diff --git a/.github/workflows/license-compliance.yml b/.github/workflows/license-compliance.yml
index d67618e..4f2ea25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/license-compliance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/license-compliance.yml
@@ -31,13 +31,50 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           . venv/bin/activate
           pip install pip-licenses
-          pip-licenses --from=mixed --output-file=dependencies_licenses.txt
+          pip-licenses --from=mixed --output-file=dependency_licenses.json --format=json
 
-      - name: Upload license reports
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      - name: 'Parse Dependency licenses'
+        id: parse-dependency-licenses
+        run: |
+          dependency_licenses=$(cat dependency_licenses.json)
+          echo "::set-output name=dependency-licenses::${dependency_licenses}"
+
+      - name: 'Compare Dependency licenses'
+        id: compare-dependency-licenses
+        run: |
+          dependency_licenses=$(cat dependency_licenses.json)
+          echo "Dependency licenses content:"
+          echo "${dependency_licenses}"
+
+          permitted_licenses="MIT,Apache-2.0,BSD,EPL1"
+          non_compliant_packages=""
+          for package in $(echo "${dependency_licenses}" | jq -r '.[] | .Package')
+          do
+              license=$(echo "${dependency_licenses}" | jq -r --arg package "$package" '.[] | select(.Package == $package) | .License')
+              if [[ ! ",${permitted_licenses}," =~ ",${license}," ]]; then
+                  echo "Error: Package $package has an unrecognized license: $license"
+                  non_compliant_packages+="Package $package has an unrecognized license: $license\n"
+              fi
+          done
+          echo "::set-output name=non-compliant-packages::${non_compliant_packages}"
+          if [ -n "${non_compliant_packages}" ]; then
+              exit 1
+          fi
+
+
+      - name: 'Upload Dependency License Report'
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: dependency-license-report
+          path: dependency_licenses.json
+
+      - name: 'Upload License Compliance Results'
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
-          name: dependencies-license-reports
-          path: dependencies_licenses.txt
+          name: license-compliance-results
+          path: license_compliance_results.txt
 
       - name: License compliance summary
         run: echo "License compliance check completed. See artifacts for details."