diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-py27.yml b/.github/workflows/test-py27.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5423549f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-py27.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+name: Tests and coverage
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - '**'
+    tags:
+      - '**'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      max-parallel: 4
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [2.7]
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout Code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
+    - name: Set up Python 2.7
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common
+        sudo add-apt-repository universe
+        sudo apt-get install -y python2
+        python2 --version
+
+    - name: Install pip for Python 2.7
+      run: |
+        curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
+        sudo python2 get-pip.py
+        python2 -m pip --version
+
+    - name: Test core code with pytest
+      run: |
+        pip install coverage pytest
+        coverage run -m pytest tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 34794845..bb2a8e01 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       max-parallel: 4
       matrix:
-        python-version: [2.7, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Code