diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-linters.yml b/.github/workflows/python-linters.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85588723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-linters.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# This workflow will install Python dependencies and run linters for the codebase
+# For more information see: https://help.github.com/actions/language-and-framework-guides/using-python-with-github-actions
+
+name: lint the package
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.10.1"]
+        lxml-version: ["4.9.1"]
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Install lxml dependencies
+      run: sudo apt-get install -y libxml2-dev libxslt-dev
+
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install lxml==${{ matrix.lxml-version }}
+        python -m pip install -r dev-requirements.txt
+        python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+    - name: Lint
+      run: |
+        make lint
+
+    - name: Security
+      uses: jpetrucciani/bandit-check@master
+      with:
+        bandit_flags: '-lll'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-tests-compatibility.yml
similarity index 85%
rename from .github/workflows/python-package.yml
rename to .github/workflows/python-tests-compatibility.yml
index 2288257a..27a71abd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-tests-compatibility.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# This workflow will install Python dependencies, run tests and lint with a variety of Python versions
+# This workflow will install Python dependencies, run tests with variety of Python versions
 # For more information see: https://help.github.com/actions/language-and-framework-guides/using-python-with-github-actions
 
-name: Python package
+name: test the package
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -52,18 +52,9 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install -r dev-requirements.txt
         python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 
-    - name: Lint
-      run: |
-        make lint
-
     - name: Test
       run: |
         make test report-coverage
 
-    - name: Security
-      uses: jpetrucciani/bandit-check@master
-      with:
-        bandit_flags: '-lll'
-
     - name: Upload Coverage to Codecov
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1