diff --git a/.github/workflows/php.yml b/.github/workflows/php.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f62a835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/php.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+name: PHP Build
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+env:
+  SPOT_DB_NAME: spot_test
+  MYSQL_PWD: ${{ secrets.SPOT_DB_PASSWORD }}
+  PGPASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SPOT_DB_PASSWORD }}
+  SPOT_DB_HOSTNAME: 127.0.0.1
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        php: ['5.4', '5.5', '5.6', '7.0']
+        type: ['mysql', 'pgsql', 'sqlite']
+
+    services:
+      mysql:
+        image: ${{ (matrix.type == 'mysql') && 'mysql:5.6' || '' }}
+        env:
+          # The MySQL docker container requires these environment variables to be set
+          # so we can create and migrate the test database.
+          # See: https://hub.docker.com/_/mysql
+          MYSQL_DATABASE: ${{ env.SPOT_DB_NAME }}
+          MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${{ env.MYSQL_PWD }}
+        ports:
+          # Opens port 3306 on service container and host
+          # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-containerized-services/about-service-containers
+          - 3306:3306
+          # Before continuing, verify the mysql container is reachable from the ubuntu host
+        options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=3
+      postgres:
+        image: ${{ (matrix.type == 'pgsql') && 'postgres' || '' }}
+        env:
+          # Provide the password for postgres
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${{ env.PGPASSWORD }}
+        ports:
+          - 5432:5432
+          # Set health checks to wait until postgres has started
+        options: --health-cmd pg_isready --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5
+    
+    steps:
+
+    - name: Set up common environment variables
+      run: |
+        echo "SPOT_DB_TYPE=${{ matrix.type }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    # Has to be a different step othwerwise $TYPE is not yet available
+    - name: Set up database specific environment variables
+      run: |
+        if [[ "$SPOT_DB_TYPE" == "mysql" ]]; then
+          mysql -e "create database IF NOT EXISTS ${{ env.SPOT_DB_NAME }};" -uroot -h ${{ env.SPOT_DB_HOSTNAME }};
+          echo "SPOT_DB_DSN=mysql://root:${{ env.MYSQL_PWD }}@${{ env.SPOT_DB_HOSTNAME }}/${{ env.SPOT_DB_NAME }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        elif [[ "$SPOT_DB_TYPE" == "pgsql" ]]; then
+          psql -c 'create database ${{ env.SPOT_DB_NAME }};' -U postgres -h ${{ env.SPOT_DB_HOSTNAME }};
+          echo "SPOT_DB_DSN=pgsql://postgres:${{ env.PGPASSWORD }}@${{ env.SPOT_DB_HOSTNAME }}/${{ env.SPOT_DB_NAME }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        elif [[ "$SPOT_DB_TYPE" == "sqlite" ]]; then
+          echo "SPOT_DB_DSN=sqlite::memory" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        fi
+
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Install PHP ${{ matrix.php }}
+      uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+      with:
+        php-version: ${{ matrix.php }}
+
+    - name: Check PHP ${{ matrix.php }}
+      run: php -v
+
+    - name: Validate composer.json and composer.lock
+      run: composer validate --strict
+
+    - name: Cache Composer packages
+      id: composer-cache
+      uses: actions/cache@v4
+      with:
+        path: vendor
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-php-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
+        restore-keys: |
+          ${{ runner.os }}-php-
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: composer install --no-progress
+
+    # Add a test script to composer.json, for instance: "test": "vendor/bin/phpunit"
+    # Docs: https://getcomposer.org/doc/articles/scripts.md
+    - name: Run ${{ matrix.type }} test suite
+      run: composer run-script test_$SPOT_DB_TYPE
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 54eaca7..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# see http://about.travis-ci.org/docs/user/languages/php/ for more hints
-language: php
-
-sudo: false
-
-cache:
-  directories:
-    - $HOME/.composer/cache
-
-php:
-  - 5.4
-  - 5.5
-  - 5.6
-  - 7.0
-  - 7.1
-  - hhvm
-
-matrix:
-    allow_failures:
-        - php: hhvm
-        - php: 7.1
-
-env:
-  - TYPE=mysql DSN=mysql://root@localhost/spot_test
-  - TYPE=pgsql DSN=pgsql://postgres@localhost/spot_test"
-  - TYPE=sqlite DSN=sqlite::memory
-
-install:
-  - composer install
-
-# execute any number of scripts before the test run, custom env's are available as variables
-before_script:
-  - if [[ "$TYPE" == "mysql" ]]; then mysql -e "create database IF NOT EXISTS spot_test;" -uroot; fi
-  - if [[ "$TYPE" == "pgsql" ]]; then psql -c 'create database spot_test;' -U postgres; fi
-
-# omitting "script:" will default to phpunit
-# use the $TYPE env variable to determine the phpunit.xml to use
-script: vendor/bin/phpunit --configuration phpunit_$TYPE.xml --coverage-text
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8eabb8c..17ce00c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Spot DataMapper ORM v2.0 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/spotorm/spot2.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/spotorm/spot2)
+Spot DataMapper ORM v2.0 [![Build Status](https://github.com/spotorm/spot2/actions/workflows/php.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/spotorm/spot2/actions/workflows/php.yml)
 ========================
 Spot v2.x is built on the [Doctrine
 DBAL](http://www.doctrine-project.org/projects/dbal.html), and targets PHP
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 1be286f..d6ce6e5 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -30,5 +30,10 @@
         "psr-4": {
           "SpotTest\\": "tests/"
         }
+    },
+    "scripts": {
+        "test_mysql": "vendor/bin/phpunit --configuration phpunit_mysql.xml --coverage-text",
+        "test_pgsql": "vendor/bin/phpunit --configuration phpunit_pgsql.xml --coverage-text",
+        "test_sqlite": "vendor/bin/phpunit --configuration phpunit_sqlite.xml --coverage-text"
     }
 }