diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-expected-output-app.yml b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/expected-output-lockfile-v1.yml
similarity index 97%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-expected-output-app.yml
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/expected-output-lockfile-v1.yml
index 8ce635e09e03..9bc985411fac 100644
--- a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-expected-output-app.yml
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/expected-output-lockfile-v1.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 project:
-  id: "SwiftPM::src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-app/Package.resolved:<REPLACE_REVISION>"
+  id: "SwiftPM::src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/lockfile-v1/Package.resolved:<REPLACE_REVISION>"
   definition_file_path: "<REPLACE_DEFINITION_FILE_PATH>"
   declared_licenses: []
   declared_licenses_processed: {}
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-expected-output-lib-no-lockfile.yml b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/expected-output-project-without-lockfile.yml
similarity index 71%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-expected-output-lib-no-lockfile.yml
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/expected-output-project-without-lockfile.yml
index 48a2167c20de..5860b95e0b7b 100644
--- a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-expected-output-lib-no-lockfile.yml
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/expected-output-project-without-lockfile.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 project:
-  id: "SwiftPM::src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile/Package.swift:"
-  definition_file_path: "plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile/Package.swift"
+  id: "SwiftPM::src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile/Package.swift:"
+  definition_file_path: "plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile/Package.swift"
   declared_licenses: []
   declared_licenses_processed: {}
   vcs:
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ packages: []
 issues:
 - timestamp: "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z"
   source: "SwiftPM"
-  message: "SwiftPM failed to resolve dependencies for path 'src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile/Package.swift':\
-    \ IllegalArgumentException: No lockfile found in 'src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile'.\
+  message: "SwiftPM failed to resolve dependencies for path 'src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile/Package.swift':\
+    \ IllegalArgumentException: No lockfile found in 'src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile'.\
     \ This potentially results in unstable versions of dependencies. To support this,\
     \ enable the 'allowDynamicVersions' option in 'config.yml'."
   severity: "ERROR"
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-expected-output-lib.yml b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/expected-output-project.yml
similarity index 99%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-expected-output-lib.yml
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/expected-output-project.yml
index ce4cac326d85..ea950226be87 100644
--- a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-expected-output-lib.yml
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/expected-output-project.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 project:
-  id: "SwiftPM::src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/Package.swift:<REPLACE_REVISION>"
+  id: "SwiftPM::src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/Package.swift:<REPLACE_REVISION>"
   definition_file_path: "<REPLACE_DEFINITION_FILE_PATH>"
   declared_licenses: []
   declared_licenses_processed: {}
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-app/.gitignore b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/lockfile-v1/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-app/.gitignore
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/lockfile-v1/.gitignore
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-app/Package.resolved b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/lockfile-v1/Package.resolved
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-app/Package.resolved
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/lockfile-v1/Package.resolved
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/.gitignore b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/.gitignore
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/.gitignore
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/Package.resolved b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/Package.resolved
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/Package.resolved
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/Package.resolved
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile/Package.swift b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/Package.swift
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile/Package.swift
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/Package.swift
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile/Sources/CBase32/main.swift b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/Sources/CBase32/main.swift
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile/Sources/CBase32/main.swift
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/Sources/CBase32/main.swift
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile/Sources/CBcrypt/main.swift b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/Sources/CBcrypt/main.swift
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile/Sources/CBcrypt/main.swift
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/Sources/CBcrypt/main.swift
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile/Sources/COperatingSystem/main.swift b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/Sources/COperatingSystem/main.swift
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile/Sources/COperatingSystem/main.swift
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/Sources/COperatingSystem/main.swift
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile/Sources/CURLParser/main.swift b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/Sources/CURLParser/main.swift
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile/Sources/CURLParser/main.swift
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/Sources/CURLParser/main.swift
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile/Sources/Development/main.swift b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/Sources/Development/main.swift
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile/Sources/Development/main.swift
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/Sources/Development/main.swift
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile/Sources/Vapor/main.swift b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/Sources/Vapor/main.swift
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile/Sources/Vapor/main.swift
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/Sources/Vapor/main.swift
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile/Sources/XCTVapor/main.swift b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/Sources/XCTVapor/main.swift
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile/Sources/XCTVapor/main.swift
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/Sources/XCTVapor/main.swift
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile/Tests/AsyncTests/README.md b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/Tests/AsyncTests/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile/Tests/AsyncTests/README.md
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/Tests/AsyncTests/README.md
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile/Tests/VaporTests/README.md b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/Tests/VaporTests/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile/Tests/VaporTests/README.md
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/Tests/VaporTests/README.md
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/Package.swift b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile/Package.swift
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/Package.swift
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile/Package.swift
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/Sources/CBase32/main.swift b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile/Sources/CBase32/main.swift
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/Sources/CBase32/main.swift
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile/Sources/CBase32/main.swift
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/Sources/CBcrypt/main.swift b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile/Sources/CBcrypt/main.swift
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/Sources/CBcrypt/main.swift
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile/Sources/CBcrypt/main.swift
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/Sources/COperatingSystem/main.swift b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile/Sources/COperatingSystem/main.swift
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/Sources/COperatingSystem/main.swift
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile/Sources/COperatingSystem/main.swift
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/Sources/CURLParser/main.swift b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile/Sources/CURLParser/main.swift
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/Sources/CURLParser/main.swift
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile/Sources/CURLParser/main.swift
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/Sources/Development/main.swift b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile/Sources/Development/main.swift
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/Sources/Development/main.swift
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile/Sources/Development/main.swift
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/Sources/Vapor/main.swift b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile/Sources/Vapor/main.swift
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/Sources/Vapor/main.swift
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile/Sources/Vapor/main.swift
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/Sources/XCTVapor/main.swift b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile/Sources/XCTVapor/main.swift
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/Sources/XCTVapor/main.swift
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile/Sources/XCTVapor/main.swift
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/Tests/AsyncTests/README.md b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile/Tests/AsyncTests/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/Tests/AsyncTests/README.md
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile/Tests/AsyncTests/README.md
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/Tests/VaporTests/README.md b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile/Tests/VaporTests/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/spm-lib/Tests/VaporTests/README.md
rename to plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile/Tests/VaporTests/README.md
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/kotlin/SwiftPmFunTest.kt b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/kotlin/SwiftPmFunTest.kt
index f839aa9e6c77..76f958704ae7 100644
--- a/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/kotlin/SwiftPmFunTest.kt
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/swiftpm/src/funTest/kotlin/SwiftPmFunTest.kt
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.test.getAssetFile
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.test.matchExpectedResult
 
