diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d719ab02d3..72027219d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ jobs:
         run: cargo test --workspace --all-features
       - name: Rust Build
         run: cargo build --all-features --all-targets
+      - name: License Check
+        run: cargo install --locked cargo-deny && cargo deny check
 
       - name: Pytest - PyVortex
         run: rye run pytest --benchmark-disable test/
diff --git a/deny.toml b/deny.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b72edba1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deny.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+[graph]
+targets = []
+
+all-features = true
+
+no-default-features = false
+
+
+[output]
+feature-depth = 1
+
+
+[advisories]
+
+ignore = []
+
+[licenses]
+# List of explicitly allowed licenses
+# See https://spdx.org/licenses/ for list of possible licenses
+# [possible values: any SPDX 3.11 short identifier (+ optional exception)].
+allow = [
+    "MIT",
+    "Apache-2.0",
+    "ISC",
+    "Unicode-DFS-2016",
+    "CC0-1.0",
+    "Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception",
+    "BSD-3-Clause",
+    "BSD-2-Clause",
+    "0BSD",
+    "MPL-2.0",
+    "OpenSSL",
+]
+# The confidence threshold for detecting a license from license text.
+# The higher the value, the more closely the license text must be to the
+# canonical license text of a valid SPDX license file.
+# [possible values: any between 0.0 and 1.0].
+confidence-threshold = 0.8
+# Allow 1 or more licenses on a per-crate basis, so that particular licenses
+# aren't accepted for every possible crate as with the normal allow list
+exceptions = []
+
+# Some crates don't have (easily) machine readable licensing information,
+# adding a clarification entry for it allows you to manually specify the
+# licensing information
+[[licenses.clarify]]
+# The package spec the clarification applies to
+crate = "ring"
+# Each entry is a crate relative path, and the (opaque) hash of its contents
+license-files = [{ path = "LICENSE", hash = 0xbd0eed23 }]
+# The SPDX expression for the license requirements of the crate
+expression = "MIT AND ISC AND OpenSSL"
+# One or more files in the crate's source used as the "source of truth" for
+# the license expression. If the contents match, the clarification will be used
+# when running the license check, otherwise the clarification will be ignored
+# and the crate will be checked normally, which may produce warnings or errors
+# depending on the rest of your configuration
+
+[licenses.private]
+# If true, ignores workspace crates that aren't published, or are only
+# published to private registries.
+# To see how to mark a crate as unpublished (to the official registry),
+# visit https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html#the-publish-field.
+ignore = false
+# One or more private registries that you might publish crates to, if a crate
+# is only published to private registries, and ignore is true, the crate will
+# not have its license(s) checked
+registries = [
+    #"https://sekretz.com/registry
+]
+
+# This section is considered when running `cargo deny check bans`.
+# More documentation about the 'bans' section can be found here:
+# https://embarkstudios.github.io/cargo-deny/checks/bans/cfg.html
+[bans]
+# Lint level for when multiple versions of the same crate are detected
+multiple-versions = "warn"
+# Lint level for when a crate version requirement is `*`
+wildcards = "allow"
+# The graph highlighting used when creating dotgraphs for crates
+# with multiple versions
+# * lowest-version - The path to the lowest versioned duplicate is highlighted
+# * simplest-path - The path to the version with the fewest edges is highlighted
+# * all - Both lowest-version and simplest-path are used
+highlight = "all"
+# The default lint level for `default` features for crates that are members of
+# the workspace that is being checked. This can be overridden by allowing/denying
+# `default` on a crate-by-crate basis if desired.
+workspace-default-features = "allow"
+# The default lint level for `default` features for external crates that are not
+# members of the workspace. This can be overridden by allowing/denying `default`
+# on a crate-by-crate basis if desired.
+external-default-features = "allow"
+
+
+# This section is considered when running `cargo deny check sources`.
+# More documentation about the 'sources' section can be found here:
+# https://embarkstudios.github.io/cargo-deny/checks/sources/cfg.html
+[sources]
+# Lint level for what to happen when a crate from a crate registry that is not
+# in the allow list is encountered
+unknown-registry = "warn"
+# Lint level for what to happen when a crate from a git repository that is not
+# in the allow list is encountered
+unknown-git = "warn"
+# List of URLs for allowed crate registries. Defaults to the crates.io index
+# if not specified. If it is specified but empty, no registries are allowed.
+allow-registry = ["https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"]
+# List of URLs for allowed Git repositories
+allow-git = []
+
+[sources.allow-org]
+# 1 or more github.com organizations to allow git sources for
+github = [""]
+# 1 or more gitlab.com organizations to allow git sources for
+gitlab = [""]
+# 1 or more bitbucket.org organizations to allow git sources for
+bitbucket = [""]
diff --git a/encodings/datetime-parts/Cargo.toml b/encodings/datetime-parts/Cargo.toml
index fc1e2e985d..83be524aa4 100644
--- a/encodings/datetime-parts/Cargo.toml
+++ b/encodings/datetime-parts/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name = "vortex-datetime-parts"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
+license = { workspace = true }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true