diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c97be9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: tests and quality targets
+
+on: push
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.version }}
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+        pip install tox
+    - name: Run tox
+      run: tox
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ba74660..4a7fbbf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ htmlcov/
 nosetests.xml
 coverage.xml
 *,cover
+.pytest_cache/
 
 # Translations
 *.mo
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b299cb..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-language: python
-cache: pip
-
-matrix:
-  fast_finish: true
-  include:
-    - {python: '3.8'}
-    - {python: '3.9'}
-    - {python: '3.10'}
-    - {python: '3.11'}
-    - {python: '3.12'}
-
-    - {env: TOXENV=docs, python: '3.12'}
-    - {env: TOXENV=quality, python: '3.12'}
-
-install:
-  - travis_retry pip install tox tox-travis
-
-script:
-  - tox
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e23c709..675d918 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ docs:
 	sphinx-build -v -a -b html -d docs/_build/doctrees/ docs/ docs/_build/xlsx_streamingdoc/
 
 test:
-	python setup.py test
+	pytest -v -Wdefault::DeprecationWarning
 
 quality:
 	python setup.py check --strict --metadata --restructuredtext
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fed528d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 13e9e8e..4dc6949 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 docutils
 openpyxl
 pylint
+pytest
 pytz
 readme_renderer
+setuptools  # needed for docs build (conf.py)
 sphinx
 sphinx-rtd-theme
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index acda045..3ad7b2f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -24,21 +24,18 @@ classifiers =
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12,
 keywords = xlsx, excel, streaming
 platform = any
-packages =
-    docs,
-    tests,
 
 
 [options]
+packages = find:
 python_requires = >= 3.8
 install_requires =
     zipstream>=1.1.3
 
-[build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools"]
-
-[bdist_wheel]
-universal = 1
+[options.packages.find]
+exclude =
+    tests*
+    docs*
 
 [zest.releaser]
 create-wheel = yes
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 95299e6..c4671d5 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
 [tox]
 envlist =
-    py{38,39,310,311,312},
+    py,
     docs,
     quality
 
 [testenv]
-commands = /usr/bin/make test
+commands = make test
 deps =
     -rrequirements_dev.txt
+allowlist_externals = make
 
 [testenv:docs]
-basepython = python3.12
-commands = /usr/bin/make docs
+commands = make docs
 deps =
     -rrequirements_dev.txt
 
 [testenv:quality]
-basepython = python3.12
-commands = /usr/bin/make quality
+commands = make quality
 deps =
     -rrequirements_dev.txt