diff --git a/.github/workflows/audit.yml b/.github/workflows/audit.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..669b4b4965
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/audit.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: toolkit-audit
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**.md'
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**.md'
+
+jobs:
+
+  build:
+    name: Audit
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Set Node.js 12.x
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+      with:
+        node-version: 12.x
+
+    - name: npm install
+      run: npm install
+
+    - name: Bootstrap
+      run: npm run bootstrap
+
+    - name: audit tools
+      run: npm audit --audit-level=moderate
+
+    - name: audit packages
+      run: npm run audit-all
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index b558b4ebd1..bbcb866c31 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -49,11 +49,3 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Format
       run: npm run format-check
-
-    - name: audit tools
-      run: npm audit --audit-level=moderate
-      if: matrix.runs-on == 'ubuntu-latest'
-
-    - name: audit packages
-      run: npm run audit-all
-      if: matrix.runs-on == 'ubuntu-latest'
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 948dd98564..3dab6d39e9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">
-  <a href="https://github.com/actions/toolkit"><img alt="GitHub Actions status" src="https://github.com/actions/toolkit/workflows/toolkit-unit-tests/badge.svg"></a>
+  <a href="https://github.com/actions/toolkit/actions?query=workflow%3Atoolkit-unit-tests"><img alt="Toolkit unit tests status" src="https://github.com/actions/toolkit/workflows/toolkit-unit-tests/badge.svg"></a>
+  <a href="https://github.com/actions/toolkit/actions?query=workflow%3Atoolkit-audit"><img alt="Toolkit audit status" src="https://github.com/actions/toolkit/workflows/toolkit-audit/badge.svg"></a>
 </p>