diff --git a/.simplecov b/.simplecov
index cd8716df..efeb8908 100644
--- a/.simplecov
+++ b/.simplecov
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SimpleCov.enable_coverage :branch if RUBY_VERSION >= "2.5.0"
+SimpleCov.enable_coverage :branch
 
 SimpleCov.add_filter %r{/vendor/}
 SimpleCov.add_filter %r{/spec/support/}
diff --git a/tasks/coverage.rake b/tasks/coverage.rake
index 935c7ddc..045ba1e6 100644
--- a/tasks/coverage.rake
+++ b/tasks/coverage.rake
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ namespace :coverage do
   task :report_per_ruby_version do
     require "simplecov"
 
-    versions = Dir["#{ENV.fetch("COVERAGE_DIR", "coverage")}/versions/*"].map { |f| File.basename(f) }
+    versions = Dir["#{ENV.fetch("COVERAGE_DIR", "coverage")}/versions/*"]
+      # do not include jruby coverage for now
+      # see https://github.com/simplecov-ruby/simplecov/pull/972
+      .filter { |version| !version.include?("jruby") }
+      .map { |f| File.basename(f) }
+
     versions.map do |version|
       puts "Generating report for: #{version}"
       SimpleCov.collate Dir["#{ENV.fetch("COVERAGE_DIR", "coverage")}/versions/#{version}/**/.resultset.json"] do