diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yml b/.github/workflows/push.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc18dc906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+name: CI
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Build the docker-compose stack
+        run: docker-compose -f docker-compose.lightweight.yml up -d
+
+      - name: install xmllint
+        run: sudo apt-get install libxml2-utils
+
+      - name: Set up Ruby 2.6
+        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
+        with:
+          ruby-version: 2.6.6
+
+      - name: Cache Ruby gems
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: vendor/bundle
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-gem-${{ hashFiles('**/Gemfile.lock') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-gem-
+
+      - name: Bundle gems
+        run: |
+          bundle config path vendor/bundle
+          bundle config set without 'production development'
+          bundle install --jobs 4 --retry 3
+
+      - name: Lint with RuboCop
+        run: bundle exec rubocop --parallel
+
+      - name: Run Tests
+        env:
+          RAILS_ENV: test
+        run: |
+          bundle exec rake db:create 
+          bundle exec rake db:migrate
+          bundle exec rake spec
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7706061f0..000000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-language: ruby
-addons:
-  chrome: stable
-  apt:
-    packages:
-    - libxml2-utils
-rvm:
-  - 2.5
-  - 2.6
-cache: bundler
-bundler_args: --without development production --jobs=3 --retry=3
-services:
-  - mysql
-before_script:
-  - bundle exec danger
-  - docker version
-  - docker-compose version
-
-  - docker-compose -f docker-compose.lightweight.yml up -d
-
-  - docker ps
-
-  - "mysql -e 'create database discovery_test character set utf8;'"
-  - "cp ./config/.travis.database.yml ./config/database.yml"
-
-  - bundle --version
-
-  - RAILS_ENV=test bundle exec rake db:create
-  - RAILS_ENV=test bundle exec rake db:migrate
-script:
-  - bundle exec rake spec
-  - bundle exec rubocop
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8752c8dea..5264b3ac2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ and releases in Discovery project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+- use github workflows to run CI [#2121](https://github.com/ualbertalib/discovery/issues/2121)
+- lightweight docker includes mysql by default [PR#2125](https://github.com/ualbertalib/discovery/pull/2125)
+- remove travis CI [#2121](https://github.com/ualbertalib/discovery/issues/2121)
+
 ## [3.5.5]
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aa6852653..ede0473aa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # Discovery Interface for University of Alberta Library
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/ualbertalib/discovery.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/ualbertalib/discovery)
 
 This is the code base for the University of Alberta Library's
 discovery platform. Based on [Project Blacklight](projectblacklight.org).
diff --git a/config/.travis.database.yml b/config/.travis.database.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e76ef57f0..000000000
--- a/config/.travis.database.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-test:
-  adapter: mysql2
-  database: discovery_test
-  username: root
-  encoding: utf8
diff --git a/docker-compose.lightweight.yml b/docker-compose.lightweight.yml
index eb2e6be0e..1830fcaec 100644
--- a/docker-compose.lightweight.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.lightweight.yml
@@ -5,21 +5,20 @@
 version: '3'
 
 volumes:
-  # mysql:
-  #   driver: local
+  mysql:
+    driver: local
   solr:
     driver: local
 
 services:
-  # Need mysql? Uncomment mysql settings below and respective volume above
-  # mysql:
-  #   image: mysql:5.7
-  #   environment:
-  #     MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: mysecretpassword
-  #   volumes:
-  #     - mysql:/var/lib/mysql
-  #   ports:
-  #     - "3306:3306"
+  mysql:
+    image: mysql:5.7
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: mysecretpassword
+    volumes:
+      - mysql:/var/lib/mysql
+    ports:
+      - "3306:3306"
 
   solr:
     image: ualbertalib/blacklight_solr_conf
diff --git a/spec/rails_helper.rb b/spec/rails_helper.rb
index d60edacad..441d872f0 100644
--- a/spec/rails_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_helper.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
   # Only want VCR to intercept requests to external URLs.
   config.ignore_localhost = true
 
-  # ignore travis trying to get webdrivers
+  # ignore CI trying to get webdrivers
   driver_hosts = Webdrivers::Common.subclasses.map { |driver| URI(driver.base_url).host }
   config.ignore_hosts(*driver_hosts)
 end