diff --git a/.github/workflows/cargo-audit.yml b/.github/workflows/cargo-audit.yml
index 0a39eb0dc96..2b5abe19292 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cargo-audit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cargo-audit.yml
@@ -2,14 +2,7 @@ name: cargo audit
 on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 0 * * *'
-  push:
-    paths:
-      - '**/Cargo.toml'
-      - '**/Cargo.lock'
-  pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - '**/Cargo.toml'
-      - '**/Cargo.lock'
+
 jobs:
   audit:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cargo-deny-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/cargo-deny-pr.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..16b16d16a65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/cargo-deny-pr.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: cargo deny
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - '**/Cargo.toml'
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '**/Cargo.toml'
+jobs:
+  cargo-deny:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        checks:
+          - advisories
+          - bans licenses sources
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: EmbarkStudios/cargo-deny-action@v1
+      with:
+        command: check ${{ matrix.checks }}
diff --git a/deny.toml b/deny.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6634887128e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deny.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+# This section is considered when running `cargo deny check advisories`
+# More documentation for the advisories section can be found here:
+# https://embarkstudios.github.io/cargo-deny/checks/advisories/cfg.html
+[advisories]
+# The path where the advisory database is cloned/fetched into
+db-path = "~/cargo/advisory-db"
+# The url of the advisory database to use
+db-urls = [ "https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db" ]
+# The lint level for security vulnerabilities
+vulnerability = "deny"
+# The lint level for unmaintained crates
+unmaintained = "warn"
+# The lint level for crates that have been yanked from their source registry
+yanked = "warn"
+# The lint level for crates with security notices. Note that as of
+# 2019-12-17 there are no security notice advisories in
+# https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db
+notice = "warn"
+# A list of advisory IDs to ignore. Note that ignored advisories will still
+# output a note when they are encountered.
+ignore = [
+    #"RUSTSEC-0000-0000",
+]
+# Threshold for security vulnerabilities, any vulnerability with a CVSS score
+# lower than the range specified will be ignored. Note that ignored advisories
+# will still output a note when they are encountered.
+# * None - CVSS Score 0.0
+# * Low - CVSS Score 0.1 - 3.9
+# * Medium - CVSS Score 4.0 - 6.9
+# * High - CVSS Score 7.0 - 8.9
+# * Critical - CVSS Score 9.0 - 10.0
+#severity-threshold =
+
+# This section is considered when running `cargo deny check licenses`
+# More documentation for the licenses section can be found here:
+# https://embarkstudios.github.io/cargo-deny/checks/licenses/cfg.html
+[licenses]
+# The lint level for crates which do not have a detectable license
+unlicensed = "deny"
+# List of explictly allowed licenses
+# See https://spdx.org/licenses/ for list of possible licenses
+# [possible values: any SPDX 3.7 short identifier (+ optional exception)].
+allow = [
+    "Apache-2.0",
+    "BSD-2-Clause",
+    "MIT",
+    "Unlicense",
+]
+# List of explictly disallowed licenses
+# See https://spdx.org/licenses/ for list of possible licenses
+# [possible values: any SPDX 3.7 short identifier (+ optional exception)].
+deny = []
+# Lint level for licenses considered copyleft
+copyleft = "allow"
+# Blanket approval or denial for OSI-approved or FSF Free/Libre licenses
+# * both - The license will be approved if it is both OSI-approved *AND* FSF
+# * either - The license will be approved if it is either OSI-approved *OR* FSF
+# * osi-only - The license will be approved if is OSI-approved *AND NOT* FSF
+# * fsf-only - The license will be approved if is FSF *AND NOT* OSI-approved
+# * neither - This predicate is ignored and the default lint level is used
+allow-osi-fsf-free = "both"
+# Lint level used when no other predicates are matched
+# 1. License isn't in the allow or deny lists
+# 2. License isn't copyleft
+# 3. License isn't OSI/FSF, or allow-osi-fsf-free = "neither"
+default = "deny"
+# The confidence threshold for detecting a license from license text.
+# The higher the value, the more closely the license text must be to the
+# canonical license text of a valid SPDX license file.
+# [possible values: any between 0.0 and 1.0].
+confidence-threshold = 0.8
+# Allow 1 or more licenses on a per-crate basis, so that particular licenses
+# aren't accepted for every possible crate as with the normal allow list
+exceptions = [
+    # OpenSSL is Apache License v2.0 (ASL v2)
+    # https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2017/03/22/license/
+    # ring crate is ISC & MIT
+    { allow = ["ISC", "MIT", "OpenSSL"], name = "ring" },
+    # libp2p is not re-distributing unicode tables data by itself 
+    { allow = ["MIT", "Apache-2.0", "Unicode-DFS-2016"], name = "unicode-ident" },
+]
+
+# Some crates don't have (easily) machine readable licensing information,
+# adding a clarification entry for it allows you to manually specify the
+# licensing information
+[[licenses.clarify]]
+name = "ring"
+expression = "ISC AND MIT AND OpenSSL"
+license-files = [{ path = "LICENSE", hash = 0xbd0eed23 }]
+
+[licenses.private]
+# If true, ignores workspace crates that aren't published, or are only
+# published to private registries
+ignore = false
+# One or more private registries that you might publish crates to, if a crate
+# is only published to private registries, and ignore is true, the crate will
+# not have its license(s) checked
+#registries = [
+#]
+
+# This section is considered when running `cargo deny check bans`.
+# More documentation about the 'bans' section can be found here:
+# https://embarkstudios.github.io/cargo-deny/checks/bans/cfg.html
+[bans]
+# Lint level for when multiple versions of the same crate are detected
+multiple-versions = "warn"
+# The graph highlighting used when creating dotgraphs for crates
+# with multiple versions
+# * lowest-version - The path to the lowest versioned duplicate is highlighted
+# * simplest-path - The path to the version with the fewest edges is highlighted
+# * all - Both lowest-version and simplest-path are used
+highlight = "all"
+# List of crates that are allowed. Use with care!
+#allow = [
+#]
+# List of crates to deny
+#deny = [
+#]
+# Certain crates/versions that will be skipped when doing duplicate detection.
+#skip = [
+#]
+# Similarly to `skip` allows you to skip certain crates during duplicate
+# detection. Unlike skip, it also includes the entire tree of transitive
+# dependencies starting at the specified crate, up to a certain depth, which is
+# by default infinite
+#skip-tree = [
+#]
+
+# This section is considered when running `cargo deny check sources`.
+# More documentation about the 'sources' section can be found here:
+# https://embarkstudios.github.io/cargo-deny/checks/sources/cfg.html
+[sources]
+# Lint level for what to happen when a crate from a crate registry that is not
+# in the allow list is encountered
+unknown-registry = "deny"
+# Lint level for what to happen when a crate from a git repository that is not
+# in the allow list is encountered
+unknown-git = "deny"
+# List of URLs for allowed crate registries. Defaults to the crates.io index
+# if not specified. If it is specified but empty, no registries are allowed.
+allow-registry = ["https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"]
+# List of URLs for allowed Git repositories
+#allow-git = [
+#]