diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythontest.yml b/.github/workflows/pythontest.yml
index f3c7e68..5588c9e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythontest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythontest.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 5
       matrix:
-        python-version: [2.7, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
+        python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -47,3 +47,28 @@ jobs:
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-tox-py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ hashFiles('setup.py') }}
     - name: Test with tox
       run: tox -e py${{ matrix.python-version }}
+  unit_test27:
+    name: Python unit tests (2.7)
+    needs: pre_job
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    container:
+      image: python:2.7.18-buster
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Cache pip
+      uses: actions/cache@v2
+      with:
+        path: ~/.cache/pip
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-py2.7-${{ hashFiles('setup.py') }}
+    - name: Install tox
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install tox
+    - name: tox env cache
+      if: ${{ !startsWith(runner.os, 'windows') }}
+      uses: actions/cache@v2
+      with:
+        path: ${{ github.workspace }}/.tox/py2.7
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-tox-py2.7-${{ hashFiles('setup.py') }}
+    - name: Test with tox
+      run: tox -e py2.7