diff --git a/src/docmap-parser.test.ts b/src/docmap-parser.test.ts
index 3e24837..f00c9f3 100644
--- a/src/docmap-parser.test.ts
+++ b/src/docmap-parser.test.ts
@@ -139,6 +139,23 @@ describe('docmap-parser', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('detect when a republish is inferred from a step', () => {
+    const parsedData = parseDocMap(fixtures.inferRepublishedPreprint());
+
+    expect(parsedData.versions.length).toStrictEqual(1);
+    expect(parsedData.versions[0]).toMatchObject({
+      doi: 'elife/12345.1',
+      id: 'elife/12345.1',
+      versionIdentifier: '1',
+      preprint: {
+        doi: 'preprint/article1',
+        id: 'preprint/article1',
+        versionIdentifier: '4',
+      },
+      license: 'http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/',
+    });
+  });
+
   it('finds a revised preprint from a docmap', () => {
     const parsedData = parseDocMap(fixtures.preprintAndRevision());
 
diff --git a/src/docmap-parser.ts b/src/docmap-parser.ts
index 8f186bd..a89a58c 100644
--- a/src/docmap-parser.ts
+++ b/src/docmap-parser.ts
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ const republishPreprintAs = (expression: Expression, preprint: ReviewedPreprint,
   newPreprint.doi = expression.doi;
   newPreprint.versionIdentifier = expression.versionIdentifier;
   newPreprint.publishedDate = expression.published;
+  newPreprint.license = expression.license;
 };
 
 const findAndFlatMapAllEvaluations = (actions: Action[]): Evaluation[] => actions.flatMap((action) => action.outputs.map((output) => {
diff --git a/src/test-fixtures/docmapGenerators.ts b/src/test-fixtures/docmapGenerators.ts
index c0049de..31d6d45 100644
--- a/src/test-fixtures/docmapGenerators.ts
+++ b/src/test-fixtures/docmapGenerators.ts
@@ -215,6 +215,19 @@ export const fixtures = {
     return generateDocMap('test', publisher, firstStep);
   },
 
+  inferRepublishedPreprint: (): DocMap => {
+    const preprintv1 = generatePreprint('preprint/article1', new Date('2022-03-01'), undefined, '4', undefined);
+    const preprintv2 = generatePreprint('elife/12345.1', new Date('2022-04-12'), undefined, '1', undefined, 'http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/');
+
+    const firstStep = generateStep(
+      [preprintv1],
+      [generateAction([], [preprintv2])],
+      [],
+    );
+
+    return generateDocMap('test', publisher, firstStep);
+  },
+
   preprintAndRevision: (): DocMap => {
     const preprintv1 = generatePreprint('preprint/article1', new Date('2022-03-01'), undefined, '1');
     const preprintv2 = generatePreprint('preprint/article1v2', new Date('2022-06-01'), undefined, '2');