diff --git a/.github/workflows/cargo-audit.yml b/.github/workflows/cargo-audit.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4687eee59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/cargo-audit.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: cargo audit
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - labeled
+      - unlabeled
+      - synchronize
+concurrency:
+  group: cargo-audit-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  cargo-audit:
+    name: cargo audit
+    runs-on: SubtensorCI
+    if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'skip-cargo-audit') }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Check-out repositoroy under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update &&
+          sudo apt-get install -y clang curl libssl-dev llvm libudev-dev protobuf-compiler
+
+      - name: Install Rust Stable
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1.0.6
+        with:
+          toolchain: stable
+          components: rustfmt, clippy
+          profile: minimal
+
+      - name: Utilize Shared Rust Cache
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2.2.1
+        with:
+          key: ubuntu-latest-${{ env.RUST_BIN_DIR }}
+
+      - name: Install cargo-audit
+        run: cargo install cargo-audit
+
+      - name: cargo audit
+        run: cargo audit --ignore RUSTSEC-2024-0336 # rustls issue; wait for upstream to resolve this
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-rust.yml b/.github/workflows/check-rust.yml
index b6a627314..80d543163 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-rust.yml
@@ -208,37 +208,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
         run: cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
-  # runs cargo audit
-  cargo-audit:
-    name: cargo audit
-    runs-on: SubtensorCI
-    if: ${{ github.event_name != 'push' && !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'skip-cargo-audit') }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Check-out repositoroy under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update &&
-          sudo apt-get install -y clang curl libssl-dev llvm libudev-dev protobuf-compiler
-
-      - name: Install Rust Stable
-        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1.0.6
-        with:
-          toolchain: stable
-          components: rustfmt, clippy
-          profile: minimal
-
-      - name: Utilize Shared Rust Cache
-        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2.2.1
-        with:
-          key: ubuntu-latest-${{ env.RUST_BIN_DIR }}
-
-      - name: Install cargo-audit
-        run: cargo install cargo-audit
-
-      - name: cargo audit
-        run: cargo audit --ignore RUSTSEC-2024-0336 # rustls issue; wait for upstream to resolve this
 
   # runs cargo test --workspace
   cargo-test: