diff --git a/.github/workflows/license_finder.yml b/.github/workflows/license_finder.yml
index 86a1037a26d..bac210aa830 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/license_finder.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/license_finder.yml
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run license finder
         run: |
-          sudo -u testbot bash -lc 'make license'
+          sudo -u testbot bash -lc 'make license-check'
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e4f1b70c39e..348ac0fff75 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ server:
 clean-all:
 	git clean -fxd
 
-license:
+license-check:
 	license_finder --npm-options='--prefix web/frontend'
 
 include *.make
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e063d3c9b21..89799497517 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ See documentation in [Direct Remote Control](./web/cmd/directremotecontrol/main.
 ### License check
 
 We run [LicenseFinder](https://github.com/pivotal/LicenseFinder) in CI to verify 3rd-party libraries have approved software licenses.
-If you add a 3rd-party library to this project, please run `make license` to verify that it can be used.
+If you add a 3rd-party library to this project, please run `make license-check` to verify that it can be used.
 
 ### Windows Support (Experimental)