diff --git a/.github/workflows/license-compliance.yml b/.github/workflows/license-compliance.yml
index d67618e..0b720c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/license-compliance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/license-compliance.yml
@@ -31,13 +31,46 @@ 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 License,Apache-2.0,BSD,EPL1"  # Updated permitted licenses list
+
+          for package_info in $(echo "${dependency_licenses}" | jq -c '.[]'); do
+              package_name=$(echo "${package_info}" | jq -r '.Name')
+              license=$(echo "${package_info}" | jq -r '.License')
+              
+              if [[ ! ",${permitted_licenses}," =~ ",${license}," ]]; then
+                  echo "Error: Package ${package_name} has an unrecognized license: ${license}"
+                  exit 1
+              fi
+          done
+
+      - 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."