diff --git a/bids-validator/src/setup/loadSchema.ts b/bids-validator/src/setup/loadSchema.ts
index 49439d74f..3c8a5ba06 100644
--- a/bids-validator/src/setup/loadSchema.ts
+++ b/bids-validator/src/setup/loadSchema.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { Schema } from '../types/schema.ts'
 import { objectPathHandler } from '../utils/objectPathHandler.ts'
-import default as schemaDefault from '@bids/schema/schema' with { type: 'json' }
+import { default as schemaDefault } from '@bids/schema/schema' with { type: 'json' }
 import { setCustomMetadataFormats } from '../validators/json.ts'
 
 /**