diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd1b39b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: GitHub CI
+on: [push]
+jobs:
+  build-and-test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Setup JDK 8
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+      with:
+        java-version: '8'
+        distribution: 'temurin'
+        cache: 'maven'
+    - name: Set Maven version
+      run: ./build/setMavenVersion.sh
+    - name: Build and Test with Maven
+      run: mvn verify -fae -DskipITs
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 913f12f..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
----
-language: java
-dist: xenial
-
-jdk:
-- openjdk8
-
-notifications:
-  email: true
-
-branches:
-  except:
-  - gh-pages
-
-cache:
-  directories:
-  - "$HOME/.m2"
-
-env:
-  global:
-    - MVN_ARGS="--settings build/.travis.settings.xml"
-
-stages:
-  - name: Build-Test
-# Uncomment these stages when you're ready to use them.
-#  - name: Semantic-Release
-#    if: branch = main AND type = push AND fork = false
-#  - name: Publish-Release
-#    if: tag IS present
-
-before_install:
-  - sudo apt-get update
-  - env | grep TRAVIS
-
-jobs:
-  include:
-    - stage: Build-Test
-      jdk: openjdk8
-      script:
-        - build/setMavenVersion.sh
-        - mvn verify -fae -DskipITs $MVN_ARGS
-
-# Uncomment these stages when you're ready to use them.
-#    - stage: Semantic-Release
-#      install:
-#        - sudo apt-get install python
-#        - nvm install 12
-#        - npm install -g npm@6.x
-#        - pip install --user bump2version
-#        - npm install @semantic-release/changelog
-#        - npm install @semantic-release/exec
-#        - npm install @semantic-release/git
-#        - npm install @semantic-release/github
-#      script:
-#        - npx semantic-release
-#      after_success:
-#        - echo "Semantic release has successfully created a new tagged-release"
-#
-#    - stage: Publish-Release
-#      jdk: openjdk8
-#      name: Publish-Javadoc
-#      install: true
-#      script:
-#        - build/setMavenVersion.sh
-#        - mvn clean javadoc:aggregate $MVN_ARGS
-#        - build/publishJavadoc.sh
-#      after_success:
-#        - echo "Javadocs successfully published to gh-pages!"
-#
-#    - jdk: openjdk8
-#      name: Publish-To-Maven-Central
-#      install: true
-#      script:
-#        - build/setupSigning.sh
-#        - build/setMavenVersion.sh
-#        - mvn deploy $MVN_ARGS -DskipTests -P central
-#      after_success:
-#        - echo "Maven artifacts successfully published to Maven Central!"
diff --git a/build/.travis.settings.xml b/build/.travis.settings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index c80e7fe..0000000
--- a/build/.travis.settings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
-    <servers>
-        <server>
-            <id>ossrh</id>
-            <username>${env.OSSRH_USERNAME}</username>
-            <password>${env.OSSRH_PASSWORD}</password>
-        </server>
-        
-        <!-- This entry can be removed for projects built on public travis (travis-ci.com) -->
-        <server>
-            <id>na-artifactory-ibmcloud-sdks</id>
-            <username>${env.ARTIFACTORY_USER}</username>
-            <password>${env.ARTIFACTORY_APIKEY}</password>
-        </server>
-    </servers>
-</settings>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a895229..bbe7e67 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <!--
             This is the version associated with the Java core. The version used here should be compatible with the version
             of the SDK generator used to generate your SDK code.