diff --git a/.github/FUNDING.yml b/.github/FUNDING.yml
index 51ba466..fab5174 100644
--- a/.github/FUNDING.yml
+++ b/.github/FUNDING.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+---
 # These are supported funding model platforms
 
 github: [do1jlr]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible-centos-centos6.yml b/.github/workflows/ansible-centos-centos6.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6907237..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible-centos-centos6.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-name: Ansible check centos:centos6
-
-on: [push, pull_request]
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-    - name: ansible check with ubuntu:centos6
-      uses: roles-ansible/check-ansible-centos-centos6-action@master
-      with:
-        targets: "./"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible-centos-centos7.yml b/.github/workflows/ansible-centos-centos7.yml
index 90bff41..401d2c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible-centos-centos7.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-centos-centos7.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+---
 name: Ansible check centos:centos7
 
+# yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
@@ -8,9 +10,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-    - name: ansible check with ubuntu:centos7
-      uses: roles-ansible/check-ansible-centos-centos7-action@master
-      with:
-        targets: "./"
+      - name: ansible check with ubuntu:centos7
+        uses: roles-ansible/check-ansible-centos-centos7-action@master
+        with:
+          targets: "./"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible-centos-centos8.yml b/.github/workflows/ansible-centos-centos8.yml
index 5d7acc9..f20097b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible-centos-centos8.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-centos-centos8.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+---
 name: Ansible check centos:centos8
 
+# yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
@@ -8,9 +10,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-    - name: ansible check with ubuntu:centos8
-      uses: roles-ansible/check-ansible-centos-centos8-action@master
-      with:
-        targets: "./"
+      - name: ansible check with ubuntu:centos8
+        uses: roles-ansible/check-ansible-centos-centos8-action@master
+        with:
+          targets: "./"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible-centos-latest.yml b/.github/workflows/ansible-centos-latest.yml
index de991de..94eb54b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible-centos-latest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-centos-latest.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+---
 name: Ansible check centos:latest
 
+# yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
@@ -8,9 +10,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-    - name: ansible check with ubuntu:latest
-      uses: roles-ansible/check-ansible-centos-latest-action@master
-      with:
-        targets: "./"
+      - name: ansible check with ubuntu:latest
+        uses: roles-ansible/check-ansible-centos-latest-action@master
+        with:
+          targets: "./"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible-linting-check.yml b/.github/workflows/ansible-linting-check.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7973217
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-linting-check.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+---
+name: Ansible Lint check
+
+# yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: '*'
+  pull_request:
+    branches: '*'
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '42 6 * */1 *'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Lint Ansible Playbook
+        uses: ansible/ansible-lint-action@master
+        with:
+          targets: "."
+          # [required]
+          # Paths to ansible files (i.e., playbooks, tasks, handlers etc..)
+          args: ""
+          # [optional]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible-linting-chek.yml b/.github/workflows/ansible-linting-chek.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 712c76f..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible-linting-chek.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-name: Ansible Lint check
-
-on: [push, pull_request]
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-    - name: Lint Ansible Playbook
-      uses: ansible/ansible-lint-action@master
-      with:
-        targets: "."
-        # [required]
-        # Paths to ansible files (i.e., playbooks, tasks, handlers etc..)
-        args: ""
-        # [optional]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/galaxy.yml b/.github/workflows/galaxy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5dc0ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/galaxy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+name: Galaxy release
+
+# yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ['main']
+  release:
+    types: ['created']
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: galaxy
+        uses: robertdebock/galaxy-action@1.1.0
+        with:
+          galaxy_api_key: ${{ secrets.galaxy_api_key }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/yamllint.yaml b/.github/workflows/yamllint.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddb5b89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/yamllint.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+name: 'Yamllint GitHub Actions'
+
+# yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: '*'
+  pull_request:
+    branches: '*'
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '23 6 * */1 *'
+
+jobs:
+  yamllint:
+    name: 'Yamllint'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Checkout'
+        uses: actions/checkout@master
+      - name: 'Yamllint'
+        uses: karancode/yamllint-github-action@master
+        with:
+          yamllint_file_or_dir: '.'
+          yamllint_config_filepath: './.yamllint'
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4dd8a6a..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
----
-# OS Details
-os: linux
-language: python
-python: '3.8'
-
-cache:
-  pip: true
-
-# Install ansible and ansible-lint
-install:
-  - pip install ansible
-  - pip install ansible-lint
-
-# testing galaxy install and ansible lint
-# more advanced testing is currently handled with
-#  github actions. The gh-actions for our test are there:
-#  https://github.com/roles-ansible and are tagged
-#  with 'github-actions'  --> https://github.com/search?q=topic%3Agithub-actions+org%3Aroles-ansible&type=Repositories 
-script:
-  - ansible-galaxy install do1jlr.ranger
-  - ansible-lint .
-  - echo -e "\n\n\n\n\nWe use github actions for more detailed tests.\n\nMore details about that in our github repo at:\nhttps://github.com/roles-ansible/role_install-epel-release/actions\n\n\n\n\n\n"
-
-notifications:
-  webhooks: https://galaxy.ansible.com/api/v1/notifications/
-  email:
-    on_success: never
-    on_failure: always
diff --git a/.yamllint b/.yamllint
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb32cb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.yamllint
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+extends: default
+
+rules:
+  # 150 chars should be enough, but don't fail if a line is longer
+  line-length:
+    max: 150
+    level: warning
diff --git a/meta/main.yml b/meta/main.yml
index e9619ce..fe17df9 100644
--- a/meta/main.yml
+++ b/meta/main.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ---
 galaxy_info:
-  author: L3D
+  author: do1jlr
   description: Ansible role to install the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) - Repository on RHEL/centos
   role_name: epel
   license: MIT
   min_ansible_version: 2.9
-  github_branch: master
+  github_branch: main
   platforms:
     - name: EL
       versions:
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 7a31f09..f6be2bc 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 ---
 - name: combine epel_repo config
   set_fact:
-    epel_repo: "{{ _epel_repo|combine(epel_repo, recursive=True) }}"
+    epel_repo: "{{ _epel_repo|combine(epel_repo, recursive=true) }}"
 
