diff --git a/.githooks/pre-commit b/.githooks/pre-commit
index 6319735e2..29570215e 100755
--- a/.githooks/pre-commit
+++ b/.githooks/pre-commit
@@ -142,24 +142,27 @@ function check_incorrect_makefile_variable_brackets() {
 }
 
 function pre_commit() {
+  if [[ "${MDB_UPDATE_LICENSES:-""}" == "true" ]]; then
+    ( (time update_licenses) 2>&1 | prepend "update_licenses" ) &
+  fi
+  ( (time scripts/evergreen/lint_code.sh) 2>&1 | prepend "lint_code.sh" ) &
+  ( (time start_shellcheck) 2>&1 | prepend "shellcheck" ) &
+
   # Update release.json first in case there is a newer version
   (time update_release_json) 2>&1 | prepend "update_release_json"
   # We need to generate the values files first
   (time update_values_yaml_files) 2>&1 | prepend "update_values_yaml_files"
   # The values files are used for generating the standalone yaml
   (time generate_standalone_yaml) 2>&1 | prepend "generate_standalone_yaml"
-  # Run black on python files that have changed
-  (time python_formatting) 2>&1 | prepend "python_formatting"
-
-  (time regenerate_public_rbac_multi_cluster) 2>&1 | prepend "regenerate_public_rbac_multi_cluster"
 
-  (time start_shellcheck) 2>&1 | prepend "shellcheck"
+  ( (time regenerate_public_rbac_multi_cluster) 2>&1 | prepend "regenerate_public_rbac_multi_cluster" ) &
 
-  (time check_erroneous_kubebuilder_annotations) 2>&1 | prepend "check_erroneous_kubebuilder_annotations"
+  # Run black and isort on python files that have changed
+  ( (time python_formatting) 2>&1 | prepend "python_formatting") &
 
-  (time scripts/evergreen/lint_code.sh) 2>&1 | prepend "lint_code.sh"
+  ( (time check_erroneous_kubebuilder_annotations) 2>&1 | prepend "check_erroneous_kubebuilder_annotations" ) &
 
-  (time update_licenses) 2>&1 | prepend "update_licenses"
+  wait
 }
 
 # Function to run shellcheck on a single file
@@ -196,7 +199,7 @@ if [[ "${cmd}" == "generate_standalone_yaml" ]]; then
   shift 1
   generate_standalone_yaml "$@"
 elif [[ "${cmd}" == "pre-commit" ]]; then
-  pre_commit
+ time pre_commit
 elif [[ "${cmd}" == "shellcheck" ]]; then
   start_shellcheck
 elif [[ "${cmd}" == "lint" ]]; then
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9a27d8153..9c45c1c3b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ prerequisites:
 	@ scripts/dev/install.sh
 
 precommit:
-	@ EVERGREEN_MODE=true .githooks/pre-commit
+	@ .githooks/pre-commit
+
+precommit-with-licenses:
+	@ MDB_UPDATE_LICENSE=true .githooks/pre-commit
 
 switch:
 	@ scripts/dev/switch_context.sh $(context) $(additional_override)
diff --git a/scripts/dev/contexts/evg-private-context b/scripts/dev/contexts/evg-private-context
index f8080cbcb..8f25842e8 100644
--- a/scripts/dev/contexts/evg-private-context
+++ b/scripts/dev/contexts/evg-private-context
@@ -120,3 +120,5 @@ export cognito_workload_federation_client_secret="${cognito_workload_federation_
 export cognito_user_password="${cognito_user_password}"
 export cognito_workload_url="${cognito_workload_url}"
 export cognito_workload_user_id="${cognito_workload_user_id}"
+
+export MDB_UPDATE_LICENSES=true
diff --git a/scripts/dev/contexts/private-context-template b/scripts/dev/contexts/private-context-template
index d69887199..f1809728e 100644
--- a/scripts/dev/contexts/private-context-template
+++ b/scripts/dev/contexts/private-context-template
@@ -99,3 +99,6 @@ export e2e_cloud_qa_user_owner_static_2="${OM_USER}"
 
 # TODO to be removed at public preview stage of community-search
 export COMMUNITY_PRIVATE_PREVIEW_PULLSECRET_DOCKERCONFIGJSON="<dockerconfigjson secret>"
+
+# uncomment to enable license update with pre-commit script
+# export MDB_UPDATE_LICENSES=true