diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3045c629
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+name: GISCExFabtools
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ git_clone_branch ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ git_clone_branch ]
+
+jobs:
+  run-tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["2.7", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      if: matrix.python-version != '2.7'
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+    - name: Install Python 2
+      if: matrix.python-version == '2.7'
+      run: |
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt install python2 python-pip
+          sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python2 1
+          sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3 2
+          printf '1\n' | sudo update-alternatives --config python
+          cd /usr/bin
+          sudo ln -s /usr/bin/pip2 ./pip
+
+    - name: Upgrade pip
+      run: |
+        pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+
+    - name: Install package
+      run: |
+        pip install pytest
+        pip install mock
+        pip install -e .
+
+    - name: Run test
+      run: |
+        python -m unittest discover -v
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diff --git a/fabtools/openvz/contextmanager.py b/fabtools/openvz/contextmanager.py
index 3b199632..0d026101 100644
--- a/fabtools/openvz/contextmanager.py
+++ b/fabtools/openvz/contextmanager.py
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ def put_guest(self, local_path, remote_path, use_sudo, mirror_local_mode,
         # Handle modes if necessary
         if (local_is_path and mirror_local_mode) or (mode is not None):
             lmode = os.stat(local_path).st_mode if mirror_local_mode else mode
-            lmode = lmode & 07777
-            rmode = rattrs.st_mode & 07777
+            lmode = lmode & 0o7777
+            rmode = rattrs.st_mode & 0o7777
             if lmode != rmode:
                 with hide('everything'):
                     sudo('chmod %o \"%s\"' % (lmode, remote_path))
diff --git a/fabtools/require/files.py b/fabtools/require/files.py
index a4443868..2b33cab0 100644
--- a/fabtools/require/files.py
+++ b/fabtools/require/files.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 from pipes import quote
 from tempfile import mkstemp
-from urlparse import urlparse
+from six.moves.urllib_parse import urlparse
 import hashlib
 import os
 
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ def file(path=None, contents=None, source=None, url=None, md5=None,
 
     # Ensure correct mode
     if use_sudo and mode is None:
-        mode = oct(0666 & ~int(umask(use_sudo=True), base=8))
+        mode = oct(0o666 & ~int(umask(use_sudo=True), base=8))
     if mode and _mode(path, use_sudo) != mode:
         func('chmod %(mode)s "%(path)s"' % locals())
 
diff --git a/fabtools/tests/test_files.py b/fabtools/tests/test_files.py
index 3cc20417..289d105b 100644
--- a/fabtools/tests/test_files.py
+++ b/fabtools/tests/test_files.py
@@ -34,31 +34,31 @@ def test_verify_remote_true(self, is_file, md5sum, put, umask, owner, mode):
         used to work out whether the file is different.
         """
         is_file.return_value = True
-        md5sum.return_value = hashlib.md5('This is a test').hexdigest()
+        md5sum.return_value = hashlib.md5('This is a test'.encode()).hexdigest()
         self._file(contents='This is a test', verify_remote=True)
         self.assertTrue(is_file.called)
         self.assertTrue(md5sum.called)
 
     def test_temp_dir(self, is_file, md5sum, put, umask, owner, mode):
         owner.return_value = 'root'
-        umask.return_value = '0002'
-        mode.return_value = '0664'
+        umask.return_value = '{}'.format(oct(eval('0o002')))
+        mode.return_value = '{}'.format(oct(eval('0o664')))
         from fabtools import require
         require.file('/var/tmp/foo', source=__file__, use_sudo=True, temp_dir='/somewhere')
         put.assert_called_with(__file__, '/var/tmp/foo', use_sudo=True, temp_dir='/somewhere')
 
     def test_home_as_temp_dir(self, is_file, md5sum, put, umask, owner, mode):
         owner.return_value = 'root'
-        umask.return_value = '0002'
-        mode.return_value = '0664'
+        umask.return_value = '{}'.format(oct(eval('0o002')))
+        mode.return_value = '{}'.format(oct(eval('0o664')))
         from fabtools import require
         require.file('/var/tmp/foo', source=__file__, use_sudo=True, temp_dir='')
         put.assert_called_with(__file__, '/var/tmp/foo', use_sudo=True, temp_dir='')
 
     def test_default_temp_dir(self, is_file, md5sum, put, umask, owner, mode):
         owner.return_value = 'root'
-        umask.return_value = '0002'
-        mode.return_value = '0664'
+        umask.return_value = '{}'.format(oct(eval('0o002')))
+        mode.return_value = '{}'.format(oct(eval('0o664')))
         from fabtools import require
         require.file('/var/tmp/foo', source=__file__, use_sudo=True)
         put.assert_called_with(__file__, '/var/tmp/foo', use_sudo=True, temp_dir='/tmp')
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7c9258c6..d3310efa 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def run_tests(self):
     url='http://fabtools.readthedocs.org/',
     license='BSD',
     install_requires=[
-        "fabric>=1.7.0",
+        "fabric>=1.7.0,<2.0",
     ],
     setup_requires=[],
     tests_require=[