diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2340d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: Test
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - "Sources/**"
+      - "Tests/**"
+      - ".github/workflows/test.yml"
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Run tests
+    runs-on: macos-15
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # there are unit tests that rely on the default branch name being `main` but this isn't the case on GitHub Actions runners
+      - name: Set Git default branch name
+        run: git config --global init.defaultBranch main
+
+      - run: make test
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12c3390
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.PHONY: test
+test:
+	swift test
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diff --git a/Tests/GitKitTests/GitKitTests.swift b/Tests/GitKitTests/GitKitTests.swift
index afecdfa..72fed0a 100644
--- a/Tests/GitKitTests/GitKitTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/GitKitTests/GitKitTests.swift
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ final class GitKitTests: XCTestCase {
         try self.clean(path: path)
         let git = Git(path: path)
         
-        try git.run(.clone(url: "git@github.com:binarybirds/shell-kit"))
+        try git.run(.clone(url: "https://github.com/binarybirds/shell-kit.git"))
         let statusOutput = try git.run("cd \(path)/shell-kit && git status")
         try self.clean(path: path)
         self.assert(type: "output", result: statusOutput, expected: expectation)
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ final class GitKitTests: XCTestCase {
         try self.clean(path: path)
         let git = Git(path: path)
         
-        try git.run(.clone(url: "git@github.com:binarybirds/shell-kit", dirName: "MyCustomDirectory"))
+        try git.run(.clone(url: "https://github.com/binarybirds/shell-kit.git", dirName: "MyCustomDirectory"))
         let statusOutput = try git.run("cd \(path)/MyCustomDirectory && git status")
         try self.clean(path: path)
         self.assert(type: "output", result: statusOutput, expected: expectation)