diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index ac489c3..0664b9d 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -126028,10 +126028,11 @@ class CopyleftPolicyCheck extends policy_check_1.PolicyCheck {
         if (components.length === 0)
             return undefined;
         const headers = ['Component', 'Version', 'License', 'URL', 'Copyleft'];
+        const centeredColumns = [4];
         const rows = [];
         components.forEach(component => {
             component.licenses.forEach(license => {
-                const copyleftIcon = license_utils_1.licenseUtil.isCopyLeft(license.spdxid?.trim().toLowerCase()) ? ':x:' : ' ';
+                const copyleftIcon = license_utils_1.licenseUtil.isCopyLeft(license.spdxid?.trim().toLowerCase()) ? 'YES' : 'NO';
                 rows.push([
                     component.purl,
                     component.version,
@@ -126041,7 +126042,7 @@ class CopyleftPolicyCheck extends policy_check_1.PolicyCheck {
                 ]);
             });
         });
-        return `### Copyleft licenses \n ${(0, markdown_utils_1.generateTable)(headers, rows)}`;
+        return `### Copyleft licenses \n ${(0, markdown_utils_1.generateTable)(headers, rows, centeredColumns)}`;
     }
     artifactPolicyFileName() {
         return 'policy-check-copyleft-results.md';
@@ -126556,12 +126557,13 @@ async function generateJobSummary(scannerResults, policies) {
     };
     const LicensesTable = (items) => {
         const HEADERS = ['License', 'Copyleft', 'URL'];
+        const centeredColumns = [1];
         const ROWS = [];
         items.forEach(l => {
-            const copyleftIcon = l.copyleft ? ':x:' : ' ';
+            const copyleftIcon = l.copyleft ? 'YES' : 'NO';
             ROWS.push([l.spdxid, copyleftIcon, `${license_utils_1.licenseUtil.getOSADL(l?.spdxid) || ''}`]);
         });
-        return (0, markdown_utils_1.generateTable)(HEADERS, ROWS);
+        return (0, markdown_utils_1.generateTable)(HEADERS, ROWS, centeredColumns);
     };
     const PoliciesTable = (items) => {
         const HEADERS = ['Policy', 'Status', 'Details'];
@@ -127090,11 +127092,23 @@ exports.licenseUtil = new LicenseUtil();
  */
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
 exports.generateTable = void 0;
-const generateTable = (headers, rows) => {
+const generateTable = (headers, rows, centeredColumns) => {
     const COL_SEP = ' | ';
+    const centeredColumnMapper = new Set();
+    if (centeredColumns)
+        centeredColumns.forEach(c => centeredColumnMapper.add(c));
+    const rowSeparator = COL_SEP +
+        headers
+            .map((header, index) => {
+            if (!centeredColumns)
+                return '-';
+            return centeredColumnMapper.has(index) ? ':-:' : '-';
+        })
+            .join(COL_SEP) +
+        COL_SEP;
     return `
   ${COL_SEP} ${headers.join(COL_SEP)} ${COL_SEP}                                     
-  ${COL_SEP + new Array(headers.length).fill('-').join(COL_SEP) + COL_SEP}      
+  ${rowSeparator}      
   ${rows.map(row => COL_SEP + row.join(COL_SEP) + COL_SEP).join('\n')}       
   `;
 };
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 1c85383..aa6794e 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import * as outputs from './app.output';
 
 import { scanService, uploadResults } from './services/scan.service';
 import { policyManager } from './policies/policy.manager';
-import { licenseUtil } from './utils/license.utils';
+
 /**
  * The main function for the action.
  * @returns {Promise<void>} Resolves when the action is complete.
diff --git a/src/policies/copyleft-policy-check.ts b/src/policies/copyleft-policy-check.ts
index f6a861f..55967b7 100644
--- a/src/policies/copyleft-policy-check.ts
+++ b/src/policies/copyleft-policy-check.ts
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import { CHECK_NAME } from '../app.config';
 import { PolicyCheck } from './policy-check';
 import { Component, getComponents } from '../services/result.service';
 import { generateTable } from '../utils/markdown.utils';
-import * as core from '@actions/core';
-import { context } from '@actions/github';
 import { licenseUtil } from '../utils/license.utils';
 
 /**
@@ -103,11 +101,12 @@ export class CopyleftPolicyCheck extends PolicyCheck {
     if (components.length === 0) return undefined;
 
     const headers = ['Component', 'Version', 'License', 'URL', 'Copyleft'];
+    const centeredColumns = [4];
     const rows: string[][] = [];
 
     components.forEach(component => {
       component.licenses.forEach(license => {
-        const copyleftIcon = licenseUtil.isCopyLeft(license.spdxid?.trim().toLowerCase()) ? ':x:' : ' ';
+        const copyleftIcon = licenseUtil.isCopyLeft(license.spdxid?.trim().toLowerCase()) ? 'YES' : 'NO';
         rows.push([
           component.purl,
           component.version,
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ export class CopyleftPolicyCheck extends PolicyCheck {
         ]);
       });
     });
-    return `### Copyleft licenses \n ${generateTable(headers, rows)}`;
+    return `### Copyleft licenses \n ${generateTable(headers, rows, centeredColumns)}`;
   }
 
   artifactPolicyFileName(): string {
diff --git a/src/services/report.service.ts b/src/services/report.service.ts
index a1086c0..2d68cf3 100644
--- a/src/services/report.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/report.service.ts
@@ -79,13 +79,14 @@ export async function generateJobSummary(scannerResults: ScannerResults, policie
 
   const LicensesTable = (items: License[]): string => {
     const HEADERS: string[] = ['License', 'Copyleft', 'URL'];
+    const centeredColumns = [1];
     const ROWS: string[][] = [];
 
     items.forEach(l => {
-      const copyleftIcon = l.copyleft ? ':x:' : ' ';
+      const copyleftIcon = l.copyleft ? 'YES' : 'NO';
       ROWS.push([l.spdxid, copyleftIcon, `${licenseUtil.getOSADL(l?.spdxid) || ''}`]);
     });
-    return generateTable(HEADERS, ROWS);
+    return generateTable(HEADERS, ROWS, centeredColumns);
   };
 
   const PoliciesTable = (items: PolicyCheck[]): string => {
diff --git a/src/utils/markdown.utils.ts b/src/utils/markdown.utils.ts
index 5daf7ad..e32e15d 100644
--- a/src/utils/markdown.utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/markdown.utils.ts
@@ -21,12 +21,24 @@
    THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-export const generateTable = (headers: string[], rows: string[][]): string => {
+export const generateTable = (headers: string[], rows: string[][], centeredColumns?: number[]): string => {
   const COL_SEP = ' | ';
+  const centeredColumnMapper: Set<number> = new Set<number>();
+  if (centeredColumns) centeredColumns.forEach(c => centeredColumnMapper.add(c));
+
+  const rowSeparator =
+    COL_SEP +
+    headers
+      .map((header, index) => {
+        if (!centeredColumns) return '-';
+        return centeredColumnMapper.has(index) ? ':-:' : '-';
+      })
+      .join(COL_SEP) +
+    COL_SEP;
 
   return `
   ${COL_SEP} ${headers.join(COL_SEP)} ${COL_SEP}                                     
-  ${COL_SEP + new Array(headers.length).fill('-').join(COL_SEP) + COL_SEP}      
+  ${rowSeparator}      
   ${rows.map(row => COL_SEP + row.join(COL_SEP) + COL_SEP).join('\n')}       
   `;
 };