diff --git a/.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml b/.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml
index 7549656d22..1ad9e067f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ jobs:
           SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
           SONAR_ORGANIZATION: ${{ vars.SONAR_ORGANIZATION }}
           SONAR_PROJECT_KEY: ${{ vars.SONAR_PROJECT_KEY }}
-        run: ./gradlew build sonarqube --continue --info -Dorg.gradle.parallel=true -Dorg.gradle.caching=true
+        run: ./gradlew build sonar --continue -Dorg.gradle.parallel=true -Dorg.gradle.caching=true
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 1429ed9c79..23908ad984 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ plugins {
   id 'me.champeau.jmh' version '0.7.2' apply false
   id 'net.ltgt.errorprone' version '4.0.1'
   id 'maven-publish'
+  id 'jacoco'
+  id 'jacoco-report-aggregation'
   id 'org.sonarqube' version '5.1.0.4882'
 }
 
@@ -40,12 +42,12 @@ sonarqube {
     property "sonar.organization", "$System.env.SONAR_ORGANIZATION"
     property "sonar.gradle.skipCompile", "true"
     property "sonar.host.url", "https://sonarcloud.io"
-    property "sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths", "${buildDir}/reports/jacoco/jacocoRootReport/jacocoRootReport.xml"
+    property "sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths", "${buildDir}/reports/jacoco/testCodeCoverageReport/testCodeCoverageReport.xml"
     property "sonar.coverage.exclusions", "acceptance-tests/**/*"
   }
 }
 
-project.tasks["sonarqube"].dependsOn "jacocoRootReport"
+project.tasks["sonar"].dependsOn "testCodeCoverageReport"
 
 if (!JavaVersion.current().isCompatibleWith(JavaVersion.VERSION_21)) {
   throw new GradleException("Java 21 or later is required to build Besu.\n" +
@@ -360,6 +362,7 @@ allprojects {
       }
     }
     useJUnitPlatform {}
+    finalizedBy jacocoTestReport // report is always generated after tests run
   }
 
   javadoc {
@@ -962,19 +965,6 @@ jacocoTestReport {
   }
 }
 
-task jacocoRootReport(type: org.gradle.testing.jacoco.tasks.JacocoReport) {
-  additionalSourceDirs.from files(subprojects.sourceSets.main.allSource.srcDirs)
-  sourceDirectories.from files(subprojects.sourceSets.main.allSource.srcDirs)
-  classDirectories.from files(subprojects.sourceSets.main.output).asFileTree.matching { exclude 'org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/**' }
-  executionData.from fileTree(dir: '.', includes: ['**/jacoco/*.exec'])
-  reports {
-    xml.required = true
-    csv.required = true
-    html.destination file("build/reports/jacocoHtml")
-  }
-  onlyIf = { true }
-}
-
 // http://label-schema.org/rc1/
 // using the RFC3339 format "2016-04-12T23:20:50.52Z"
 def buildTime() {
diff --git a/ethereum/api/build.gradle b/ethereum/api/build.gradle
index 3269812fec..7f5e3d40a9 100644
--- a/ethereum/api/build.gradle
+++ b/ethereum/api/build.gradle
@@ -130,41 +130,44 @@ artifacts { testSupportArtifacts testSupportJar }
 
 tasks.register('generateTestBlockchain') {
   def srcFiles = 'src/test/resources/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/trace/chain-data'
-  def dataPath = "$buildDir/generated/data"
+  def dataPath = new File("$buildDir/generated/data")
   def blocksBin = "$buildDir/resources/test/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/trace/chain-data/blocks.bin"
   inputs.dir(srcFiles)
   outputs.file(blocksBin)
   dependsOn(configurations.testResourceGeneration)
   dependsOn(processTestResources)
   doLast {
-    mkdir(dataPath)
-    javaexec {
-      main = 'org.hyperledger.besu.Besu'
-      classpath = configurations.testResourceGeneration
-      args = [
-        "--logging=ERROR",
-        "--data-path=$dataPath",
-        "--genesis-file=$srcFiles/genesis.json",
-        "blocks",
-        "import",
-        "--format=JSON",
-        "--from=$srcFiles/blocks.json",
-        "--start-time=1438269971"
-      ]
-    }
-    javaexec {
-      main = 'org.hyperledger.besu.Besu'
-      classpath = configurations.testResourceGeneration
-      args = [
-        "--logging=ERROR",
-        "--data-path=$dataPath",
-        "--genesis-file=$srcFiles/genesis.json",
-        "blocks",
-        "export",
-        "--format=RLP",
-        "--start-block=0",
-        "--to=$blocksBin"
-      ]
+    if(!dataPath.exists()) {
+      mkdir(dataPath)
+
+      javaexec {
+        main = 'org.hyperledger.besu.Besu'
+        classpath = configurations.testResourceGeneration
+        args = [
+          "--logging=ERROR",
+          "--data-path=$dataPath",
+          "--genesis-file=$srcFiles/genesis.json",
+          "blocks",
+          "import",
+          "--format=JSON",
+          "--from=$srcFiles/blocks.json",
+          "--start-time=1438269971"
+        ]
+      }
+      javaexec {
+        main = 'org.hyperledger.besu.Besu'
+        classpath = configurations.testResourceGeneration
+        args = [
+          "--logging=ERROR",
+          "--data-path=$dataPath",
+          "--genesis-file=$srcFiles/genesis.json",
+          "blocks",
+          "export",
+          "--format=RLP",
+          "--start-block=0",
+          "--to=$blocksBin"
+        ]
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/testutil/build.gradle b/testutil/build.gradle
index 5b4f06e7ac..e77a763bda 100644
--- a/testutil/build.gradle
+++ b/testutil/build.gradle
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ jar {
   }
 }
 
+sonarqube {
+  skipProject = true
+}
+
 dependencies {
   implementation project(':ethereum:eth')
   implementation project(':plugin-api')