diff --git a/exasol/toolbox/nox/tasks.py b/exasol/toolbox/nox/tasks.py
index 2fa04e388..106dfb8ee 100644
--- a/exasol/toolbox/nox/tasks.py
+++ b/exasol/toolbox/nox/tasks.py
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from io import (
+    BytesIO,
+    TextIOWrapper,
+)
+from subprocess import run
+
 __all__ = [
     "Mode",
     "fix",
@@ -239,6 +245,38 @@ def _coverage(
     session.run(*command)
 
 
+@nox.session(name="audit", python=False)
+def audit(session: Session) -> None:
+    """Audit project dependencies in regard of their license."""
+
+    def _packages():
+        result = run(
+            ["poetry", "show", "--no-ansi", "--no-interaction", "--only", "main"],
+            capture_output=True,
+            check=True,
+        )
+        stream = TextIOWrapper(BytesIO(result.stdout))
+        lines = (line for line in stream)
+        return (line.split(" ")[0] for line in lines)
+
+    packages = [
+        package
+        for package in _packages()
+        if package not in PROJECT_CONFIG.audit_exceptions
+    ]
+    session.run(
+        "poetry",
+        "run",
+        "python",
+        "-m",
+        "piplicenses",
+        "--packages",
+        *packages,
+        "--allow-only",
+        ";".join(PROJECT_CONFIG.audit_licenses),
+    )
+
+
 @nox.session(name="build-docs", python=False)
 def build_docs(session: Session) -> None:
     """Builds the project documentation"""
diff --git a/noxconfig.py b/noxconfig.py
index 3501a8253..d6a5b5534 100644
--- a/noxconfig.py
+++ b/noxconfig.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
+from inspect import cleandoc
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import (
     Any,
@@ -18,6 +19,26 @@ class Config:
     version_file: Path = Path(__file__).parent / "exasol" / "toolbox" / "version.py"
     path_filters: Iterable[str] = ("dist", ".eggs", "venv")
 
+    audit_licenses = ["Apache Software License"]
+    audit_exceptions = {
+        "pylint": cleandoc(
+            """
+            The project only makes use of pylint command line.
+            
+            It only was added as normal dependency to save the "clients" the step
+            of manually adding it as dependency.
+            
+            Note(s): 
+            
+                Pylint could be marked, added as optional (extra) dependency to make it obvious
+                that it is an opt in, controlled by the "user/client". 
+            
+                Replacing pylint with an alternative (like `ruff <https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff>`_)
+                with a more would remove the ambiguity and need for justification.
+        """
+        )
+    }
+
     @staticmethod
     def pre_integration_tests_hook(
         _session: Session, _config: Config, _context: MutableMapping[str, Any]