diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge-develop.yml b/.github/workflows/merge-develop.yml
index 2c27b01..dd7c734 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge-develop.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge-develop.yml
@@ -71,30 +71,18 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           thresholdAll: 0.85
 
-      - name: setup java
-        if: github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' && (success() || failure())
-        uses: actions/setup-java@03ad4de0992f5dab5e18fcb136590ce7c4a0ac95 # v5.6.0
-        with:
-          distribution: "corretto"
-          java-version: "17"
-
-      - name: provision sonar-scanner
-        if: github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' && (success() || failure())
+      - name: prepare sonar reports
+        if: success() || failure()
         run: |
-          export SONAR_VERSION="4.7.0.2747"
-          wget -q --max-redirect=0 "https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-${SONAR_VERSION}.zip" -O sonar-scanner.zip
-          unzip -q ./sonar-scanner.zip
-          mv ./sonar-scanner-${SONAR_VERSION} ./sonar-scanner
+          cat sonar-project.properties
           scripts/sonar_tests.py
 
-      - name: run sonar scan
-        if: github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' && (success() || failure())
-        run: |
-          PATH="$PWD/sonar-scanner/bin:$PATH"
-          sonar-scanner
+      - name: sonar scan
+        if: success() || failure()
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
+        uses: SonarSource/sonarqube-scan-action@22918119ff8e1ca75a623e15c8296b6ea4fbe28f # v8.2.1
 
       - name: publish junit reports
         if: success() || failure()
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
index b538a52..6eae776 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
@@ -101,35 +101,18 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           thresholdAll: 0.85
 
-      - name: setup java
-        if: success() || failure()
-        uses: actions/setup-java@03ad4de0992f5dab5e18fcb136590ce7c4a0ac95 # v5.6.0
-        with:
-          distribution: "corretto"
-          java-version: "17"
-
-      - name: provision sonar-scanner
+      - name: prepare sonar reports
         if: success() || failure()
         run: |
-          export SONAR_VERSION="4.7.0.2747"
-          wget -q --max-redirect=0 "https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-${SONAR_VERSION}.zip" -O sonar-scanner.zip
-          unzip -q ./sonar-scanner.zip
-          mv ./sonar-scanner-${SONAR_VERSION} ./sonar-scanner
+          cat sonar-project.properties
           scripts/sonar_tests.py
 
-      - name: run sonar scan
+      - name: sonar scan
         if: success() || failure()
-        run: |
-          PATH="$PWD/sonar-scanner/bin:$PATH"
-          if [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "pull_request" ]]; then
-            git checkout "${GITHUB_HEAD_REF}"
-            sonar-scanner -Dsonar.pullrequest.branch="{{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}" -Dsonar.pullrequest.base="{{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}" -Dsonar.pullrequest.key="${{ github.event.number }}"
-          else
-            sonar-scanner
-          fi
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
+        uses: SonarSource/sonarqube-scan-action@22918119ff8e1ca75a623e15c8296b6ea4fbe28f # v8.2.1
 
       - name: archive reports
         if: success() || failure()
diff --git a/scripts/sonar_tests.py b/scripts/sonar_tests.py
index 49abe74..c174d5d 100755
--- a/scripts/sonar_tests.py
+++ b/scripts/sonar_tests.py
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ def _transform_xunit_results(reports_dir: str, output_sonar: str):
     src_junit = os.path.join(reports_dir, "junit")
     out_tests = os.path.join(output_sonar, "tests.xml")
 
+    if not os.path.isdir(src_junit):
+        print("no junit found")
+        return
+
     dom_out = dom.getDOMImplementation().createDocument(None, "testExecutions", None)
     dom_out.documentElement.setAttribute("version", "1")
     all_tests: dict[str, list[dom.Element]] = defaultdict(list)