diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml
index a156528..fc9eb3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml
@@ -21,21 +21,31 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build_tests:
+    strategy:
+      max-parallel: 2
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [ 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10" ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v1
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Install Build Tools
         run: |
           python -m pip install build wheel
+      - name: Install System Dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt install python3-dev swig libssl-dev
+      - name: Build Source Packages
+        run: |
+          python setup.py sdist
       - name: Build Distribution Packages
         run: |
           python setup.py bdist_wheel
       - name: Install package
         run: |
           pip install .
+      - uses: pypa/gh-action-pip-audit@v1.0.0
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml
index f13366e..29f4063 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - dev
-    paths:
-      - 'requirements/**'
-      - 'setup.py'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
@@ -16,8 +13,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v1
         with:
@@ -25,15 +20,25 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Build Tools
         run: |
           python -m pip install build wheel
+      - name: Install System Dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt install python3-dev swig libssl-dev
       - name: Install core repo
         run: |
           pip install .
-      - name: Install licheck
-        run: |
-          pip install git+https://github.com/NeonJarbas/lichecker
-      - name: Install test dependencies
+      - name: Get explicit and transitive dependencies
         run: |
-          pip install pytest pytest-timeout pytest-cov
-      - name: Test Licenses
-        run: |
-          pytest test/license_tests.py
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+          pip freeze > requirements-all.txt
+      - name: Check python
+        id: license_check_report
+        uses: pilosus/action-pip-license-checker@v0.5.0
+        with:
+          requirements: 'requirements-all.txt'
+          fail: 'Copyleft,Other,Error'
+          fails-only: true
+          exclude: '^(tqdm).*'
+          exclude-license: '^(Mozilla).*$'
+      - name: Print report
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        run: echo "${{ steps.license_check_report.outputs.report }}"
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diff --git a/test/license_tests.py b/test/license_tests.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 882706a..0000000
--- a/test/license_tests.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-import unittest
-from pprint import pprint
-
-from lichecker import LicenseChecker
-
-# these packages dont define license in setup.py
-# manually verified and injected
-license_overrides = {
-    "kthread": "MIT",
-    'yt-dlp': "Unlicense",
-    'pyxdg': 'GPL-2.0',
-    'ptyprocess': 'ISC license',
-    'psutil': 'BSD3'
-}
-# explicitly allow these packages that would fail otherwise
-whitelist = []
-
-# validation flags
-allow_nonfree = False
-allow_viral = False
-allow_unknown = False
-allow_unlicense = True
-allow_ambiguous = False
-
-pkg_name = "ovos-local-backend"
-
-
-class TestLicensing(unittest.TestCase):
-    @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(self):
-        licheck = LicenseChecker(pkg_name,
-                                 license_overrides=license_overrides,
-                                 whitelisted_packages=whitelist,
-                                 allow_ambiguous=allow_ambiguous,
-                                 allow_unlicense=allow_unlicense,
-                                 allow_unknown=allow_unknown,
-                                 allow_viral=allow_viral,
-                                 allow_nonfree=allow_nonfree)
-        print("Package", pkg_name)
-        print("Version", licheck.version)
-        print("License", licheck.license)
-        print("Transient Requirements (dependencies of dependencies)")
-        pprint(licheck.transient_dependencies)
-        self.licheck = licheck
-
-    def test_license_compliance(self):
-        print("Package Versions")
-        pprint(self.licheck.versions)
-
-        print("Dependency Licenses")
-        pprint(self.licheck.licenses)
-
-        self.licheck.validate()