diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 572a9ac0a..5aa699e65 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 include pyproject.toml
-include distributions/dependencies.json
+include llama_stack/templates/dependencies.json
 include llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/tokenizer.model
 include llama_stack/distribution/*.sh
 include llama_stack/cli/scripts/*.sh
diff --git a/distributions/dependencies.json b/llama_stack/templates/dependencies.json
similarity index 100%
rename from distributions/dependencies.json
rename to llama_stack/templates/dependencies.json
diff --git a/scripts/distro_codegen.py b/scripts/distro_codegen.py
index e19ba8cb9..98faa53a3 100755
--- a/scripts/distro_codegen.py
+++ b/scripts/distro_codegen.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def generate_dependencies_file(change_tracker: ChangedPathTracker):
         if name:
             distribution_deps[name] = deps
 
-    deps_file = REPO_ROOT / "distributions" / "dependencies.json"
+    deps_file = REPO_ROOT / "llama_stack" / "templates" / "dependencies.json"
     change_tracker.add_paths(deps_file)
     with open(deps_file, "w") as f:
         f.write(json.dumps(distribution_deps, indent=2) + "\n")