diff --git a/generate_manifest.py b/generate_manifest.py
index 44a0e6c9..182ea873 100755
--- a/generate_manifest.py
+++ b/generate_manifest.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-# Copyright 2023 Axis Communications AB and others.
+# Copyright 2023-2024 Axis Communications AB and others.
 # For a full list of individual contributors, please see the commit history.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import re
-import subprocess
 import sys
 from functools import cached_property
-from typing import Dict
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional
 
 import semver
 from ruamel import yaml
 from semver import Version
 
+import versions
+
 # List of tuples with the edition display names, their Git tags, and
 # their release dates.
 _EDITIONS = [
@@ -117,34 +117,19 @@ def is_in_edition(self, edition_tag: str, event_name: str, event_version: str):
             )
 
 
-def _get_latest_schemas(tag: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
-    """Given a tag, returns a mapping of the event types available in that
-    tag and the latest version of each such type.
-    """
-    schema_file_regexp = re.compile(r"^schemas/([^/]+)/([^/]+).json$")
-    latest = {}
-    for schema_file in subprocess.check_output(
-        ["git", "ls-tree", "-r", "--name-only", tag, "--", "schemas"]
-    ).splitlines():
-        match = schema_file_regexp.search(schema_file.decode("utf-8"))
-        if not match:
-            continue
-        event_type = match.group(1)
-        event_version = semver.VersionInfo.parse(match.group(2))
-        if event_type not in latest or latest[event_type].compare(event_version) < 0:
-            latest[event_type] = event_version
-    return {
-        event_type: str(event_version) for event_type, event_version in latest.items()
-    }
-
-
 def _main():
     manifest = [
         {
             "name": name,
             "tag": tag,
             "release_date": date,
-            "events": _get_latest_schemas(tag),
+            "events": {
+                # YAML module can't serialize a semver.version.Version.
+                k: str(v)
+                for k, v in versions.latest_in_gitref(
+                    tag, Path("."), Path("schemas")
+                ).items()
+            },
         }
         for name, tag, date in sorted(_EDITIONS, key=lambda edition: edition[2])
     ]
diff --git a/versions.py b/versions.py
index f250e01d..36e63f2c 100644
--- a/versions.py
+++ b/versions.py
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-"""The versions module contains functions for discovering definition files."""
+"""The versions module contains functions for discovering definition
+files and schema files.
+"""
 
 import os
 import subprocess
@@ -27,10 +29,11 @@
 def latest_in_gitref(
     committish: str, gitdir: Path, subdir: Path
 ) -> Dict[str, semver.version.Version]:
-    """Lists the definition files found under a given subdirectory of a
-    git at a given point in time (described by a committish, e.g. a
-    SHA-1, tag, or branch reference) and returns a dict that maps each
-    typename (e.g. EiffelArtifactCreatedEvent) to the latest version found.
+    """Lists the definition or schema files found under a given
+    subdirectory of a git at a given point in time (described by a
+    committish, e.g. a SHA-1, tag, or branch reference) and returns a
+    dict that maps each typename (e.g. EiffelArtifactCreatedEvent) to
+    the latest version found.
     """
     return _latest_versions(
         Path(line)
@@ -42,20 +45,20 @@ def latest_in_gitref(
             .decode("utf-8")
             .splitlines()
         )
-        if Path(line).suffix == ".yml"
+        if Path(line).suffix in (".json", ".yml")
     )
 
 
 def latest_in_dir(path: Path) -> Dict[str, semver.version.Version]:
-    """Inspects the definition files found under a given path and returns
-    a dict that maps each typename (e.g. EiffelArtifactCreatedEvent) to
-    its latest version found.
+    """Inspects the definition or schema files found under
+    a given path and returns a dict that maps each typename
+    (e.g. EiffelArtifactCreatedEvent) to its latest version found.
     """
     return _latest_versions(
         Path(current) / f
         for current, _, files in os.walk(path)
         for f in files
-        if Path(f).suffix == ".yml"
+        if Path(f).suffix in (".json", ".yml")
     )