diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/spm/__tests__/scaffold-package-swift-test.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/spm/__tests__/scaffold-package-swift-test.js
index e05e07e011d3..c36df1e818cb 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/spm/__tests__/scaffold-package-swift-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/spm/__tests__/scaffold-package-swift-test.js
@@ -853,6 +853,33 @@ end
     expect(content).toContain(SCAFFOLDER_MARKER);
   });
 
+  it('emits resources before publicHeadersPath, the order SwiftPM requires', () => {
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(depRoot, 'ios'));
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(depRoot, 'ios', 'Foo.h'), '');
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(depRoot, 'react-native-foo.podspec'),
+      `
+Pod::Spec.new do |s|
+  s.name = "react-native-foo"
+  s.version = "1.0"
+  s.source_files = "ios/**/*.{h,m,mm}"
+  s.resources = ["ios/Foo.bundle"]
+  s.dependency "React-Core"
+end
+`,
+    );
+    scaffoldPackageSwiftForDep(makeDep(), makeCtx());
+    const content = fs.readFileSync(
+      path.join(depRoot, 'Package.swift'),
+      'utf8',
+    );
+    const resourcesAt = content.indexOf('resources: [.copy("ios/Foo.bundle")]');
+    const publicHeadersAt = content.indexOf('publicHeadersPath: "ios"');
+    expect(resourcesAt).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
+    expect(publicHeadersAt).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
+    expect(resourcesAt).toBeLessThan(publicHeadersAt);
+  });
+
   it('skips (does not write) a mixed-language dep — Swift + ObjC(++) cannot share one SPM target', () => {
     // react-native-screens shape: a single source glob mixing .swift and .mm.
     const podspecPath = path.join(depRoot, 'react-native-foo.podspec');
@@ -1542,7 +1569,7 @@ describe('SCAFFOLDER_VERSION', () => {
   });
 
   it('is at the version the current emitter output requires', () => {
-    expect(SCAFFOLDER_VERSION).toBe(20);
+    expect(SCAFFOLDER_VERSION).toBe(21);
   });
 
   it('emitter writes the current version to the file', () => {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/spm/scaffold-package-swift.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/spm/scaffold-package-swift.js
index cf7e5879ce2d..87eea549364e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/spm/scaffold-package-swift.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/spm/scaffold-package-swift.js
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ const {log, warn} = makeLogger('scaffold-package-swift');
 // under NDEBUG). Bumped so existing scaffolds regenerate with the defines.
 // v20: the platform floor is the app's iOS deployment target in string form
 // (the `.v15` enum cannot express a dependency minimum like 16.4).
-const SCAFFOLDER_VERSION = 20;
+// v21: `resources:` is emitted before `publicHeadersPath:`, the argument order
+// `.target(...)` requires (the reverse order fails to resolve).
+const SCAFFOLDER_VERSION = 21;
 const SCAFFOLDER_VERSION_LINE_RE = /^\/\/ AUTO-SCAFFOLDED-VERSION: (\d+)$/m;
 
 const AUTOGEN_MARKER =
@@ -778,7 +780,7 @@ let package = Package(
 ${packageDepsBlock}    targets: [
         .target(
             name: "${spec.swiftName}",${targetDepsLine}
-            path: ".",${sourcesLine}${publicHeadersLine}${resourcesLine}
+            path: ".",${sourcesLine}${resourcesLine}${publicHeadersLine}
             cSettings: ${cSettings},
             cxxSettings: ${cxxSettings},
             linkerSettings: [${linkerEntries.join(', ')}]