diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2c155e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+---
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: pip  # See documentation for possible values
+    directory: "/"  # Location of package manifests
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ded0789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+---
+name: Python package
+'on':
+  push:
+    branches: ["master"]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ["master"]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version-file: pyproject.toml
+          cache: pip
+          cache-dependency-path: |
+            poetry.lock
+
+      - name: Install poetry
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install poetry
+
+      - name: Install package
+        run: |
+          poetry install
+
+      - name: Test with pytest
+        run: |
+          python -m poetry run pytest
diff --git a/tests/test_client.py b/tests/test_client.py
index d5dce57..78e1d17 100644
--- a/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_client.py
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ def setup_class(cls):
         cassandra_dir = '.cassandra'
         if os.path.exists(PROJECT_ROOT + '/' + cassandra_dir):
             shutil.rmtree(PROJECT_ROOT + '/' + cassandra_dir, ignore_errors=True)
-        cls.ccm_cluster = ccmlib.cluster.Cluster(f'{PROJECT_ROOT}', '.cassandra', cassandra_version='2.2.6')
-        node = cls.ccm_cluster.populate(1).start()[0][0].network_interfaces['binary']
-        cls.cluster = Cluster(contact_points=[node[0]], port=node[1])
+        cls.ccm_cluster = ccmlib.cluster.Cluster(f'{PROJECT_ROOT}', '.cassandra', cassandra_version='4.0.7')
+        nodes = cls.ccm_cluster.populate(1).start(no_wait=True, verbose=True,)
+        rpc_address, native_transport_port = nodes[0][0].network_interfaces['binary']
+        cls.cluster = Cluster(contact_points=[rpc_address], port=native_transport_port)
 
     @classmethod
     def teardown_class(cls):