diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 17bef5529..4630786a7 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -28,6 +28,23 @@ show_missing = true
 [run]
 branch = true
 cover_pylib = false
+# NOTE: `disable_warnings` is needed when `pytest-cov` runs in tandem
+# NOTE: with `pytest-xdist`. These warnings are false negative in this
+# NOTE: context.
+#
+# NOTE: It's `coveragepy` that emits the warnings and previously they
+# NOTE: wouldn't get on the radar of `pytest`'s `filterwarnings`
+# NOTE: mechanism. This changed, however, with `pytest >= 8.4`. And
+# NOTE: since we set `filterwarnings = error`, those warnings are being
+# NOTE: raised as exceptions, cascading into `pytest`'s internals and
+# NOTE: causing tracebacks and crashes of the test sessions.
+#
+# Ref:
+# * https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-cov/issues/693
+# * https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-cov/pull/695
+# * https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-cov/pull/696
+disable_warnings =
+  module-not-measured
 plugins =
 #   covdefaults
   Cython.Coverage
diff --git a/docs/changelog-fragments/732.contrib.rst b/docs/changelog-fragments/732.contrib.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3d196bef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog-fragments/732.contrib.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+False negative warnings reported by ``coveragepy`` when are now
+disabled. They are evident when ``pytest-cov`` runs with the
+``pytest-xdist`` integration. ``pytest`` 8.4 gives them more
+visibility and out ``filterwarnings = error`` setting was turning
+them into errors before this change.
+
+-- by :user:`webknjaz`