 class SwiftPmFunTest : WordSpec({
-    "Parsing 'Package.resolved' dependencies" should {
+    "Analyzing a lockfile with file format version 1" should {
         "return the correct result" {
-            val definitionFile = getAssetFile("projects/synthetic/spm-app/Package.resolved")
-            val expectedResultFile = getAssetFile("projects/synthetic/spm-expected-output-app.yml")
+            val definitionFile = getAssetFile("projects/synthetic/lockfile-v1/Package.resolved")
+            val expectedResultFile = getAssetFile("projects/synthetic/expected-output-lockfile-v1.yml")
 
             val result = create(PROJECT_TYPE).resolveSingleProject(definitionFile)
 
@@ -42,19 +42,23 @@ class SwiftPmFunTest : WordSpec({
         }
     }
 
-    "Parsing 'Package.swift' dependencies" should {
+    "Analyzing a definition file with a sibling lockfile" should {
         "return the correct result" {
-            val definitionFile = getAssetFile("projects/synthetic/spm-lib/Package.swift")
-            val expectedResultFile = getAssetFile("projects/synthetic/spm-expected-output-lib.yml")
+            val definitionFile = getAssetFile("projects/synthetic/project-with-lockfile/Package.swift")
+            val expectedResultFile = getAssetFile("projects/synthetic/expected-output-project.yml")
 
             val result = create(PROJECT_TYPE).resolveSingleProject(definitionFile, resolveScopes = true)
 
             result.toYaml() should matchExpectedResult(expectedResultFile, definitionFile)
         }
+    }
 
-        "show an error if 'allowDynamicVersions' is disabled" {
-            val definitionFile = getAssetFile("projects/synthetic/spm-lib-no-lockfile/Package.swift")
-            val expectedResultFile = getAssetFile("projects/synthetic/spm-expected-output-lib-no-lockfile.yml")
+    "Analyzing a definition file without a lockfile" should {
+        "return an issue if 'allowDynamicVersions' is disabled" {
+            val definitionFile = getAssetFile("projects/synthetic/project-without-lockfile/Package.swift")
+            val expectedResultFile = getAssetFile(
+                "projects/synthetic/expected-output-project-without-lockfile.yml"
+            )
 
             val result = create(PROJECT_TYPE, AnalyzerConfiguration(allowDynamicVersions = false))
                 .resolveSingleProject(definitionFile, resolveScopes = true)