diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 6a979c0..3cc7b06 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -3,82 +3,66 @@ name: build
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - master
+      - main
   pull_request:
     branches:
-      - master
+      - main
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 0 * * *'
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    name: ${{ matrix.os }} / Cabal ${{ matrix.cabal }} / GHC ${{ matrix.ghc }}
+    name: ${{ matrix.os }} / GHC ${{ matrix.ghc }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os:
-          - ubuntu-16.04
-        cabal:
-          - 3.2
+          - ubuntu-18.04
         ghc:
-          - 7.4.1
-          - 7.4.2
-          - 7.6.1
-          - 7.6.2
-          - 7.6.3
-          - 7.8.1
-          - 7.8.2
-          - 7.8.3
-          - 7.8.4
-          - 7.10.1
-          - 7.10.2
-          - 7.10.3
-          - 8.0.1
-          - 8.0.2
-          - 8.2.1
-          - 8.2.2
-          - 8.4.1
-          - 8.4.2
-          - 8.4.3
-          - 8.4.4
-          - 8.6.1
-          - 8.6.2
-          - 8.6.3
-          - 8.6.4
-          - 8.6.5
-          - 8.8.1
-          - 8.8.2
-          - 8.8.3
-          - 8.8.4
-          - 8.10.1
-          - 8.10.2
+          - '7.4'
+          - '7.6'
+          - '7.8'
+          - '7.10'
+          - '8.0'
+          - '8.2'
+          - '8.4'
+          - '8.6'
+          - '8.8'
+          - '8.10'
+          - '9.0'
+          - '9.2'
         include:
           - os: macos-latest
-            cabal: 3.2
-            ghc: 8.10.2
+            ghc: latest
           - os: windows-latest
-            cabal: 3.2
-            ghc: 8.10.2
+            ghc: latest
+
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-haskell@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: hspec/setup-haskell@v1
         with:
-          cabal-version: ${{ matrix.cabal }}
           ghc-version: ${{ matrix.ghc }}
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           cabal update
-          cabal build --only-dependencies --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks
+          cabal configure --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks # NOTE: --enable-tests is necessary due to https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/5079
+          cabal build --only-dependencies
+
       - name: Build
-        run: cabal build --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks all
+        run: cabal build all
+
       - name: Run tests
         run: cabal test all --test-show-details=direct
         env:
           HSPEC_OPTIONS: --color
 
   success:
-    needs: [build]
+    needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps: [run: echo success]
+    if: always() # this is required as GitHub considers "skipped" jobs as "passed" when checking branch protection rules
+
+    steps:
+      - run: exit 1
+        if: needs.build.result != 'success'
diff --git a/package.yaml b/package.yaml
index ef8c688..77277a2 100644
--- a/package.yaml
+++ b/package.yaml
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ library:
 
 tests:
   spec:
-    defaults: hspec/hspec@master
+    defaults: hspec/hspec@main
     dependencies: strip