diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3e5b2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+---
+name: build
+
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+
+      - name: Set up Python 3.7
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.7
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install --upgrade -r requirements-test.txt
+
+      - name: Run pre-commit on all files
+        run: pre-commit run --all-files
+        
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c70e21..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
----
-dist: xenial
-language: python
-python: 3.7
-# pre-commit hooks can use Docker, so we should go ahead and enable it
-services: docker
-
-# Cache pip packages and pre-commit plugins to speed up builds
-cache:
-  pip: true
-  directories:
-    - $HOME/.cache/pre-commit
-
-install:
-  - pip install --upgrade -r requirements-test.txt
-script:
-  - pre-commit run --all-files
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b880f4d..36c7336 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # skeleton-generic #
 
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/cisagov/skeleton-generic.svg?branch=develop)](https://travis-ci.com/cisagov/skeleton-generic)
+[![GitHub Build Status](https://github.com/cisagov/skeleton-generic/workflows/build/badge.svg)](https://github.com/cisagov/skeleton-python-library/actions)
 
 This is a generic skeleton project that can be used to quickly get a
 new [cisagov](https://github.com/cisagov) GitHub project started.
 This skeleton project contains [licensing information](LICENSE), as
-well as [pre-commit hooks](https://pre-commit.com) and a [Travis
-CI](https://travis-ci.com) configuration appropriate for the major
-languages that we use.
+well as [pre-commit hooks](https://pre-commit.com) and
+[GitHub Actions](https://github.com/features/actions) configurations
+appropriate for the major languages that we use.
 
 In many cases you will instead want to use one of the more specific
 skeleton projects derived from this one.