diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yml
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+name: check
+on: [push]
+jobs:
+  markdownlint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Use Node.js 12
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+        with:
+            node-version: 12
+      - name: run markdownlint linter
+        run: |
+          npm install -g markdownlint-cli
+          markdownlint CHANGELOG.md ROADMAP.md
+  spellchecker:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: setup aspell
+        run: sudo apt-get -y update && sudo apt-get -y install aspell aspell-en
+      - name: run spellchecker
+        run: |
+          SPELLCHECK_OUT=$(cat CHANGELOG.md | aspell --lang=en --encoding=utf-8 --personal=./.aspell.en.pws list)
+          echo $SPELLCHECK_OUT
+          if [[ $(echo -n $SPELLCHECK_OUT | wc -c) -ne 0 ]]; then exit 1 ; fi
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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-language: node_js
-node_js: "10"
-
-git:
-  submodules: false
-
-addons:
-  apt:
-    packages:
-      - aspell
-      - aspell-en
-
-jobs:
-  include:
-    - stage: markdownlint
-      script: 
-      - npm install -g markdownlint-cli
-      - markdownlint CHANGELOG.md ROADMAP.md
-    - stage: spellcheck
-      script: 
-      - SPELLCHECK_OUT=$(cat CHANGELOG.md | aspell --lang=en --encoding=utf-8 --personal=./.aspell.en.pws list)
-      - echo $SPELLCHECK_OUT
-      - if [[ $(echo -n $SPELLCHECK_OUT | wc -c) -ne 0 ]]; then exit 1 ; fi