diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
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+name: tests
+
+on:
+  push:         {branches: [master]}
+  pull_request: {branches: [master]}
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        imgtag:
+          - "golang:1.15-buster"
+          - "golang:1.16-buster"
+          - "golang:1.17-buster"
+        goarch:
+          - "amd64"
+        nsq_ver:
+          - "nsq-1.1.0.linux-amd64.go1.10.3"
+          - "nsq-1.2.0.linux-amd64.go1.12.9"
+          - "nsq-1.2.1.linux-amd64.go1.16.6"
+        include:
+          # test 386 only against latest version of NSQ
+          - imgtag: "golang:1.17-buster"
+            goarch: "386"
+            nsq_ver: "nsq-1.2.1.linux-amd64.go1.16.6"
+          
+    container: "${{matrix.imgtag}}"
+    env:
+      GOPATH: "${{github.workspace}}/go"
+      GOARCH: "${{matrix.goarch}}"
+      SRCDIR: "go/src/github.com/nsqio/go-nsq"
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          path: ${{env.SRCDIR}}
+
+      - name: download NSQ
+        run: |
+          curl -sSL "http://bitly-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/nsq/${{matrix.nsq_ver}}.tar.gz" \
+                    | tar -xzv --strip-components=1
+
+      - name: test
+        run: |
+          export PATH=bin:$PATH
+          ./test.sh
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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-language: go
-go:
-  # test with the two most recent Go versions
-  - 1.12.x
-  - 1.13.x
-env:
-  - NSQ_DOWNLOAD=nsq-1.0.0-compat.linux-amd64.go1.8 GOARCH=amd64
-  - NSQ_DOWNLOAD=nsq-1.1.0.linux-amd64.go1.10.3 GOARCH=amd64
-  - NSQ_DOWNLOAD=nsq-1.2.0.linux-amd64.go1.12.9 GOARCH=amd64
-  # test most recent nsq version on GOARCH=386
-  - NSQ_DOWNLOAD=nsq-1.2.0.linux-amd64.go1.12.9 GOARCH=386
-script:
-  - ./travis.sh
-notifications:
-  email: false
-sudo: false
diff --git a/travis.sh b/travis.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-wget http://bitly-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/nsq/$NSQ_DOWNLOAD.tar.gz
-tar zxvf $NSQ_DOWNLOAD.tar.gz
-export PATH=$NSQ_DOWNLOAD/bin:$PATH
-
-export GO111MODULE=on
-./test.sh