diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..482d7c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: CI build
+on: push
+jobs:
+  ci:
+    name: Build the rights application
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Checkout submodules
+        uses: textbook/git-checkout-submodule-action@master
+      - name: Cache ivy2 dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        env:
+          cache-name: cache-ivy2
+        with:
+          path: ~/.ivy2
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-ivy2-${{ hashFiles('**/build.sbt') }}
+      - name: Cache sbt dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        env:
+          cache-name: cache-sbt
+        with:
+          path: ~/.sbt
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-sbt-${{ hashFiles('**/build.properties') }}
+      - name: Set up Scala
+        uses: olafurpg/setup-scala@v10
+        with:
+          java-version: adopt@1.8.0
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: sbt test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..260362a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+name: Create release
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Create release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Build rights application
+        run: sbt clean dist
+      - name: Create Release
+        id: create_release
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
+          release_name: ${{ github.ref }}
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+      - name: Upload Release Asset
+        id: upload-release-asset
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: ./target/universal/rights-app-dist.zip
+          asset_name: rights-app-dist.zip
+          asset_content_type: application/zip
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ea63967..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-dist: trusty
-language: scala
-scala:
-  - 2.11.11
-jdk: oraclejdk8
-sudo: false
-cache:
-  directories:
-  - $HOME/.ivy2/cache
-before_deploy: "sbt ++$TRAVIS_SCALA_VERSION clean dist"
-deploy:
-  provider: releases
-  api_key:
-    secure: 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
-  file: "target/universal/rights-app-dist.zip"
-  skip_cleanup: true
-  on:
-    tags: true
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 47b35c2..a97b9c9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ and visit [http://localhost:9000](http://localhost:9000).
 
 To incorporate updates or new translations, install [`tx`](https://docs.transifex.com/client/introduction), run [`tx pull`](https://docs.transifex.com/client/pull#command-options)` && for f in conf/messages_*.properties; do native2ascii $f $f; done` and commit the changes. For convenience, you can also execute `./updateI18n.sh` instead. If a new translation has been added, enable it by editing the `languages.available` key in `conf/application.conf`.
 
-The new version needs to be tagged with git so that it gets recognized as a new release.
+The new version needs to be tagged with git so that it gets recognized as a new release, using a tag that starts with `v` (e.g. `v1.2.7`).
 
 See also notes on implementing translations for the [data model](https://github.com/rightsstatements/data-model/blob/master/README.md) and the [website](https://github.com/rightsstatements/rightsstatements.github.io/blob/master/README.md) for more information.