting a pull request, please follow these guidelines:
 
 ### Code coverage
 
-We use [codecov](https://app.codecov.io/github/apache/hudi-rs) to generate code coverage report and enforce net positive
-coverage change for PRs, with a 10% lenacy.
+We use [codecov](https://app.codecov.io/github/apache/hudi-rs) to generate code coverage report and enforce code 
+coverage rate. See [codecov.yml](./codecov.yml) for the configuration.
 
 ## Learning
 
diff --git a/codecov.yml b/codecov.yml
index 58170cad..b9dada53 100644
--- a/codecov.yml
+++ b/codecov.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 coverage:
   status:
     project: # ref https://docs.codecov.com/docs/commit-status
+      default:
+        target: auto
+        threshold: 5
+    patch:
       default:
         target: auto
         threshold: 10