diff --git a/.changes/change-default-export-option-debugging.md b/.changes/change-default-export-option-debugging.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5263d79c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/change-default-export-option-debugging.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"tauri-cli": patch:changes
+"@tauri-apps/cli": patch:changes
+---
+
+Change iOS template default export method from deprecated `development` to `debugging`.
diff --git a/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/ios/ExportOptions.plist b/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/ios/ExportOptions.plist
index b69cf1de8..0428a171b 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/ios/ExportOptions.plist
+++ b/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/ios/ExportOptions.plist
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 <plist version="1.0">
 <dict>
     <key>method</key>
-    <string>development</string>
+    <string>debugging</string>
 </dict>
 </plist>