diff --git a/.github/workflows/cla.yml b/.github/workflows/cla.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 92b148e10de..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/cla.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-name: "CLA Assistant"
-on:
-  issue_comment:
-    types: [created]
-  pull_request_target:
-    types: [opened,closed,synchronize]
-
-jobs:
-  CLAssistant:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: "CLA Assistant"
-        if: (github.event.comment.body == 'recheck' || github.event.comment.body == 'I have read the CLA Document and I hereby sign the CLA') || github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'
-        uses: cla-assistant/github-action@v2.1.3-beta
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN : ${{ secrets.BOT_TOKEN_CLA }}
-        with:
-          path-to-signatures: 'cla.json'
-          path-to-document: 'https://github.com/carbon-design-system/carbon-for-ibm-dotcom-cla/blob/master/CLA.md'
-          branch: 'main'
-          allowlist: ibmdotcom-bot,dependabot,kodiakhq[bot]
-          remote-organization-name: carbon-design-system
-          remote-repository-name: carbon-for-ibm-dotcom-cla
-          create-file-commit-message: 'chore(cla): creating file for storing CLA signatures'
-          signed-commit-message: 'chore(cla): $contributorName has signed the CLA in #$pullRequestNo'
-          custom-notsigned-prcomment: 'Thank you for your contribution! Please review and sign our [Contributor License Agreement](https://github.com/carbon-design-system/carbon-for-ibm-dotcom-cla/blob/master/CLA.md) before we can review and merge your pull request. To sign, enter a comment in this pull request with the following message:'
-          custom-pr-sign-comment: 'I have read the CLA Document and I hereby sign the CLA'
-          custom-allsigned-prcomment: 'All Contributors have signed the CLA.'
-          lock-pullrequest-aftermerge: false
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dco.yml b/.github/workflows/dco.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca1eb00242a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dco.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: "DCO Assistant"
+on:
+  issue_comment:
+    types: [created]
+  pull_request_target:
+    types: [opened,closed,synchronize]
+
+jobs:
+  CLAssistant:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: "DCO Assistant"
+        if: (github.event.comment.body == 'recheck' || github.event.comment.body == 'I have read the DCO Document and I hereby sign the DCO') || github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'
+        uses: cla-assistant/github-action@v2.1.3-beta
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN : ${{ secrets.DCO_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          path-to-signatures: 'dco-signatures.json'
+          path-to-document: 'https://github.com/carbon-design-system/carbon-dco/blob/main/dco.md'
+          branch: 'main'
+          allowlist: ibmdotcom-bot,dependabot,kodiakhq[bot]
+          remote-organization-name: carbon-design-system
+          remote-repository-name: carbon-dco
+          create-file-commit-message: 'chore: create file to store dco signatures'
+          signed-commit-message: 'chore: $contributorName has signed the dco in #$pullRequestNo'
+          custom-notsigned-prcomment: 'Thanks for your submission! We ask that $you sign our [Developer Certificate of Origin](https://github.com/carbon-design-system/carbon-dco/blob/main/dco.md) before we can accept your contribution. You can sign the DCO by adding a comment below using this text:'
+          custom-pr-sign-comment: 'I have read the DCO document and I hereby sign the DCO.'
+          custom-allsigned-prcomment: 'All Contributors have signed the CLA.'
+          lock-pullrequest-aftermerge: false
+          use-dco-flag: true
+