diff --git a/Sources/PackagePlugin/PackageModel.swift b/Sources/PackagePlugin/PackageModel.swift
index fff6774a26a..5f131d76ddf 100644
--- a/Sources/PackagePlugin/PackageModel.swift
+++ b/Sources/PackagePlugin/PackageModel.swift
@@ -178,8 +178,13 @@ public protocol Target {
     var name: String { get }
 
     /// The absolute path of the target directory in the local file system.
+    @available(_PackageDescription, deprecated: 6.1, renamed: "directoryURL")
     var directory: Path { get }
 
+    /// The absolute path of the target directory in the local file system.
+    @available(_PackageDescription, introduced: 6.1)
+    var directoryURL: URL { get }
+
     /// Any other targets on which this target depends, in the same order as
     /// they are specified in the package manifest. Conditional dependencies
     /// that do not apply have already been filtered out.