diff --git a/Sources/PackageModel/InstalledSwiftPMConfiguration.swift b/Sources/PackageModel/InstalledSwiftPMConfiguration.swift
index e89788cb2ad..a34a3d22dad 100644
--- a/Sources/PackageModel/InstalledSwiftPMConfiguration.swift
+++ b/Sources/PackageModel/InstalledSwiftPMConfiguration.swift
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ public struct InstalledSwiftPMConfiguration: Codable {
     public let swiftSyntaxVersionForMacroTemplate: Version
 
     public static var `default`: InstalledSwiftPMConfiguration {
-        return .init(version: 0, swiftSyntaxVersionForMacroTemplate: .init(major: 509, minor: 0, patch: 0))
+        return .init(
+            version: 0,
+            swiftSyntaxVersionForMacroTemplate: .init(
+                major: 600,
+                minor: 0,
+                patch: 0,
+                prereleaseIdentifier: "latest"
+            )
+        )
     }
 }
diff --git a/Utilities/config.json b/Utilities/config.json
index 5e693bf466e..dc8ec6cafe9 100644
--- a/Utilities/config.json
+++ b/Utilities/config.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"version":1,"swiftSyntaxVersionForMacroTemplate":{"major":510,"minor":0,"patch":0, "prereleaseIdentifier":"latest"}}
\ No newline at end of file
+{"version":1,"swiftSyntaxVersionForMacroTemplate":{"major":600,"minor":0,"patch":0, "prereleaseIdentifier":"latest"}}