diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 50ead13..1b19b4b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,4 +26,7 @@ reuse-surface = "reuse_surface.cli:main"
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["."]
-include = ["reuse_surface*"]
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+include = ["reuse_surface*"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+reuse_surface = ["hub/hub-registration.schema.yaml"]
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diff --git a/reuse_surface/hub/hub-registration.schema.yaml b/reuse_surface/hub/hub-registration.schema.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84bff23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reuse_surface/hub/hub-registration.schema.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+$schema: https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema
+$id: https://reuse-surface.local/schemas/hub-registration.schema.yaml
+title: Federation Hub Repo Registration
+description: >
+  Schema for a repository registration stored by the federation hub service.
+  Extends federation source fields with hub metadata.
+type: object
+additionalProperties: false
+required: [repo, url, enabled, domain]
+properties:
+  repo:
+    type: string
+    minLength: 1
+    pattern: '^[a-z][a-z0-9-]*$'
+    description: Stable repository slug (primary key)
+  url:
+    type: string
+    format: uri
+    pattern: '^https?://'
+    description: Published HTTP(S) URL to capabilities.yaml
+  enabled:
+    type: boolean
+  required:
+    type: boolean
+    default: false
+  domain:
+    type: string
+    minLength: 1
+    description: Capability domain label (e.g. helix_forge)
+  description:
+    type: string
+  cache_ttl_seconds:
+    type: integer
+    minimum: 0
+    default: 86400
+  auth_env:
+    type: string
+    minLength: 1
+    description: >
+      Hub-side environment variable name holding a token for fetching this
+      source index (not exposed in API responses)
+  auth_header:
+    type: string
+    minLength: 1
+    default: Authorization
+  registered_at:
+    type: string
+    format: date-time
+    description: Hub metadata — set on create
+  updated_at:
+    type: string
+    format: date-time
+    description: Hub metadata — set on create/update
+  registered_by:
+    type: string
+    description: Optional actor label from write token or client header
+$defs:
+  registration_request:
+    type: object
+    additionalProperties: false
+    required: [repo, url, domain]
+    properties:
+      repo:
+        type: string
+        minLength: 1
+        pattern: '^[a-z][a-z0-9-]*$'
+      url:
+        type: string
+        format: uri
+        pattern: '^https?://'
+      enabled:
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      required:
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+      domain:
+        type: string
+        minLength: 1
+      description:
+        type: string
+      cache_ttl_seconds:
+        type: integer
+        minimum: 0
+        default: 86400
+      auth_env:
+        type: string
+        minLength: 1
+      auth_header:
+        type: string
+        minLength: 1
+        default: Authorization
+      registered_by:
+        type: string
+  registration_update:
+    type: object
+    additionalProperties: false
+    properties:
+      url:
+        type: string
+        format: uri
+        pattern: '^https?://'
+      enabled:
+        type: boolean
+      required:
+        type: boolean
+      domain:
+        type: string
+        minLength: 1
+      description:
+        type: string
+      cache_ttl_seconds:
+        type: integer
+        minimum: 0
+      auth_env:
+        type: string
+        minLength: 1
+      auth_header:
+        type: string
+        minLength: 1
+      registered_by:
+        type: string
+    minProperties: 1
+  repo_list:
+    type: object
+    additionalProperties: false
+    required: [repos, count]
+    properties:
+      repos:
+        type: array
+        items:
+          $ref: '#'
+      count:
+        type: integer
+        minimum: 0
+  error_response:
+    type: object
+    additionalProperties: false
+    required: [error, message]
+    properties:
+      error:
+        type: string
+      message:
+        type: string
+      details:
+        type: array
+        items:
+          type: string
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diff --git a/reuse_surface/hub/store.py b/reuse_surface/hub/store.py
index 2a3b9ad..56acd19 100644
--- a/reuse_surface/hub/store.py
+++ b/reuse_surface/hub/store.py
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ from typing import Any
 import yaml
 from jsonschema import Draft202012Validator
 
-from reuse_surface.registry import ROOT
-
-SCHEMA_PATH = ROOT / "schemas" / "hub-registration.schema.yaml"
+SCHEMA_PATH = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "hub-registration.schema.yaml"
 
 
 def _utc_now() -> str: