diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index ca05cde57..830fcc30a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Check for dead code
       run: make dead-code
     - name: Run tests with coverage
-      run: poetry run coverage run --omit=*/notifications_utils/* -m pytest --maxfail=10
+      run: poetry run coverage run --omit=*/notifications_utils/*,*/migrations/* -m pytest --maxfail=10
       env:
         SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_TEST_URI: postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/test_notification_api
         NOTIFY_E2E_TEST_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.NOTIFY_E2E_TEST_EMAIL }}
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
         NOTIFY_E2E_TEST_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.NOTIFY_E2E_TEST_PASSWORD }}
     - name: Check coverage threshold
       # TODO get this back up to 95
-      run: poetry run coverage report --fail-under=87
+      run: poetry run coverage report --fail-under=95
 
   validate-new-relic-config:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6574c6181..9cb8bdac9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ test: ## Run tests and create coverage report
 	poetry run black .
 	poetry run flake8 .
 	poetry run isort --check-only ./app ./tests
-	poetry run coverage run -m pytest --maxfail=10
+	poetry run coverage run --omit=*/notifications_utils/*,*/migrations/* -m pytest --maxfail=10
+
 	poetry run coverage report -m --fail-under=95
 	poetry run coverage html -d .coverage_cache