diff --git a/.github/actions/generate-report/action.yml b/.github/actions/generate-report/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3787523
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/generate-report/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+name: 'Generate the Report'
+description: 'Generates the report using the log-file-name file present just inside the sample folder path provided , given Validation Folder is there inside the sample folder as well'
+inputs:
+  lang:
+    description: 'The language or framework in which SDK is written needs to be given as an input'
+    required: true
+  sample-folder-name:
+    description: 'The name of the sample folder'
+    required: true
+  log-file-name:
+    description: 'The name of the generated log file'
+    required: true
+outputs:
+  result-pdf-name:
+    description: 'the name of the final generated pdf report'
+    value: ${{steps.generate.outputs.pdfname}}
+runs:
+  using: 'composite'
+  steps:
+    - name: Setup Python v3.12 for report generation only
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.12
+    - name: Installing required python libraries and running the python programs to generate pdf report
+      id: generate
+      run : |
+        export EXPECTED_RES_LANG=${{inputs.lang}}
+        if [[ "${{inputs.lang}}" == "dotnet" ]] || [[ "${{inputs.lang}}" == "dotnetstandard" ]]; then
+          export EXPECTED_RES_LANG=csharp
+        fi
+        echo $EXPECTED_RES_LANG
+        python --version
+        echo "Before Running Report Generation"
+        cd ${{inputs.sample-folder-name}}
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m venv newve
+        if [[ "$(uname -s)" == "Linux" ]]; then
+            echo "In LINUX"
+            source newve/bin/activate
+        elif [[ "$(uname -s)" == "Darwin" ]]; then
+            echo "In MAC"
+            source newve/bin/activate
+        else
+            echo "In Windows"
+            source newve/Scripts/activate
+        fi
+        echo $VIRTUAL_ENV
+        pip install json2html
+        pip install xhtml2pdf
+        pip install bs4
+        cd Validation
+        python sample_code_log_processor.py -l ../../${{inputs.sample-folder-name}}/${{inputs.log-file-name}} -o ../../${{inputs.sample-folder-name}}/${{inputs.lang}}_actual_results.json
+        python response_code_validator.py -e ExpectedResults/${EXPECTED_RES_LANG}_expected_results.json -a ../../${{inputs.sample-folder-name}}/${{inputs.lang}}_actual_results.json -o ${{inputs.lang}}_validation_results.json
+        python json_to_prettified_html.py -i ${{inputs.lang}}_validation_results.json -o ${{inputs.lang}}_validation_results.html
+        cp ${{inputs.lang}}_validation_results.pdf ../  #copying the file to flaatten the directory of the upload artifact,Github Actions doesn't support that as of jun 2024
+        echo "pdfname=${{inputs.lang}}_validation_results.pdf" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      shell: bash
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/python-workflow.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e42cdc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-workflow.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+name: PYTHON BUILDS
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+env:
+  CLIENT_FOLDER: 'cybersource-rest-client-python'
+  SAMPLE_FOLDER: 'cybersource-rest-samples-python'
+jobs:
+    workflow-job:
+        defaults:
+            run:
+              shell: bash
+        strategy:
+            fail-fast: false
+            matrix:
+              operating-system: [ubuntu-latest,macos-latest,windows-latest]
+              pyth-version: ['3.6','3.7','3.8','3.9','3.10','3.11','3.12']
+              include:
+                - operating-system: ubuntu-20.04   # Checking support for ubuntu os with python 3.6
+                  pyth-version: '3.6'
+                - operating-system: macos-13   # Checking support for mac os with python 3.6
+                  pyth-version: '3.6'
+                - operating-system: macos-13   # Checking support for mac os with python 3.7
+                  pyth-version: '3.7'
+              exclude:
+                - operating-system: ubuntu-latest  #arm 64 doesn't support python ver 3.7
+                  pyth-version: '3.6'
+                - operating-system: macos-latest  #arm 64 doesn't support python ver 3.6
+                  pyth-version: '3.6'
+                - operating-system: macos-latest  #arm 64 doesn't support python ver 3.7
