diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..224e718da5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# This is a github actions workflow which runs picard tests
+
+name: Build and Test
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [master]
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        java: [ 8, 11 ]
+        experimental: [false]
+        run_barclay_tests: [true, false]
+#        include:
+#          - java: 17
+#            experimental: true
+      fail-fast: false
+    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.experimental }}
+    name: Java ${{ matrix.Java }}, Barclay=${{ matrix.run_barclay_tests}} tests
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up java ${{ matrix.Java }}
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          java-version: ${{ matrix.Java }}
+          distribution: 'adopt'
+          cache: gradle
+      - name: "set up R"
+        run: |
+          wget -q -O - https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
+          sudo apt-get -qq update
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends r-base-dev r-recommended qpdf
+      - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
+        run: chmod +x gradlew
+      - name: Compile with Gradle
+        run: ./gradlew compileJava
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: |
+          if [[ ${{matrix.run_barclay_tests}} == true ]]; then
+            echo "Running tests using the Barclay command line parser."
+            ./gradlew barclayTest
+          else
+            echo "Running tests using the legacy Picard command line parser."
+            ./gradlew jacocoTestReport
+          fi
+      - name: "Build the jar and run a commandline test for sanity checking"
+        run: |
+          ./gradlew currentJar
+          java -jar build/libs/picard.jar MarkDuplicates -I testdata/picard/sam/aligned_queryname_sorted.bam -O out.bam --METRICS_FILE out.metrics
+      - name: Upload test results
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: test-results-${{ matrix.Java }}-barclay-${{ matrix.run_barclay_tests}}
+          path: build/reports/tests
+
+
+
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 27bd152563..0000000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-dist: xenial
-language: java
-before_cache:
-  - rm -f $HOME/.gradle/caches/modules-2/modules-2.lock
-cache:
-  directories:
-    - $HOME/.gradle/caches/
-    - $HOME/.gradle/wrapper/
-    - $HOME/.m2
-env:
-  matrix:
-    - RUN_BARCLAY_TESTS=true
-    - RUN_BARCLAY_TESTS=false
-jdk:
-  # oraclejdk8  - Xenial does not support oraclejdk8
-  - openjdk8
-  - openjdk11
-before_install:
-  #skip push builds if there's an associated PR because we don't look at them anway
-  - if [[ ${TRAVIS_EVENT_TYPE} == push ]]; then
-      PULL_REQUESTS=$( scripts/travis/check_for_pull_request );
-      if [[ $( grep -c "commits" <<< ${PULL_REQUESTS} ) -gt 0 ]]; then
-        echo "WARNING TEST SKIPPED. TESTS DO NOT RUN ON BRANCHES WITH OPEN PULL REQUESTS. SEE PULL REQUEST FOR TEST RESULTS";
-        travis_terminate 0;
-      fi;
-    fi;
-  - wget -q -O - https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
-  - sudo apt-get -qq update
-  - sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends r-base-dev r-recommended qpdf
-script:
-  - if [[ $RUN_BARCLAY_TESTS == true ]]; then
-      echo "Running tests using the Barclay command line parser.";
-      ./gradlew barclayTest;
-    else
-      echo "Running tests using the legacy Picard command line parser.";
-      ./gradlew jacocoTestReport;
-    fi
-  # build the jar and execute a non-trivial tool in order to verify Java command line execution compatibility
-  - ./gradlew currentJar
-  - java -jar build/libs/picard.jar MarkDuplicates -I testdata/picard/sam/aligned_queryname_sorted.bam -O out.bam --METRICS_FILE out.metrics
-after_success:
-  - ./gradlew coveralls
-  - if [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" == "master" ]; then
-        ./gradlew uploadArchives;
-    fi
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c9f7d11aed..82cd73155b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ For user questions please look for answers and ask first in the [GATK forum](htt
 ----
 
 
-[![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/broadinstitute/picard/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/broadinstitute/picard?branch=master)
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/broadinstitute/picard.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/broadinstitute/picard)
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/broadinstitute/picard/actions/workflows/tests.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/broadinstitute/picard/actions/workflows/tests.yml)
 [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://github.com/broadinstitute/picard/blob/master/LICENSE.txt)
 
 A set of Java command line tools for manipulating high-throughput sequencing (HTS) data and formats.