---
title: patch
framework: swift-package-manager
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: swift-package-manager/documentation/packagedescription/version/patch
---

# patch

The patch version according to the semantic versioning standard.

## Declaration

```swift
let patch: Int
```

## See Also

### Inspecting a version

- [major](swift-package-manager/documentation/packagedescription/version/major.md)
- [minor](swift-package-manager/documentation/packagedescription/version/minor.md)
- [prereleaseIdentifiers](swift-package-manager/documentation/packagedescription/version/prereleaseidentifiers.md)
- [buildMetadataIdentifiers](swift-package-manager/documentation/packagedescription/version/buildmetadataidentifiers.md)