diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint_and_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint_and_test.yaml
index 20bfddb4a..fea754026 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint_and_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint_and_test.yaml
@@ -111,3 +111,10 @@ jobs:
         run: go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports@latest
       - name: Lint
         run: make check
+
+  codespell: # call reusable workflow from central '.github' repo
+    uses: open-component-model/.github/.github/workflows/codespell.yml@main
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      codespell-ignore: .github/config/wordlist.txt
+      codespell-files-glob: ./**/*.y*ml ./**/*.go