diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc53166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# Workflow derived from https://github.com/r-lib/actions/tree/v2/examples
+# Need help debugging build failures? Start at https://github.com/r-lib/actions#where-to-find-help
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, master]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main, master]
+
+name: R-CMD-check
+
+permissions: read-all
+
+jobs:
+  R-CMD-check:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
+
+    name: ${{ matrix.config.os }} (${{ matrix.config.r }})
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        config:
+          - {os: macos-latest,   r: 'release'}
+          - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'devel', http-user-agent: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-1'}
+
+    env:
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      R_KEEP_PKG_SOURCE: yes
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        with:
+          r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
+          http-user-agent: ${{ matrix.config.http-user-agent }}
+          use-public-rspm: true
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+        with:
+          extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
+          needs: check
+
+      - name: Install miniconda
+        run: |
+          reticulate::install_miniconda()
+          vfbconnectr::vc_install()
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
+        with:
+          upload-snapshots: true
+          build_args: 'c("--no-manual","--compact-vignettes=gs+qpdf")'
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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index 883f7fe..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# R for travis: see documentation at https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/languages/r
-
-language: R
-cache: packages
-
-dist: bionic
-addons:
-  apt:
-    sources:
-      - deadsnakes
-    packages:
-      - python3.7
-      - libharfbuzz-dev
-      - libfribidi-dev
-
-before_install:
-  - sudo apt-get update
-  - sudo apt purge python2.7-minimal
-  - sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools
-  - python3 -VV
-  - pip3 install --upgrade pip
-  - pip3 -V
-  - pip3 install vfb_connect
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8a9c60c..e93376b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # vfbconnectr
 
 <!-- badges: start -->
-[![Travis build status](https://travis-ci.com/natverse/vfbconnectr.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/natverse/vfbconnectr)
 [![natverse](https://img.shields.io/badge/natverse-Part%20of%20the%20natverse-a241b6)](https://natverse.github.io)
+[![R-CMD-check](https://github.com/jefferis/vfbconnectr/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/jefferis/vfbconnectr/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml)
 <!-- badges: end -->
 
 vfbconnectr provides a simple R wrapper (via [reticulate](https://rstudio.github.io/reticulate/)) for the