diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 881dda180..22c95bd8d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,34 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
+  LicenseChecks:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Install Poetry
+        uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
+
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        # TODO: fix errors so that we can run `make dev` instead
+        run: |
+          # Setup Virtual Environment
+          python3 -m venv ./.venv
+          source .venv/bin/activate
+          poetry install
+
+      - name: Check license
+        run: |
+          source .venv/bin/activate
+          .venv/bin/pip install greenlet
+          .venv/bin/liccheck
   Linting:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index e4df2a28d..96e3daa99 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -2852,13 +2852,9 @@ jsonschema-specifications = ">=2023.03.6"
 referencing = ">=0.28.4"
 rfc3339-validator = {version = "*", optional = true, markers = "extra == \"format-nongpl\""}
 rfc3986-validator = {version = ">0.1.0", optional = true, markers = "extra == \"format-nongpl\""}
-rfc3987 = {version = "*", optional = true, markers = "extra == \"format\""}
 rpds-py = ">=0.7.1"
 uri-template = {version = "*", optional = true, markers = "extra == \"format-nongpl\""}
-webcolors = [
-    {version = ">=1.11", optional = true, markers = "extra == \"format\""},
-    {version = ">=24.6.0", optional = true, markers = "extra == \"format-nongpl\""},
-]
+webcolors = {version = ">=24.6.0", optional = true, markers = "extra == \"format-nongpl\""}
 
 [package.extras]
 format = ["fqdn", "idna", "isoduration", "jsonpointer (>1.13)", "rfc3339-validator", "rfc3987", "uri-template", "webcolors (>=1.11)"]
@@ -3368,6 +3364,21 @@ pydantic = [
 requests = ">=2,<3"
 requests-toolbelt = ">=1.0.0,<2.0.0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "liccheck"
+version = "0.9.2"
+description = "Check python packages from requirement.txt and report issues"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.5"
+files = [
+    {file = "liccheck-0.9.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:15cbedd042515945fe9d58b62e0a5af2f2a7795def216f163bb35b3016a16637"},
+    {file = "liccheck-0.9.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:bdc2190f8e95af3c8f9c19edb784ba7d41ecb2bf9189422eae6112bf84c08cd5"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+semantic-version = ">=2.7.0"
+toml = "*"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "litellm"
 version = "1.50.1"
@@ -6927,24 +6938,13 @@ idna2008 = ["idna"]
 name = "rfc3986-validator"
 version = "0.1.1"
 description = "Pure python rfc3986 validator"
-optional = true
+optional = false
 python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*"
 files = [
     {file = "rfc3986_validator-0.1.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2f235c432ef459970b4306369336b9d5dbdda31b510ca1e327636e01f528bfa9"},
     {file = "rfc3986_validator-0.1.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:3d44bde7921b3b9ec3ae4e3adca370438eccebc676456449b145d533b240d055"},
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rfc3987"
-version = "1.3.8"
-description = "Parsing and validation of URIs (RFC 3986) and IRIs (RFC 3987)"
-optional = false
-python-versions = "*"
-files = [
-    {file = "rfc3987-1.3.8-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:10702b1e51e5658843460b189b185c0366d2cf4cff716f13111b0ea9fd2dce53"},
-    {file = "rfc3987-1.3.8.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d3c4d257a560d544e9826b38bc81db676890c79ab9d7ac92b39c7a253d5ca733"},
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rich"
 version = "13.9.2"
@@ -7384,6 +7384,21 @@ files = [
 cryptography = ">=2.0"
 jeepney = ">=0.6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "semantic-version"
+version = "2.10.0"
+description = "A library implementing the 'SemVer' scheme."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=2.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "semantic_version-2.10.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:de78a3b8e0feda74cabc54aab2da702113e33ac9d9eb9d2389bcf1f58b7d9177"},
+    {file = "semantic_version-2.10.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:bdabb6d336998cbb378d4b9db3a4b56a1e3235701dc05ea2690d9a997ed5041c"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+dev = ["Django (>=1.11)", "check-manifest", "colorama (<=0.4.1)", "coverage", "flake8", "nose2", "readme-renderer (<25.0)", "tox", "wheel", "zest.releaser[recommended]"]
+doc = ["Sphinx", "sphinx-rtd-theme"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
 version = "3.0.2"
@@ -8094,6 +8109,17 @@ dev = ["tokenizers[testing]"]
 docs = ["setuptools-rust", "sphinx", "sphinx-rtd-theme"]
 testing = ["black (==22.3)", "datasets", "numpy", "pytest", "requests", "ruff"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.10.2"
+description = "Python Library for Tom's Obvious, Minimal Language"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=2.6, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*"
+files = [
+    {file = "toml-0.10.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:806143ae5bfb6a3c6e736a764057db0e6a0e05e338b5630894a5f779cabb4f9b"},
+    {file = "toml-0.10.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b3bda1d108d5dd99f4a20d24d9c348e91c4db7ab1b749200bded2f839ccbe68f"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tomli"
 version = "2.0.2"
@@ -9050,4 +9076,4 @@ vectordb = ["faiss-cpu", "numpy"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.9"
-content-hash = "8aca97beee32617c22bb953722ff36173e8895e009892b22e0c130081cbebc72"
+content-hash = "0d7414c61f9bc3d5ca506b5ca6affc72f54377470d390b0e00777eed9d6b630c"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9ee323de7..b244ccdea 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "guardrails-ai"
-version = "0.6.4"
+version = "0.6.5"
 description = "Adding guardrails to large language models."
 authors = ["Guardrails AI <contact@guardrailsai.com>"]
 license = "Apache License 2.0"
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ requests = "^2.31.0"
 faker = "^25.2.0"
 jsonref = "^1.1.0"
 jsonformer = {version = "0.12.0", optional = true}
-jsonschema = {version = "^4.22.0", extras = ["format"]}
+jsonschema = {version = "^4.22.0", extras = ["format-nongpl"]}
 pip = ">=22"
 pyjwt = "^2.8.0"
 opentelemetry-sdk = "^1.24.0"
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ pypdfium2 = "^4.23.1"
 pyright = "1.1.334"
 lxml-stubs = "^0.4.0"
 ruff = ">=0.4.1"
+liccheck = "^0.9.2"
+
 
 [tool.poetry.group.api]
 optional = true
@@ -132,3 +134,42 @@ markers = [
 [pytest]
 log_cli = "True"
 log_cli_level = "DEBUG"
+
+
+[tool.liccheck]
+authorized_licenses = [
+    "3-clause bsd",
+    "bsd",
+    "new bsd",
+    "bsd license",
+    "new bsd license",
+    "simplified bsd",
+    "academic free license (afl)",
+    "apache",
+    "apache 2.0",
+    "apache software",
+    "apache software license",
+    "gnu lgpl",
+    "lgpl with exceptions or zpl",
+    "gnu library or lesser general public license (lgpl)",
+    "isc",
+    "isc license",
+    "isc license (iscl)",
+    "mit",
+    "mit license",
+    "mozilla public license 2.0 (mpl 2.0)",
+    "the unlicense (unlicense)",
+    "python software foundation",
+    "python software foundation license",
+    "zpl 2.1",
+]
+unauthorized_licenses = [
+    "gpl v3",
+]
+level = "Paranoid"
+dependencies = true # to load [tool.poetry.dependencies]
+
+[tool.liccheck.authorized_packages]
+aiocache = "0.12.3" # BSD 3-Clause
+aiohappyeyeballs = "2.4.3" # Python Software Foundation
+guardrails-api = "*" # Modified ELSSTIC
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