diff --git a/.codespellignore b/.codespellignore
index 48ce07037a..af0977a8e8 100644
--- a/.codespellignore
+++ b/.codespellignore
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ aks
 gcp
 gce
 ec2
-eks
\ No newline at end of file
+eks
+ro
diff --git a/.github/workflows/spellcheck.yaml b/.github/workflows/spellcheck.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d26a07675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/spellcheck.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: Codespell
+on:
+  push:  
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+jobs:
+  spellcheck:
+    name: Spell Check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 1
+    - name: Set up Python 🐍
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+    - name: Install codespell
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install codespell
+    - name: Check spelling
+      run: codespell --skip=.git,./vendor,./MAINTAINERS,go.mod,go.sum --check-filenames --ignore-regex=.te# --ignore-words=.codespellignore
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f09994a3a4..50581a37c0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -140,11 +140,7 @@ package-windows-bundle: build				## Package the Windows tarball bundle
 	./scripts/package-windows-bundle
 
 .PHONY: test
-test: codespell-test unit-tests integration-tests
-
-.PHONY: codespell-test
-codespell-test:
-	./scripts/codespell.sh
+test: unit-tests integration-tests
 
 .PHONY: unit-tests
 unit-tests:
diff --git a/developer-docs/testing.md b/developer-docs/testing.md
index e408a4d538..a6d9e0e6d7 100644
--- a/developer-docs/testing.md
+++ b/developer-docs/testing.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ ___
 ## Integration Tests
 
 Integration tests should be used to test a specific functionality of RKE2 that exists across multiple Go packages,
-either via exported function calls, or more often, CLI comands. Integration tests should be used for "black box"
+either via exported function calls, or more often, CLI commands. Integration tests should be used for "black box"
 testing. 
 
 ### Framework
diff --git a/scripts/codespell.sh b/scripts/codespell.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e9fec4960d..0000000000
--- a/scripts/codespell.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-# Ignore vendor folder and check file names as well
-# Note: ignore ".te#" in https://github.com/rancher/rke2/blob/eb79cc8/docs/security/selinux.md#L13,L17-L19
-codespell --skip=.git,./vendor,./MAINTAINERS,go.mod,go.sum --check-filenames --ignore-regex=.te# --ignore-words=.codespellignore
-
-code=$?
-if [ $code -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "Error: codespell found one or more problems!"
-  exit $code
-fi