diff --git a/.github/workflows/_license.yml b/.github/workflows/_license.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..500658567b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/_license.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+
+jobs:
+  artifacts:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Dependencies license compliance checker
+        id: license_check_report
+        uses: pilosus/action-pip-license-checker@cc7a461bfa27b44ad187b8578c881ef5138c13fd
+        with:
+          external: "licenses.csv"
+          external-format: "csv"
+          external-options: "{:skip-header false :package-column-index 0 :license-column-index 2}"
+          report-format: "json-pretty"
+          formatter: "%-65s %-65s %-20s %-40s"
+          totals: true
+          headers: true
+          fail: "StrongCopyleft,NetworkCopyleft,Other,Error"
+          verbose: 1
+      - name: Save report
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        run: echo "${{ steps.license_check_report.outputs.report }}" > license-report.json
+      - name: Upload artifact
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: license-report
+          path: license-report.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_release.yml b/.github/workflows/_release.yml
index 1332bd2de6..10d8ed87d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_release.yml
@@ -11,29 +11,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           merge-multiple: true
 
-      - name: Dependencies license compliance checker
-        id: license_check_report
-        uses: pilosus/action-pip-license-checker@cc7a461bfa27b44ad187b8578c881ef5138c13fd
-        with:
-          external: "licenses.csv"
-          external-format: "csv"
-          external-options: "{:skip-header false :package-column-index 0 :license-column-index 2}"
-          report-format: "json-pretty"
-          formatter: "%-65s %-65s %-20s %-40s"
-          totals: true
-          headers: true
-          fail: "StrongCopyleft,NetworkCopyleft,Other,Error"
-          verbose: 1
-      - name: Save report
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        run: echo "${{ steps.license_check_report.outputs.report }}" > license-report.json
-      - name: Upload artifact
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: license-report
-          path: license-report.json
-
       - name: Zip up docs
         run: |
           set -vxeuo pipefail
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a4e591089f..b9468a4001 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ jobs:
     with:
       tox: pre-commit,type-checking
 
+  license_check:
+    needs: check
+    if: needs.check.outputs.branch-pr == ''
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/_license.yml
+
   test:
     needs: check
     if: needs.check.outputs.branch-pr == ''