diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev-docker-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/dev-docker-publish.yml
index 32a4535..7495805 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev-docker-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev-docker-publish.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ on:
     paths-ignore:
       - README.md
 
+env:
+        APP_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
+        BRANCH: ${{ github.ref }}
+
 jobs:
   build-job:
     uses: th2-net/.github/.github/workflows/compound-java-dev.yml@main
@@ -16,4 +20,4 @@ jobs:
       build-target: 'Docker'
       docker-username: ${{ github.actor }}
     secrets:
-      docker-password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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+      docker-password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/license_check.yml b/.github/workflows/license_check.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89b721b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/license_check.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+name: Check licenses
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - master
+      - version-*
+      - dependabot**
+    paths-ignore:
+      - README.md
+
+env:
+        APP_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
+        BRANCH: ${{ github.ref }}
+
+jobs:
+  check_licenses:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: checkout actions
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Install jq env
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y jq
+
+    - name: Download script
+      run: |
+        wget -q -O check_licenses.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/th2-net/.github/th2-1836-json-files-update/license-compliance/check_licenses.sh
+        chmod +x ./check_licenses.sh
+    
+    - name: Run check_licenses script
+      run: ./check_licenses.sh java
+      id: run_script
+
+    - name: Get version
+      run:
+        VERSION=$(echo "${{ github.ref }}" | sed -e 's,.*/\(.*\),\1,')              
+
+    - name: Uploading results
+      if: always()
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: licenses_check-$APP_NAME-$VERSION
+        path: ./licenses_check/
+    
+    - name: Results checking
+      id: result-check
+      run: |
+        line_count=$(wc -l < ./licenses_check/failed_licenses.csv)
+        if [[ $line_count -gt 1 ]]; then
+                echo "FAILED due to unknown/failed licenses found"
+                exit 1
+        else
+                echo "PASSED: licenses check successfull"
+                exit 0
+        fi
+      continue-on-error: false
+
+#    - name: Set workflow status
+#      run: echo "::set-output name=status::Failure"
+#      if: steps.set_status.outputs.result == 'FAILED due to unknown licenses found'
+#      continue-on-error: false
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7ba0c4a..16d84f8 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
+import com.github.jk1.license.filter.LicenseBundleNormalizer
+import com.github.jk1.license.render.JsonReportRenderer
+
 plugins {
     id 'java'
     id 'java-library'
     id 'application'
     id 'com.palantir.docker' version '0.25.0'
     id "org.owasp.dependencycheck" version "8.2.1"
+    id 'com.github.jk1.dependency-license-report' version '2.5'
+    id "de.undercouch.download" version "5.4.0"
 }
 
 ext {
@@ -109,4 +114,25 @@ dependencyCheck {
 
 dependencyLocking {
     lockAllConfigurations()
+}
+
+licenseReport {
+    def licenseNormalizerBundlePath = "$buildDir/license-normalizer-bundle.json"
+
+    if (!file(licenseNormalizerBundlePath).exists()) {
+        download.run {
+            src 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/th2-net/.github/main/license-compliance/gradle-license-report/license-normalizer-bundle.json'
+            dest "$buildDir/license-normalizer-bundle.json"
+            overwrite false
+        }
+    }
+
+    filters = [
+            new LicenseBundleNormalizer(licenseNormalizerBundlePath, false)
+    ]
+    renderers = [
+            new JsonReportRenderer('licenses.json', false),
+    ]
+    excludeOwnGroup = false
+    allowedLicensesFile = new URL("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/th2-net/.github/main/license-compliance/gradle-license-report/allowed-licenses.json")
 }
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