diff --git a/.github/workflows/py-tests-3_9.yml b/.github/workflows/py-tests-3_9.yml
index 915bac9d3dc..208dd8732f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/py-tests-3_9.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/py-tests-3_9.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ jobs:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.INGESTION_SONAR_SECRET }}
       with:
+        projectBaseDir: ingestion/
         args: >
           -Dproject.settings=ingestion/sonar-project.properties
           -Dsonar.pullrequest.key=${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
@@ -92,5 +93,4 @@ jobs:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.INGESTION_SONAR_SECRET }}
       with:
-        args: >
-          -Dproject.settings=ingestion/sonar-project.properties
+        projectBaseDir: ingestion/
diff --git a/ingestion/sonar-project.properties b/ingestion/sonar-project.properties
index 89668002b6b..91f1f0192f9 100644
--- a/ingestion/sonar-project.properties
+++ b/ingestion/sonar-project.properties
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ sonar.projectName=open-metadata-ingestion
 sonar.organization=open-metadata
 sonar.language=py
 
-sonar.sources=ingestion/src
-sonar.tests=ingestion/tests
-sonar.exclusions=ingestion/src/metadata_server/static/**,ingestion/src/metadata_server/templates/**
-sonar.python.xunit.reportPath=ingestion/junit/test-results-*.xml
-sonar.python.coverage.reportPaths=ingestion/ci-coverage.xml
+sonar.sources=src
+sonar.tests=tests
+sonar.exclusions=src/metadata_server/static/**,ingestion/src/metadata_server/templates/**
+sonar.python.xunit.reportPath=junit/test-results-*.xml
+sonar.python.coverage.reportPaths=coverage.xml
 sonar.python.version=3.7,3.8,3.9