+                  pyth-version: '3.7'
+        runs-on: ${{matrix.operating-system}}
+        steps:
+            - run: echo "VCPKG_ROOT=$env:VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append
+              if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+              shell: pwsh
+            - run: vcpkg install openssl:x64-windows-static-md
+              if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+              shell: pwsh
+            - name: Creating separate folders for checkout repos
+              run: |
+                rm -rf $CLIENT_FOLDER
+                rm -rf $SAMPLE_FOLDER
+                mkdir $CLIENT_FOLDER $SAMPLE_FOLDER
+            - name: Checkout cybersource-rest-client-python repo
+              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+              with:
+                path: ${{env.CLIENT_FOLDER}}
+            - name: Checkout cybersource-rest-samples-python repo
+              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+              with:
+                repository: 'CyberSource/cybersource-rest-samples-python'
+                ref: 'master' # this is used for checking out a particular branch in repo
+                path: ${{env.SAMPLE_FOLDER}}
+            - name: Install Python
+              uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+              with:
+                python-version: ${{matrix.pyth-version}}
+            - name: Building the projects and running the Test Cases
+              run: |
+                python --version
+                python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+                python -m venv ve
+                if [[ "$(uname -s)" == "Linux" ]]; then
+                    echo "In LINUX"
+                    source ve/bin/activate
+                elif [[ "$(uname -s)" == "Darwin" ]]; then
+                    echo "In MAC"
+                    source ve/bin/activate
+                else
+                    echo "In Windows"
+                    source ve/Scripts/activate
+                fi
+                echo $VIRTUAL_ENV
+                cd $CLIENT_FOLDER
+                pip install -e .
+                cd ..
+                echo $VIRTUAL_ENV
+                cd $SAMPLE_FOLDER
+                pip install -e .
+                bash ./sample_code_runner.sh
+            - name: Using Report Generation Action
+              id: report-generation
+              uses: ./cybersource-rest-client-python/.github/actions/generate-report
+              with:
+                lang: python
+                sample-folder-name: ${{env.SAMPLE_FOLDER}}
+                log-file-name: output.log
+            - name: Upload Test Reports
+              uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+              with:
+                name: sample-run-report-${{matrix.operating-system}}-python-ver-${{matrix.pyth-version}}
+                path: |
+                  ${{env.SAMPLE_FOLDER}}/${{steps.report-generation.outputs.result-pdf-name}}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ab41117e..778adad4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 
 # Python Client SDK for the CyberSource REST API
 
+[![BUILD](https://github.com/CyberSource/cybersource-rest-client-python/actions/workflows/python-workflow.yml/badge.svg?branch=adding-workflows)](https://github.com/CyberSource/cybersource-rest-client-python/actions/workflows/python-workflow.yml)
+
 ## Description
 
 The CyberSource Python client provides convenient access to the [CyberSource REST API](https://developer.cybersource.com/api/reference/api-reference.html) from your Python application.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2d85d360..0a4264db 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@ DateTime
 setuptools
 six
 urllib3
-jwcrypto
-cryptography
+jwcrypto==1.5.1;python_version<="3.7"
+jwcrypto>=1.5.6;python_version>"3.7"
+cryptography==40.0.2;python_version<="3.6"
+cryptography<41.1.0;python_version>"3.6"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index af041edf..d49c5b08 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@
         "setuptools",
         "six",
         "urllib3",
-        "jwcrypto",
-        "cryptography",
+        "jwcrypto==1.5.1;python_version<='3.7'",
+        "jwcrypto>=1.5.6;python_version>'3.7'",
+        "cryptography==40.0.2;python_version<='3.6'",
+        "cryptography<41.1.0;python_version>'3.6'"
     ],
     packages=find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,