diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
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+name: couchdbkit test
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [ "3.9" ]
+        django-version: [ "3.2.*", "4.2.*" ]
+    
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: install dependencies
+        run: |
+          pip install django==${{ matrix.django-version }} 
+          pip install -r requirements_dev.txt
+          python setup.py install
+      - name: start up couch
+        run: |
+          docker run -d --name couchdb-cluster -p 5984:5984 \
+          -v $(pwd)/data:/usr/src/couchdb/dev/lib/ \
+          klaemo/couchdb:2.0-dev \
+          --with-admin-party-please --with-haproxy -n 1
+      - name: wait for couch to start
+        run: timeout 60s sh -c 'until curl http://localhost:5984/${db_name} -sv 2>&1 | grep "^< HTTP/.* 200 OK"; do echo "Waiting for container to be healthy..."; sleep 2; done'
+      - name: run tests
+        run: |
+          python setup.py test
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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-dist: bionic
-language: python
-
-services:
-  - docker
-
-python:
-  - 3.6
-  - 3.7
-
-install:
-  - pip install -r requirements_dev.txt
-  - python setup.py install
-
-before_script:
-  - "docker run -d --name couchdb-cluster \
-    -p 5984:5984 \
-    -v $(pwd)/data:/usr/src/couchdb/dev/lib/ \
-    klaemo/couchdb:2.0-dev \
-    --with-admin-party-please \
-    --with-haproxy
-    -n 1"
-  - |
-    while :
-    do
-      curl http://localhost:5984/${db_name} -sv 2>&1 | grep '^< HTTP/.* 200 OK' && break || continue
-      sleep 1
-    done
-
-
-script: python setup.py test