diff --git a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
index 94f2000270b..282e3a6ac34 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ runs:
       with:
         path: |
           clients/algoliasearch-client-swift/.build
-          tests/output/swift/.build
         key: swift-build-${{ inputs.version }}-${{ runner.os }}
 
     - name: Set swiftformat version
diff --git a/clients/algoliasearch-client-swift/Sources/Core/Helpers/APIHelper.swift b/clients/algoliasearch-client-swift/Sources/Core/Helpers/APIHelper.swift
index d7f561a83b7..a680e66eb04 100644
--- a/clients/algoliasearch-client-swift/Sources/Core/Helpers/APIHelper.swift
+++ b/clients/algoliasearch-client-swift/Sources/Core/Helpers/APIHelper.swift
@@ -36,21 +36,6 @@ public enum APIHelper {
         }
     }
 
-    public static func convertBoolToString(_ source: [String: Any]?) -> [String: Any]? {
-        guard let source else {
-            return nil
-        }
-
-        return source.reduce(into: [String: Any]()) { result, item in
-            switch item.value {
-            case let x as Bool:
-                result[item.key] = x.description
-            default:
-                result[item.key] = item.value
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     public static func convertAnyToString(_ value: Any?) -> String? {
         guard let value else { return nil }
         if let value = value as? any RawRepresentable {
diff --git a/playground/swift/Package.resolved b/playground/swift/Package.resolved
index 94057e8ce85..5f71f8aa0a2 100644
--- a/playground/swift/Package.resolved
+++ b/playground/swift/Package.resolved
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-asn1.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "ae33e5941bb88d88538d0a6b19ca0b01e6c76dcf",
-        "version" : "1.3.1"
+        "revision" : "a54383ada6cecde007d374f58f864e29370ba5c3",
+        "version" : "1.3.2"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-crypto.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "45305d32cfb830faebcaa9a7aea66ad342637518",
-        "version" : "3.11.1"
+        "revision" : "d79c573e1b400d670ed12c0cb29d33f2c0f5ab70",
+        "version" : "3.12.5"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-log.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "96a2f8a0fa41e9e09af4585e2724c4e825410b91",
-        "version" : "1.6.2"
+        "revision" : "ce592ae52f982c847a4efc0dd881cc9eb32d29f2",
+        "version" : "1.6.4"
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/scripts/buildLanguages.ts b/scripts/buildLanguages.ts
index b7759f468b4..c6783fbb7a6 100644
--- a/scripts/buildLanguages.ts
+++ b/scripts/buildLanguages.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
 
 import { createClientName, run, toAbsolutePath } from './common.ts';
-import { getLanguageFolder } from './config.ts';
+import { getLanguageFolder, getSwiftBuildFolder } from './config.ts';
 import { formatter } from './formatter.ts';
 import { createSpinner } from './spinners.ts';
 import type { Generator, Language } from './types.ts';
@@ -91,10 +91,7 @@ async function buildLanguage(language: Language, gens: Generator[], buildType: B
       await run('sbt --batch -Dsbt.server.forcestart=true +compile', { cwd, language });
       break;
     case 'swift':
-      // make this work in the playground
-      if (buildType !== 'playground') {
-        await run('swift build -Xswiftc -suppress-warnings', { cwd, language });
-      }
+      await run(`swift build -Xswiftc -suppress-warnings --build-path ${getSwiftBuildFolder()}`, { cwd, language });
       break;
     default:
   }
diff --git a/scripts/config.ts b/scripts/config.ts
index e8d704c3bb9..5d638ae06bc 100644
--- a/scripts/config.ts
+++ b/scripts/config.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import clientsConfig from '../config/clients.config.json' with { type: 'json' };
 
-import { CI, createClientName } from './common.ts';
+import { CI, createClientName, toAbsolutePath } from './common.ts';
 import type { Generator, Language, LanguageConfig } from './types.ts';
 
 export function getClientsConfigField(
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ export function getDockerImage(language?: Language): string | undefined {
   return getClientsConfigField(language, 'dockerImage', false);
 }
 
+export function getSwiftBuildFolder(): string {
+  return toAbsolutePath(getLanguageFolder('swift') + '/.build');
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns the version of the package from clients.config.json, except for JavaScript where it returns the version of javascript-search.
  */
diff --git a/scripts/cts/runCts.ts b/scripts/cts/runCts.ts
index 3e0314c83ec..4395a595896 100644
--- a/scripts/cts/runCts.ts
+++ b/scripts/cts/runCts.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import fsp from 'fs/promises';
 
 import { exists, isVerbose, run, runComposerInstall, toAbsolutePath } from '../common.ts';
-import { getTestOutputFolder } from '../config.ts';
+import { getSwiftBuildFolder, getTestOutputFolder } from '../config.ts';
 import { createSpinner } from '../spinners.ts';
 import type { Language } from '../types.ts';
 
@@ -115,10 +115,13 @@ async function runCtsOne(language: Language, suites: Record<CTSType, boolean>):
       });
       break;
     case 'swift':
-      await run(`swift test -Xswiftc -suppress-warnings --parallel ${filter((f) => `--filter "${f}.*"`)}`, {
-        cwd,
-        language,
-      });
+      await run(
+        `swift test -Xswiftc -suppress-warnings --build-path ${getSwiftBuildFolder()} --parallel ${filter((f) => `--filter "${f}.*"`)}`,
+        {
+          cwd,
+          language,
+        },
+      );
       break;
     default:
       spinner.warn(`skipping unknown language '${language}' to run the CTS`);
diff --git a/scripts/playground.ts b/scripts/playground.ts
index 8601989a9a4..68b3b178572 100644
--- a/scripts/playground.ts
+++ b/scripts/playground.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { AllLanguage } from './cli/utils.ts';
 import { createClientName, run, runComposerInstall } from './common.ts';
+import { getSwiftBuildFolder } from './config.ts';
 
 export async function playground({ language, client }: { language: AllLanguage; client: string }): Promise<void> {
   switch (language) {
@@ -56,7 +57,10 @@ export async function playground({ language, client }: { language: AllLanguage;
       await run(`sbt \\"runMain ${createClientName(client, 'scala')}\\"`, { cwd: 'playground/scala', language });
       break;
     case 'swift':
-      await run(`swift run ${client}-playground`, { cwd: 'playground/swift', language });
+      await run(`swift run --build-path ${getSwiftBuildFolder()} ${client}-playground`, {
+        cwd: 'playground/swift',
+        language,
+      });
       break;
     default:
   }