# Use more recent default target for MacOS?

**URL:** <https://forums.swift.org/t/use-more-recent-default-target-for-macos/18273>\
**Category:** Package Manager\
**Created:** [November 26, 2018, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/use-more-recent-default-target-for-macos/18273 "2018-11-26T10:23:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![pvieito](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/swift/user_avatar/forums.swift.org/pvieito/32/33613_2.png) [@pvieito](https://forums.swift.org/u/pvieito)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/use-more-recent-default-target-for-macos/18273/5 "2018-11-26T21:01:54Z")

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You could maintain that behavior on old manifests, but the ones with the `swift-tools-version` equal or higher to 5 should build against the last macOS SDK available (unless you override it with [SE-0236: Package Manager Platform Deployment Settings](https://forums.swift.org/t/se-0236-package-manager-platform-deployment-settings/17992)).

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