diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_multiverse_usd.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_multiverse_usd.py
index a45ebf2f9b..565fbd1ee3 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_multiverse_usd.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_multiverse_usd.py
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ class ExtractMultiverseUsd(openpype.api.Extractor):
             "writeUsdAttributes": False,
             "timeVaryingTopology": False,
             "customMaterialNamespace": '',
-            "writeTimeRange": False,
-            "timeRangeStart": 1,
-            "timeRangeEnd": 1,
+            "writeTimeRange": True,
+            "timeRangeStart": start_frame,
+            "timeRangeEnd": end_frame,
             "timeRangeIncrement": 1,
             "timeRangeNumTimeSamples": 0,
             "timeRangeSamplesSpan": 0.0,