diff --git a/packages/scripts/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/scripts/CHANGELOG.md
index 8c3889fa21b1a8..b7c869fe2f0f4d 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/scripts/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ### Enhancements
 
 -   Make `check-licenses` command compatible with npm v7 ([#28909](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/28909)).
+-   Add `Python 2.0` to non-GPL compatible OSS licenses allowed for development in `check-licenses` command ([#29968](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/28968)).
 
 ## 13.0.0 (2021-01-21)
 
diff --git a/packages/scripts/scripts/check-licenses.js b/packages/scripts/scripts/check-licenses.js
index dfd01f8c67fb52..34073cd05bdfe1 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/scripts/check-licenses.js
+++ b/packages/scripts/scripts/check-licenses.js
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ const otherOssLicenses = [
 	'CC-BY-3.0',
 	'CC-BY-SA-2.0',
 	'LGPL',
+	'Python-2.0',
 ];
 
 const licenses = [