diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittests.yml b/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
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+name: NIDM-specs unit tests
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+        python-version: [2.7]
+      fail-fast: false
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} on ${{ matrix.os }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+    - name: Update build tools
+      run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
+
+    - name: Install NIDM Results repo
+      run: pip install git+git://github.com/incf-nidash/nidmresults.git
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+    - name: unit tests
+      run: |
+        python -m unittest discover -s ./nidm/nidm-results/test/ -p '[t|T]est*.py'
+        python test/test_specifications.py
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-language: python
-# use Travis container-based infrastructure
-sudo: false
-python:
-  - "2.7"
-# command to install dependencies, e.g. pip install -r requirements.txt --use-mirrors
-install: 
- - pip install --upgrade setuptools
- # Install nidmresults python library from GitHub repo
- # - pip install nidmresults
- - pip install git+git://github.com/incf-nidash/nidmresults.git
- - pip install -r requirements.txt
-# command to run tests, e.g. python setup.py test
-script:  
-- python -m unittest discover -s ./nidm/nidm-results/test/ -p '[t|T]est*.py'
-- python test/test_specifications.py 
-- cat debug.log
-# Use new infrastructure
-sudo: false
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