diff --git a/components/espcoredump/test/test_espcoredump.sh b/components/espcoredump/test/test_espcoredump.sh
index c67cf1ebe9..5732ae40b2 100755
--- a/components/espcoredump/test/test_espcoredump.sh
+++ b/components/espcoredump/test/test_espcoredump.sh
@@ -11,26 +11,21 @@ else
   elf_dir=$1
 fi
 
-if ! command -v coverage &> /dev/null; then
-  echo "coverage could not be found, please install it ('pip install coverage')"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 SUPPORTED_TARGETS=("esp32" "esp32s2" "esp32c3" "esp32s3" )
 res=0
-coverage erase
+python -m coverage erase
 for chip in "${SUPPORTED_TARGETS[@]}"; do
   {
     echo "run b64 decoding tests on $chip"
-    coverage run -a --source=corefile ../espcoredump.py --chip="$chip" --gdb-timeout-sec 5 info_corefile -m -t b64 -c "${chip}/coredump.b64" -s "${chip}/core.elf" "${elf_dir}/${chip}.elf" &>"${chip}/output" &&
+    python -m coverage run -a --source=corefile ../espcoredump.py --chip="$chip" --gdb-timeout-sec 5 info_corefile -m -t b64 -c "${chip}/coredump.b64" -s "${chip}/core.elf" "${elf_dir}/${chip}.elf" &>"${chip}/output" &&
       diff "${chip}/expected_output" "${chip}/output" &&
-      coverage run -a --source=corefile ../espcoredump.py --chip="$chip" --gdb-timeout-sec 5 info_corefile -m -t elf -c "${chip}/core.elf" "${elf_dir}/${chip}.elf" &>"${chip}/output2" &&
+      python -m coverage run -a --source=corefile ../espcoredump.py --chip="$chip" --gdb-timeout-sec 5 info_corefile -m -t elf -c "${chip}/core.elf" "${elf_dir}/${chip}.elf" &>"${chip}/output2" &&
       diff "${chip}/expected_output" "${chip}/output2"
   } || {
     echo 'The test for espcoredump has failed!'
     res=1
   }
 done
-coverage run -a --source=corefile ./test_espcoredump.py
-coverage report ../corefile/*.py ../espcoredump.py
+python -m coverage run -a --source=corefile ./test_espcoredump.py
+python -m coverage report ../corefile/*.py ../espcoredump.py
 exit $res
diff --git a/tools/esp_app_trace/test/logtrace/test.sh b/tools/esp_app_trace/test/logtrace/test.sh
index 1e24c0e300..8b49169404 100755
--- a/tools/esp_app_trace/test/logtrace/test.sh
+++ b/tools/esp_app_trace/test/logtrace/test.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-{ coverage debug sys \
-    && coverage erase &> output \
-    && coverage run -a $IDF_PATH/tools/esp_app_trace/logtrace_proc.py adc_log.trc test.elf &>> output \
+{ python -m coverage debug sys \
+    && python -m coverage erase &> output \
+    && python -m coverage run -a $IDF_PATH/tools/esp_app_trace/logtrace_proc.py adc_log.trc test.elf &>> output \
     && diff output expected_output \
-    && coverage report \
+    && python -m coverage report \
 ; } || { echo 'The test for logtrace_proc has failed. Please examine the artifacts.' ; exit 1; }
diff --git a/tools/esp_app_trace/test/sysview/test.sh b/tools/esp_app_trace/test/sysview/test.sh
index b52649f754..2d9d4054ab 100755
--- a/tools/esp_app_trace/test/sysview/test.sh
+++ b/tools/esp_app_trace/test/sysview/test.sh
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-{ coverage debug sys \
-    && coverage erase &> output \
-    && coverage run -a $IDF_PATH/tools/esp_app_trace/sysviewtrace_proc.py -d -p -b test.elf cpu0.svdat cpu1.svdat &>> output \
+{ python -m coverage debug sys \
+    && python -m coverage erase &> output \
+    && python -m coverage run -a $IDF_PATH/tools/esp_app_trace/sysviewtrace_proc.py -d -p -b test.elf cpu0.svdat cpu1.svdat &>> output \
     && diff output expected_output \
-    && coverage report \
+    && python -m coverage report \
 ; } || { echo 'The test for sysviewtrace_proc has failed. Please examine the artifacts.' ; exit 1; }
 
-{ coverage debug sys \
-    && coverage erase &> output.json \
-    && coverage run -a $IDF_PATH/tools/esp_app_trace/sysviewtrace_proc.py -j -b test.elf cpu0.svdat cpu1.svdat &>> output.json \
+{ python -m coverage debug sys \
+    && python -m coverage erase &> output.json \
+    && python -m coverage run -a $IDF_PATH/tools/esp_app_trace/sysviewtrace_proc.py -j -b test.elf cpu0.svdat cpu1.svdat &>> output.json \
     && diff output.json expected_output.json \
-    && coverage report \
+    && python -m coverage report \
 ; } || { echo 'The test for sysviewtrace_proc JSON functionality has failed. Please examine the artifacts.' ; exit 1; }
 
-{ coverage debug sys \
-    && coverage erase &> output \
-    && coverage run -a $IDF_PATH/tools/esp_app_trace/sysviewtrace_proc.py -d -p -b sysview_tracing_heap_log.elf heap_log_mcore.svdat &>> output \
+{ python -m coverage debug sys \
+    && python -m coverage erase &> output \
+    && python -m coverage run -a $IDF_PATH/tools/esp_app_trace/sysviewtrace_proc.py -d -p -b sysview_tracing_heap_log.elf heap_log_mcore.svdat &>> output \
     && diff output expected_output_mcore \
-    && coverage report \
+    && python -m coverage report \
 ; } || { echo 'The test for mcore sysviewtrace_proc functionality has failed. Please examine the artifacts.' ; exit 1; }
 
-{ coverage debug sys \
-    && coverage erase &> output.json \
-    && coverage run -a $IDF_PATH/tools/esp_app_trace/sysviewtrace_proc.py -j -b sysview_tracing_heap_log.elf heap_log_mcore.svdat &>> output.json \
+{ python -m coverage debug sys \
+    && python -m coverage erase &> output.json \
+    && python -m coverage run -a $IDF_PATH/tools/esp_app_trace/sysviewtrace_proc.py -j -b sysview_tracing_heap_log.elf heap_log_mcore.svdat &>> output.json \
     && diff output.json expected_output_mcore.json \
-    && coverage report \
+    && python -m coverage report \
 ; } || { echo 'The test for mcore sysviewtrace_proc JSON functionality has failed. Please examine the artifacts.' ; exit 1; }