diff --git a/.expeditor/verify.pipeline.yml b/.expeditor/verify.pipeline.yml
index 319499e9d..dbd0e8896 100644
--- a/.expeditor/verify.pipeline.yml
+++ b/.expeditor/verify.pipeline.yml
@@ -29,3 +29,11 @@ steps:
     executor:
       docker:
         image: ruby:3.0
+
+- label: validate licenses
+  command:
+    - license_scout
+  expeditor:
+    executor:
+      docker:
+        image: ruby:3.0
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index dac4fd73e..eb2e9a7bd 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ group :development do
   gem 'rake'
   gem 'vcr'
   gem 'webmock'
+  gem 'license_scout', '~> 2.6', '>= 2.6.2'
 end