diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7a2c649f7..1286f30f2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 # (Upcoming)
 
-### Feature
+### Features
 
 * `DeepLabCutInterface` now allows using custom timestamps via `set_aligned_timestamps` method before running conversion. [PR #531](https://github.com/catalystneuro/neuroconv/pull/532)
 
+### Fixes
+
+* Reorganize timeintervals schema to reside in `schemas/` dir to ensure its inclusion in package build. [PR #573](https://github.com/catalystneuro/neuroconv/pull/573)
+
+
+
 # v0.4.3
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/src/neuroconv/datainterfaces/text/timeintervalsinterface.py b/src/neuroconv/datainterfaces/text/timeintervalsinterface.py
index 3c2568cb9..8dc30a197 100644
--- a/src/neuroconv/datainterfaces/text/timeintervalsinterface.py
+++ b/src/neuroconv/datainterfaces/text/timeintervalsinterface.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 from abc import abstractmethod
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, Optional
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ def get_metadata(self) -> dict:
         return metadata
 
     def get_metadata_schema(self) -> dict:
-        fpath = os.path.join(os.path.split(__file__)[0], "timeintervals.schema.json")
+        fpath = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent / "schemas" / "timeintervals_schema.json"
         return load_dict_from_file(fpath)
 
     def get_original_timestamps(self, column: str) -> np.ndarray:
diff --git a/src/neuroconv/datainterfaces/text/timeintervals.schema.json b/src/neuroconv/schemas/timeintervals_schema.json
similarity index 100%
rename from src/neuroconv/datainterfaces/text/timeintervals.schema.json
rename to src/neuroconv/schemas/timeintervals_schema.json