diff --git a/.github/workflows/precommit-check.yml b/.github/workflows/precommit-check.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..55ffa6f5e108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/precommit-check.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+name: Release Checks
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      ref:
+        description: 'commit sha to check'
+        required: true
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+jobs:
+  precommit-check:
+    name: Pre-commit Check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.ref || github.ref }}
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+          cache: 'pip'
+
+      - name: Run pre-commit checks
+        run: |
+          python3 -u scripts/release_check.py
diff --git a/jenkins/L0_MergeRequest.groovy b/jenkins/L0_MergeRequest.groovy
index 49d72e7f25e4..b304f63c9eb4 100644
--- a/jenkins/L0_MergeRequest.groovy
+++ b/jenkins/L0_MergeRequest.groovy
@@ -309,13 +309,7 @@ def launchReleaseCheck(pipeline)
         // Step 1: cloning tekit source code
         trtllm_utils.checkoutSource(LLM_REPO, env.gitlabCommit, LLM_ROOT, true, true)
         sh "cd ${LLM_ROOT} && git config --unset-all core.hooksPath"
-        trtllm_utils.llmExecStepWithRetry(pipeline, script: "cd ${LLM_ROOT} && pip3 install `grep pre-commit requirements-dev.txt`")
-        trtllm_utils.llmExecStepWithRetry(pipeline, script: "cd ${LLM_ROOT} && pip3 install `grep bandit requirements-dev.txt`")
-        trtllm_utils.llmExecStepWithRetry(pipeline, script: "cd ${LLM_ROOT} && pre-commit install")
-        trtllm_utils.llmExecStepWithRetry(pipeline, script: "cd ${LLM_ROOT} && pre-commit run -a --show-diff-on-failure || (git restore . && false)")
-        sh "cd ${LLM_ROOT} && bandit --configfile scripts/bandit.yaml -r tensorrt_llm | tee /tmp/bandit.log"
-        sh "cat /tmp/bandit.log | grep -q 'Total lines skipped (#nosec): 0' && exit 0 || exit 1"
-        sh "cat /tmp/bandit.log | grep -q 'Issue:' && exit 1 || exit 0"
+        trtllm_utils.llmExecStepWithRetry(pipeline, script: "cd ${LLM_ROOT} && python3 -u scripts/release_check.py")
 
         // Step 2: build tools
         withEnv(['GONOSUMDB=*.nvidia.com']) {
diff --git a/scripts/package_trt_llm.py b/scripts/package_trt_llm.py
index fcb4cde494d1..e67e24347352 100644
--- a/scripts/package_trt_llm.py
+++ b/scripts/package_trt_llm.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from collections import namedtuple
 from os import PathLike
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Iterable, Tuple
+from typing import Iterable, List, Tuple
 
 
 def _clean_files(src_dir: PathLike, extend_files: str) -> None:
@@ -24,15 +24,18 @@ def _clean_files(src_dir: PathLike, extend_files: str) -> None:
         "tests/README.md",
     ] #yapf: disable
 
+
     files_to_remove.extend(extend_files)
 
     for file in files_to_remove:
         file_path = src_dir / file
         if file_path.is_dir():
             shutil.rmtree(file_path)
-            logging.debug(f"Removed directory: {file_path}")
+            logging.debug(f"Removed directory: {file_path}"
+            )
         else:
-            file_path.unlink()
+            file_path.unlink(
+            )
             logging.debug(f"Removed file: {file_path}")
 
 
@@ -91,7 +94,8 @@ def compress(tgt_pkg_name: Path, src_dir: Path) -> None:
 
 LibInfo = namedtuple(
     'LibInfo',
-    ('name', 'skip_windows', 'is_static', 'path', 'cleanfiles', 'cleantrees'))
+    ('name', 'skip_windows', 'is_static', 'path', 
+    'cleanfiles', 'cleantrees'))
 
 LibListConfig = namedtuple('LibListConfig', ('libs', 'cleanfiles'))
 _builtin_liblist = {
diff --git a/scripts/release_check.py b/scripts/release_check.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a4fc719be869
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release_check.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2024-2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import subprocess as sp
+import sys
+
+
+def run_cmd(cmd):
+    """Run a command and return output, raising error by default if command fails"""
+
+    print(f"Running command: {cmd}")
+    result = sp.run(cmd,
+                    shell=True,
+                    stdout=sp.PIPE,
+                    text=True,
+                    stderr=sp.STDOUT)
+    if result.returncode != 0:
+        print(f"Failing command output:\n{result.stdout}")
+        sys.exit(1)
+    return result
+
+
+def main():
+    # Install pre-commit and bandit from requirements-dev.txt
+    with open("requirements-dev.txt") as f:
+        reqs = f.readlines()
+        pre_commit_req = next(line for line in reqs if "pre-commit" in line)
+        bandit_req = next(line for line in reqs if "bandit" in line)
+
+    run_cmd(f"pip3 install {pre_commit_req.strip()}")
+    run_cmd(f"pip3 install {bandit_req.strip()}")
+
+    # Install pre-commit hooks
+    run_cmd("pre-commit install")
+
+    # Run pre-commit on all files
+    run_cmd("pre-commit run -a --show-diff-on-failure")
+
+    # Run bandit security checks
+    bandit_output = run_cmd(
+        "bandit --configfile scripts/bandit.yaml -r tensorrt_llm").stdout
+    print(f"Bandit output:\n{bandit_output}")
+
+    # Check bandit results
+    if "Total lines skipped (#nosec): 0" not in bandit_output:
+        print("Error: Found #nosec annotations in code")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    if "Issue:" in bandit_output:
+        print("Error: Bandit found security issues")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    print("pre-commit and bandit checks passed")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()