diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e139ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+name: test
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "*" ]
+
+env:
+  artifact_name: test_project
+
+jobs:
+  create-test-project:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: install dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt install cookiecutter pre-commit npm
+          pip install pipenv
+          npm install -g pnpm
+      - name: create project with cookiecutter
+        run: |
+          git config --global init.defaultBranch main
+          git config --global user.email "github-actions@github.com"
+          git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions"
+          cookiecutter --no-input --output-dir /tmp ./ project_slug=github_test_project
+      - id: upload-artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.artifact_name }}
+          path: |
+            /tmp/github_test_project
+            !/tmp/github_test_project/**/node_modules
+          retention-days: 1
+
+  run-test-project:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [ create-test-project ]
+    steps:
+      - name: install system dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt install npm
+          pip install pipenv
+          npm install -g pnpm
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.artifact_name }}
+      - run: ls src
+      - name: install project dependencies
+        run: pipenv sync --dev
+      - name: manage.py --help
+        run: pipenv run ./src/manage.py --help
diff --git a/hooks/post_gen_project.py b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
index 5d3eb6a..8efa583 100755
--- a/hooks/post_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ def git_commit(message: str):
     # lock & install dependencies
     subprocess.check_call("pipenv lock".split(" "))
     subprocess.check_call("pipenv sync".split(" "))
-    subprocess.check_call("pnpm install".split(" "), cwd="./src/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}_gui")
+    subprocess.check_call("pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile".split(" "), cwd="./src/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}_gui")
     git_commit("lock dependencies")
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 14378dd..3d7af29 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/.pre-commit-config.yaml	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/.pre-commit-config.yaml	
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ repos:
       - id: check-added-large-files
 
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black.git
-    rev: "23.11.0"
+    rev: "24.1.1"
     hooks:
       - id: black
 
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort.git
-    rev: "5.12.0"
+    rev: "5.13.2"
     hooks:
       - id: isort