diff --git a/bids-validator/src/setup/loadSchema.ts b/bids-validator/src/setup/loadSchema.ts
index ed862e70b..d8b045114 100644
--- a/bids-validator/src/setup/loadSchema.ts
+++ b/bids-validator/src/setup/loadSchema.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ export async function loadSchema(version = 'latest'): Promise<Schema> {
   if (bidsSchema !== undefined) {
     schemaUrl = bidsSchema
   } else if (version === 'latest' || versionRegex.test(version)) {
-    schemaUrl = `https://bids-specification.readthedocs.io/en/${version}/schema.json`
+    schemaUrl = `https://bids-specification.readthedocs.io/en/schema-provisional/schema.json`
+    // schemaUrl = `https://bids-specification.readthedocs.io/en/${version}/schema.json`
   }
   try {
     const schemaModule = await import(/* @vite-ignore */ schemaUrl, {