diff --git a/tooling/cli/templates/plugin/__example-api/tauri-app/src-tauri/Cargo.crate-manifest b/tooling/cli/templates/plugin/__example-api/tauri-app/src-tauri/Cargo.crate-manifest
index 09b2aed44720..a1020a89a202 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/templates/plugin/__example-api/tauri-app/src-tauri/Cargo.crate-manifest
+++ b/tooling/cli/templates/plugin/__example-api/tauri-app/src-tauri/Cargo.crate-manifest
@@ -20,3 +20,6 @@ tauri-build = {{ tauri_build_dep }}
 [dependencies]
 tauri = {{ tauri_example_dep }}
 tauri-plugin-{{ plugin_name }} = { path = "../../../" }
+
+[patch.crates-io]
+swift-rs = { git = "https://github.com/guillemcordoba/swift-rs", branch = "main" }
diff --git a/tooling/cli/templates/plugin/__example-basic/vanilla/src-tauri/Cargo.crate-manifest b/tooling/cli/templates/plugin/__example-basic/vanilla/src-tauri/Cargo.crate-manifest
index 09b2aed44720..a1020a89a202 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/templates/plugin/__example-basic/vanilla/src-tauri/Cargo.crate-manifest
+++ b/tooling/cli/templates/plugin/__example-basic/vanilla/src-tauri/Cargo.crate-manifest
@@ -20,3 +20,6 @@ tauri-build = {{ tauri_build_dep }}
 [dependencies]
 tauri = {{ tauri_example_dep }}
 tauri-plugin-{{ plugin_name }} = { path = "../../../" }
+
+[patch.crates-io]
+swift-rs = { git = "https://github.com/guillemcordoba/swift-rs", branch = "main" }