diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
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index 9a37afea..00000000
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# Java Maven CircleCI 2.0 configuration file
-#
-# Check https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/language-java/ for more details
-#
-version: 2
-jobs:
-  build:
-    docker:
-      # specify the version you desire here
-      - image: circleci/openjdk:8-jdk
-      
-    working_directory: ~/repo
-
-    environment:
-      # Customize the JVM maximum heap limit
-      MAVEN_OPTS: -Xmx3200m
-    
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-
-      - run: mvn clean verify
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c61b5e58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# This workflow will build a Java project with Maven
+# For more information see: https://help.github.com/actions/language-and-framework-guides/building-and-testing-java-with-maven
+
+name: CI
+
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up JDK 1.8
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+      with:
+        java-version: 1.8
+    - name: Build with Maven
+      run: mvn clean verify --file pom.xml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a50ef8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: Create Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    # Sequence of patterns matched against refs/tags
+    tags:
+      - 'v*' # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Create Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@master
+      - name: Deploy to Github Package Registry
+        env:
+          GITHUB_USERNAME: x-access-token
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run:
+          mvn --settings settings.xml deploy
+      - name: Create Release
+        id: create_release
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # This token is provided by Actions, you do not need to create your own token
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
+          release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
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diff --git a/.travis.settings.xml b/.travis.settings.xml
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--- a/.travis.settings.xml
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@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<settings>
-  <servers>
-    <server>
-      <id>bintray-baloise-mvn</id>
-      <username>baopso</username>
-      <password>${env.DEPLOY_API_KEY}</password>
-    </server>
-  </servers>
-</settings>
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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index f5c99a7f..00000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-language: java
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index da2b3340..5177eb4a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
 
 [![gitpod-IDE](https://img.shields.io/badge/open--IDE-as--gitpod-blue.svg?style=flat&label=openIDE)](https://gitpod.io#https://github.com/baloise/test-automation-framework)
 
-## travis [![Travis Status](https://travis-ci.org/baloise/test-automation-framework.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/baloise/test-automation-framework) 
-
-## circle ci [![CircleCI Status](https://circleci.com/gh/baloise/test-automation-framework.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/baloise/test-automation-framework)
+![CI](https://github.com/baloise/test-automation-framework/workflows/CI/badge.svg)
 
 # TAF is a test automation framework based on JUnit and Selenium 
 ```
diff --git a/settings.xml b/settings.xml
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index 00000000..e28196e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
+          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0
+                      http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
+
+    <!-- based on: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57711558/deploy-to-github-package-registry-from-github-action -->
+
+    <activeProfiles>
+        <activeProfile>github</activeProfile>
+    </activeProfiles>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>github</id>
+            <repositories>
+                <repository>
+                    <id>central</id>
+                    <url>https://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+                    <releases>
+                        <enabled>true</enabled>
+                    </releases>
+                    <snapshots>
+                        <enabled>true</enabled>
+                    </snapshots>
+                </repository>
+                <repository>
+                    <id>github</id>
+                    <name>GitHub Baloise Apache Maven Packages</name>
+                    <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/baloise</url>
+                </repository>
+            </repositories>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+
+    <servers>
+        <server>
+            <id>github</id>
+            <username>${env.GITHUB_USERNAME}</username>
+            <password>${env.GITHUB_TOKEN}</password>
+        </server>
+    </servers>
+</settings>
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