diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0a304895..27dba564 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ sdk/nodejs/node_modules
 yarn.lock
 
 **/schema.go
+**/schema-embed.json
 **/version.txt
 
 **/ci-scripts
diff --git a/provider/cmd/pulumi-resource-kong/generate.go b/provider/cmd/pulumi-resource-kong/generate.go
index a548fda8..8670f4cb 100644
--- a/provider/cmd/pulumi-resource-kong/generate.go
+++ b/provider/cmd/pulumi-resource-kong/generate.go
@@ -12,13 +12,15 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
+//go:build ignore
 // +build ignore
 
 package main
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
+	"errors"
+	"io/fs"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -49,9 +51,13 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatalf("cannot reserialize schema: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	err = ioutil.WriteFile("./schema.go", []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`package main
-var pulumiSchema = %#v
-`, versionedContents)), 0600)
+	// Clean up schema.go as it may be present & gitignored and tolerate an error if the file isn't present.
+	err = os.Remove("./schema.go")
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile("./schema-embed.json", versionedContents, 0600)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/provider/cmd/pulumi-resource-kong/main.go b/provider/cmd/pulumi-resource-kong/main.go
index eaa5395d..d4e50d92 100644
--- a/provider/cmd/pulumi-resource-kong/main.go
+++ b/provider/cmd/pulumi-resource-kong/main.go
@@ -17,11 +17,15 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	_ "embed"
 	kong "github.com/pulumi/pulumi-kong/provider/v4"
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi-kong/provider/v4/pkg/version"
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi-terraform-bridge/v3/pkg/tfbridge"
 )
 
+//go:embed schema-embed.json
+var pulumiSchema []byte
+
 func main() {
 	// Modify the path to point to the new provider
 	tfbridge.Main("kong", version.Version, kong.Provider(), pulumiSchema)