diff --git a/src/kiwi_default.yml b/src/etc/kiwi_default.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from src/kiwi_default.yml
rename to src/etc/kiwi_default.yml
diff --git a/src/kiwi_header.yml b/src/etc/kiwi_header.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from src/kiwi_header.yml
rename to src/etc/kiwi_header.yml
diff --git a/src/version-tag b/src/etc/version_tag
similarity index 100%
rename from src/version-tag
rename to src/etc/version_tag
diff --git a/src/kiwi/_constants.py b/src/kiwi/_constants.py
index ade6c87..ef2e6b5 100644
--- a/src/kiwi/_constants.py
+++ b/src/kiwi/_constants.py
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ KIWI_CONF_NAME = os.getenv('KIWI_CONF_NAME', "kiwi.yml")
 # FILE NAMES
 
 # text files inside kiwi-config "src" directory
-HEADER_KIWI_CONF_NAME = f"{KIWI_ROOT}/kiwi_header.yml"
-DEFAULT_KIWI_CONF_NAME = f"{KIWI_ROOT}/kiwi_default.yml"
-VERSION_TAG_NAME = f"{KIWI_ROOT}/version-tag"
+HEADER_KIWI_CONF_NAME = f"{KIWI_ROOT}/etc/kiwi_header.yml"
+DEFAULT_KIWI_CONF_NAME = f"{KIWI_ROOT}/etc/kiwi_default.yml"
+VERSION_TAG_NAME = f"{KIWI_ROOT}/etc/version_tag"
 
 # special config directory in projects
 CONF_DIRECTORY_NAME = 'conf'