diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7448c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  tests:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        php-versions: ['7.2', '7.3', '7.4']
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Setup PHP
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+        with:
+          php-version: ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
+
+      - name: Cache Composer packages
+        id: composer-cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: vendor
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-php-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-php-
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        uses: php-actions/composer@v6
+        with:
+          version: 2
+          php_version: ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
+
+      - name: Run test suite
+        run: vendor/bin/phpunit
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a95c8c..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-os: linux
-language: php
-
-php:
-- '7.1'
-- '7.2'
-- '7.3'
-- '7.4'
-
-before_script:
-- composer self-update
-- composer update
-
-script:
-- COMPOSER=composer PHP=php make phpunit
-
-after_script:
-- make clean
-
-branches:
-  only:
-  - master
-  - '/^ft-.*/'
-  - '/^\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/'
-
-cache:
-  directories:
-  - $HOME/.composer/cache/files
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6f04787..8f331e3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ composer-update:
 phpunit:
 	@mkdir -p build/tmp build/share/test/schemas build/build/interop/data
 	@chmod -R a+w build
-	PHP_VERSION=$(PHP_VERSION) $(PHP) vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-text test/AllTests.php
+	PHP_VERSION=$(PHP_VERSION) $(PHP) vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-text
 
 run:
 	PHP_VERSION=$(PHP_VERSION) $(PHP) $(ARGS)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2a7ae5f..a71a306 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/researchgate/avro-php.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/researchgate/avro-php)
+![Test status](https://github.com/researchgate/phpnsc/actions/workflows/tests.yml/badge.svg)
 
 What the Avro PHP library is
 ============================
@@ -11,13 +11,10 @@ Requirements
  * On 32-bit platforms, the [GMP PHP extension](http://php.net/gmp)
  * For testing, [PHPUnit](http://www.phpunit.de/)
 
-Both GMP and PHPUnit are often available via package management
-systems as `php5-gmp` and `phpunit`, respectively.
-
 Getting started
 ===============
 
-Untar the avro-php distribution, untar it, and put it in your include path:
+Untar the avro-php distribution and put it in your include path:
 
     tar xjf avro-php.tar.bz2 # avro-php.tar.bz2 is likely avro-php-1.4.0.tar.bz2
     cp avro-php /path/to/where/you/want/it
diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6202a9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<phpunit xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="https://schema.phpunit.de/5.7/phpunit.xsd"
+         bootstrap="test/test_helper.php"
+         backupGlobals="false"
+         beStrictAboutCoversAnnotation="true"
+         beStrictAboutOutputDuringTests="true"
+         beStrictAboutTestsThatDoNotTestAnything="true"
+         beStrictAboutTodoAnnotatedTests="true"
+         verbose="true">
+    <testsuite name="default">
+        <directory suffix="Test.php">test</directory>
+    </testsuite>
+
+    <filter>
+        <whitelist processUncoveredFilesFromWhitelist="true">
+            <directory suffix=".php">lib</directory>
+        </whitelist>
+    </filter>
+</phpunit>
diff --git a/phpunit.xml.dist b/phpunit.xml.dist
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e7df67..0000000
--- a/phpunit.xml.dist
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-
-<phpunit
-        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-        xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://schema.phpunit.de/7.0/phpunit.xsd"
-        colors="true"
->
-
-    <filter>
-        <whitelist processUncoveredFilesFromWhitelist="true">
-            <directory suffix=".php">lib/</directory>
-        </whitelist>
-    </filter>
-
-</phpunit>
diff --git a/test/AllTests.php b/test/AllTests.php
deleted file mode 100644
index fc4921a..0000000
--- a/test/AllTests.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-require_once('DataFileTest.php');
-require_once('SchemaTest.php');
-require_once('NameTest.php');
-require_once('StringIOTest.php');
-require_once('IODatumReaderTest.php');
-require_once('LongEncodingTest.php');
-require_once('FloatIntEncodingTest.php');
-require_once('DatumIOTest.php');
-require_once('ProtocolFileTest.php');
-require_once('FileIOTest.php');
-// InterOpTest tests are run separately.
-
-/**
- * Class AllTests
- */
-class AllTests
-{
-  /**
-   * @return PHPUnit_Framework_TestSuite
-   */
-  public static function suite()
-  {
-    $suite = new PHPUnit_Framework_TestSuite('AvroAllTests');
-    $suite->addTestSuite('DataFileTest');
-    $suite->addTestSuite('SchemaTest');
-    $suite->addTestSuite('NameTest');
-    $suite->addTestSuite('StringIOTest');
-    $suite->addTestSuite('IODatumReaderTest');
-    $suite->addTestSuite('LongEncodingTest');
-    $suite->addTestSuite('FloatIntEncodingTest');
-    $suite->addTestSuite('DatumIOTest');
-    $suite->addTestSuite('ProtocolFileTest');
-    $suite->addTestSuite('FileIOTest');
-    return $suite;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/test/test_helper.php b/test/test_helper.php
index 7a8be54..b13879c 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.php
+++ b/test/test_helper.php
@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@
 define('AVRO_TEST_SCHEMAS_DIR', implode(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, array(AVRO_SHARE_DIR, 'test', 'schemas')));
 define('AVRO_INTEROP_SCHEMA', implode(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, array(AVRO_TEST_SCHEMAS_DIR, 'interop.avsc')));
 
+if (!file_exists(TEST_TEMP_DIR)) {
+    mkdir(TEST_TEMP_DIR, 0777, true);
+}
+if (!file_exists(AVRO_TEST_SCHEMAS_DIR)) {
+    mkdir(AVRO_TEST_SCHEMAS_DIR, 0777, true);
+}
+if (!file_exists(AVRO_BUILD_DATA_DIR)) {
+    mkdir(AVRO_BUILD_DATA_DIR, 0777, true);
+}
+
 $tz = ini_get('date.timezone');
 if (empty($tz)) {
     date_default_timezone_set('UTC');