diff --git a/.github/actions/incremental-build/incremental-build.sh b/.github/actions/incremental-build/incremental-build.sh
index 1938b7c8cefb5..3109540cd8be7 100755
--- a/.github/actions/incremental-build/incremental-build.sh
+++ b/.github/actions/incremental-build/incremental-build.sh
@@ -544,6 +544,27 @@ main() {
     $mavenBinary -l "$log" $MVND_OPTS install -pl "$build_pl" || ret=$?
   fi
 
+  # ── Step 4b: Aggregated core coverage report ──
+  # When coverage is enabled and core modules were tested, generate the
+  # aggregated JaCoCo report via the coverage module.  This is needed because
+  # camel-core tests exercise classes from camel-core-model, camel-core-processor,
+  # etc., so per-module reports alone miss cross-module coverage.
+  if [[ "${MVND_OPTS:-}" == *"-Dcoverage"* ]]; then
+    local core_tested=false
+    for w in $(echo "$final_pl" | tr ',' '\n'); do
+      if [[ "$w" == core/* ]]; then
+        core_tested=true
+        break
+      fi
+    done
+    if [[ "$core_tested" == true ]]; then
+      echo ""
+      echo "Core modules affected — generating aggregated coverage report..."
+      $mavenBinary verify -B -Dcoverage -pl coverage -am -DskipTests \
+        || echo "WARNING: Coverage aggregation failed (non-fatal)"
+    fi
+  fi
+
   # ── Step 5: Write comment and summary ──
   local comment_file="incremental-test-comment.md"
   writeComment "$comment_file" "$pl" "$dep_module_ids" "$all_changed_props" "$testedDependents" "$extraModules"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sonar-build.yml b/.github/workflows/sonar-build.yml
index 9b1e990af7213..9a0456aaa2fe9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sonar-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sonar-build.yml
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    # Temporarily disabled until SonarCloud quality gate is adjusted (INFRA-27808)
-    if: false && github.repository == 'apache/camel'
+    if: github.repository == 'apache/camel'
     name: Build for Sonar Analysis
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -59,17 +58,19 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build with Maven
         run: ./mvnw install -B -Dquickly
 
-      # Run core tests with JaCoCo and generate aggregated coverage report.
-      # The source modules must be in the reactor so report-aggregate can
-      # map execution data from camel-core tests to their classes.
-      # TODO: Once incremental-build.sh supports module detection in the sonar
-      #       workflow, replace the hardcoded -pl with detected affected modules
-      #       to get coverage on components too (see PR #22247).
-      - name: Run tests with coverage and generate report
-        run: >
-          ./mvnw verify -B -Dcoverage
-          -pl core/camel-api,core/camel-util,core/camel-support,core/camel-management-api,core/camel-management,core/camel-base,core/camel-base-engine,core/camel-core-engine,core/camel-core-languages,core/camel-core-model,core/camel-core-processor,core/camel-core-reifier,core/camel-core,coverage
-          -Dmaven.test.failure.ignore=true
+      # Run tests on PR-affected modules with JaCoCo coverage.
+      # Per-module reports are generated by jacoco:report (added in parent pom).
+      # When core modules are affected, the incremental build also generates
+      # the aggregated coverage report via the coverage module.
+      - name: Run incremental tests with coverage
+        uses: ./.github/actions/incremental-build
+        with:
+          pr-id: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          artifact-upload-suffix: sonar
+        env:
+          MVND_OPTS: "-Dcoverage -Dmaven.test.failure.ignore=true"
+
 
       - name: Prepare compiled classes artifact
         shell: bash
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index aaa98edbecc75..2a083f2166310 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -4502,6 +4502,13 @@
                                     </excludes>
                                 </configuration>
                             </execution>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>report</id>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>report</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
                     <plugin>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 45a0450e6a12f..8a55e8be9956d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -122,9 +122,10 @@
 
         <sonar.java.source>${jdk.version}</sonar.java.source>
         <!-- NOTE: this is required to correctly map each module coverage in Sonarqube. The ${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory} may require some change
-            when upgrading to Maven 4.x, according to any of the new variables that will replace this one. -->
+            when upgrading to Maven 4.x, according to any of the new variables that will replace this one.
+            Two sources: per-module reports (from jacoco:report) and the aggregated report (from coverage module). -->
         <sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>
-            ${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/coverage/target/site/jacoco-aggregate/jacoco.xml
+            ${project.build.directory}/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/coverage/target/site/jacoco-aggregate/jacoco.xml
         </sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>
         <sonar.cpd.exclusions>
             components/camel-jackson3/**,components/camel-jackson3xml/**,components/camel-test/camel-test-junit6/**