diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-application.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-application.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5227c3df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-application.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+name: Test application
+
+on:
+    pull_request:
+    push:
+        branches:
+            - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
+            - '[0-9]+.x'
+
+jobs:
+    test:
+        name: "Test and build with php ${{ matrix.php-version }}"
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+        strategy:
+            fail-fast: false
+            matrix:
+                include:
+                    - php-version: '5.5'
+                      php-extensions: 'ctype, iconv, mysql, gd'
+                      tools: 'composer:v1'
+
+                    - php-version: '7.4'
+                      php-extensions: 'ctype, iconv, mysql, imagick'
+                      tools: 'composer:v2'
+
+        services:
+            mysql:
+                image: mysql:5.5
+                env:
+                    MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: yes
+                ports:
+                    - 3306:3306
+                options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=5
+
+        steps:
+            - name: Checkout project
+              uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+            - name: Install and configure PHP
+              uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+              with:
+                  php-version: ${{ matrix.php-version }}
+                  extensions: ${{ matrix.php-extensions }}
+                  tools: ${{ matrix.tools }}
+                  coverage: none
+
+            - name: Get composer cache directory
+              id: composer-cache-dir
+              run: echo "::set-output name=dir::$(composer config cache-files-dir)"
+
+            - name: Cache dependencies
+              uses: actions/cache@v2
+              id: composer-cache
+              with:
+                  path: ${{ steps.composer-cache-dir.outputs.dir }}
+                  key: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('composer.json', 'composer.lock') }}
+                  restore-keys: |
+                      ${{ runner.os }}-composer-
+
+            - name: Install dependencies
+              run: |
+                  composer validate
+                  composer update --prefer-dist --no-interaction
+
+            - name: Create database
+              run: |
+                  bin/adminconsole doctrine:database:create
+                  bin/adminconsole doctrine:database:create --env test
+
+            - name: Build sulu
+              run: bin/adminconsole sulu:build dev --no-interaction
+
+            - name: Lint code
+              run: |
+                  bin/adminconsole lint:twig app/Resources/views
+                  bin/adminconsole lint:yaml app/config
+
+            - name: Execute test cases
+              run: bin/simple-phpunit
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0eaecdfa..00000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-sudo: false
-
-dist: trusty
-language: php
-
-cache:
-  directories:
-    - "$HOME/.composer/cache/files"
-
-matrix:
-  include:
-    - php: 5.5
-      env:
-        - COMPOSER_FLAGS="--prefer-dist --no-interaction"
-        - ENABLE_SWAP=true
-    - php: 7.1
-      env:
-        - COMPOSER_FLAGS="--prefer-dist --no-interaction"
-
-before_install:
-  - composer self-update
-  - phpenv config-add tests/travis.php.ini
-
-install:
-  - | # enable swap
-    if [[ $ENABLE_SWAP == 'true' ]]; then
-        sudo fallocate -l 4G /swapfile
-        sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
-        sudo mkswap /swapfile
-        sudo swapon /swapfile
-        sudo sysctl vm.swappiness=10
-    fi
-  # Install dependencies
-  - travis_retry composer update $COMPOSER_FLAGS
-  - composer info -i
-  # Create database for build test
-  - bin/adminconsole doctrine:database:create
-  # Create database for unit test
-  - bin/adminconsole doctrine:database:create --env=test
-
-script:
-  # Test if installation works
-  - bin/adminconsole sulu:build dev --no-interaction
-  # Lint Twig files
-  - bin/adminconsole lint:twig app/Resources/views
-  # Lint Yaml files
-  - bin/adminconsole lint:yaml app/config
-  # Test if PHPUnit installation works
-  - bin/simple-phpunit
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e710d348..b94f5f18 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 
 [![GitHub license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/sulu/sulu-minimal.svg)](https://github.com/sulu/sulu-minimal/blob/1.6/LICENSE)
 [![GitHub tag (latest SemVer)](https://img.shields.io/github/tag/sulu/sulu-minimal.svg)](https://github.com/sulu/sulu-minimal/releases)
-[![GitHub tag (latest by date)](https://img.shields.io/github/tag-date/sulu/sulu-minimal.svg)](https://github.com/sulu/sulu-minimal/releases)
-[![Travis](https://travis-ci.org/sulu/sulu-minimal.png?branch=1.6)](https://travis-ci.org/sulu/sulu-minimal)
+[![Test workflow status](https://img.shields.io/github/workflow/status/sulu/sulu-minimal/Test%20Application/1.6?label=test-workflow)](https://github.com/sulu/sulu-minimal/actions)
 
 Welcome to the Sulu Minimal Edition - the skeleton to start a new [Sulu](https://github.com/sulu/sulu) project.
 
diff --git a/tests/travis.php.ini b/tests/travis.php.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index 7999e961..00000000
--- a/tests/travis.php.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-memory_limit = -1