diff --git a/commands/init/index.js b/commands/init/index.js
index 68aa265c18b..87bba822433 100644
--- a/commands/init/index.js
+++ b/commands/init/index.js
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ class InitCommand extends Command {
     }
 
     Object.assign(config, {
+      $schema: "node_modules/lerna/schemas/lerna-schema.json",
       packages: this.project.packageConfigs,
       useNx: false,
       version,
diff --git a/core/lerna/package.json b/core/lerna/package.json
index 7797212f3f3..900bbb1fa9a 100644
--- a/core/lerna/package.json
+++ b/core/lerna/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
   },
   "files": [
     "index.js",
-    "cli.js"
+    "cli.js",
+    "schemas/lerna-schema.json"
   ],
   "engines": {
     "node": "^14.15.0 || >=16.0.0"
diff --git a/schemas/lerna-schema.json b/core/lerna/schemas/lerna-schema.json
similarity index 100%
rename from schemas/lerna-schema.json
rename to core/lerna/schemas/lerna-schema.json
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index f02dfb2af47..9a1d7c24e57 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "$schema": "schemas/lerna-schema.json",
+  "$schema": "core/lerna/schemas/lerna-schema.json",
   "command": {
     "create": {
       "homepage": "https://github.com/lerna/lerna",