diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
index 6bb2c5dfdea..79623f11a98 100644
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ This PR has:
    - [ ] using the [concurrency checklist](https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/blob/master/dev/code-review/concurrency.md) (Remove this item if the PR doesn't have any relation to concurrency.)
 - [ ] added documentation for new or modified features or behaviors.
 - [ ] added Javadocs for most classes and all non-trivial methods. Linked related entities via Javadoc links.
+- [ ] added or updated version, license, or notice information in [licenses.yaml](https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/blob/master/licenses.yaml)
 - [ ] added comments explaining the "why" and the intent of the code wherever would not be obvious for an unfamiliar reader.
 - [ ] added unit tests or modified existing tests to cover new code paths.
 - [ ] added integration tests.
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 3a5c28599fd..2201a0cdbf1 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ When submitting a pull request (PR), please use the following guidelines:
 - Do not use author tags/information in the code.
 - Try to keep pull requests short and submit separate ones for unrelated
   features, but feel free to combine simple bugfixes/tests into one pull request.
+- If you are adding or updating a dependency, be sure to update the version, license, or notice information in
+  [licenses.yaml](https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/blob/master/licenses.yaml) as appropriate to help ease
+  LICENSE and NOTICE management for ASF releases.
 
 You can find more developers' resources in [`dev/`](dev) directory.