diff --git a/.github/workflows/cffconvert.yml b/.github/workflows/cffconvert.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..707a71c4b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/cffconvert.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: cffconvert
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - CITATION.cff
+
+jobs:
+  validate:
+    name: "validate"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out a copy of the repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Check whether the citation metadata from CITATION.cff is valid
+        uses: citation-file-format/cffconvert-github-action@2.0.0
+        with:
+          args: "--validate"
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 2a9c47093a..82bcac5a7b 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ message: "Please use this information to cite ONNX Runtime in
 authors:
   - affiliation: Microsoft Corporation
     given-names: ONNX Runtime developers
-title: "ONNX Runtime"
 date-released: 2018-11-29
 url: "https://onnxruntime.ai"
 repository-code: "https://github.com/microsoft/onnxruntime"
-license: "MIT License"
+license: "MIT"
 keywords:
   - deep learning
   - machine learning