-- include_tasks: versioncheck.yml
+- name: run optional versionscheck
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: versioncheck.yml
   when: submodules_versioncheck|bool
 
 - name: import EPEL Repo GPG Key
diff --git a/tasks/versioncheck.yml b/tasks/versioncheck.yml
index 9895582..dca3e47 100644
--- a/tasks/versioncheck.yml
+++ b/tasks/versioncheck.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - name: Create directory for versionscheck
   become: true
-  file:
+  ansible.builtin.file:
     path: '/etc/.ansible-version'
     state: directory
     mode: 0755
@@ -9,36 +9,38 @@
 
 - name: check playbook version
   become: true
-  slurp:
+  ansible.builtin.slurp:
     src: "/etc/.ansible-version/{{ playbook_version_path }}"
   register: playbook_version
   when: submodules_versioncheck|bool
-  ignore_errors: yes
+  ignore_errors: true
+  failed_when: false
 
 - name: Print remote role version
-  debug:
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
     msg: "Remote role version: {{ playbook_version.content | default('Y3VycmVudGx5IG5vdCBkZXBsb3llZAo=') | b64decode | string }}"
   when: submodules_versioncheck|bool
 
 - name: Print locale role version
-  debug:
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
     msg: "Local role version: '{{ playbook_version_number|string }}'."
   when: submodules_versioncheck|bool
 
 - name: Check if your version is outdated
-  fail:
+  ansible.builtin.fail:
     msg: "Your ansible module has the version '{{ playbook_version_number }}' and is outdated. You need to update it!"
   when:
     - playbook_version.content|default("Mgo=")|b64decode|int - 1 >= playbook_version_number|int and submodules_versioncheck|bool
 
 - name: check if '/etc/ansible-version/' is empty
-  find:
+  ansible.builtin.find:
     paths: '/etc/ansible-version/'
   register: filesFound
 
 - name: write new version to remote disk
   become: true
-  copy:
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
     content: "{{ playbook_version_number }}"
     dest: "/etc/.ansible-version/{{ playbook_version_path }}"
+    mode: '0644'
   when: submodules_versioncheck|bool
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index 791f675..24a71f9 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-playbook_version_number: 1026 # should be over ninethousand
-playbook_version_path: 'role-epel_roles-ansible_github.com.version' 
+playbook_version_number: 1027  # should be int
+playbook_version_path: 'role-epel_roles-ansible_github.com.version'
 # epel repo
 _epel_repo:
   url: "https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}.noarch.rpm"