diff --git a/jupyter_releaser/util.py b/jupyter_releaser/util.py
index 649df01c..4287b417 100644
--- a/jupyter_releaser/util.py
+++ b/jupyter_releaser/util.py
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
 from subprocess import PIPE
 
 import toml
+from importlib_resources import files
 from jsonschema import Draft4Validator as Validator
 from pkg_resources import parse_version
 
 from jupyter_releaser.tee import run as tee
 
-HERE = osp.dirname(osp.abspath(__file__))
 PYPROJECT = Path("pyproject.toml")
 SETUP_PY = Path("setup.py")
 SETUP_CFG = Path("setup.cfg")
@@ -287,8 +287,8 @@ def read_config():
         if "jupyter-releaser" in data:
             config = data["jupyter-releaser"]
 
-    with open(osp.join(HERE, "schema.json")) as fid:
-        schema = json.load(fid)
+    schema = files("jupyter_releaser").joinpath("schema.json").read_text()
+    schema = json.loads(schema)
 
     config = config or {}
     validator = Validator(schema)
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 4bd97f5e..9f6add67 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ install_requires =
     click
     ghapi
     github-activity~=0.1
+    importlib_resources
     jsonschema>=3.0.1
     pre-commit
     pypiserver