diff --git a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/common/constants.ts b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/common/constants.ts
index e381f31b19..b596e825af 100644
--- a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/common/constants.ts
+++ b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/common/constants.ts
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ export const targetPlatformToVersion: Map<string, string> = new Map<string, stri
 	[SqlTargetPlatform.sqlServer2016, '130'],
 	[SqlTargetPlatform.sqlServer2017, '140'],
 	[SqlTargetPlatform.sqlServer2019, '150'],
+	[SqlTargetPlatform.sqlServer2022, '160'],
 	[SqlTargetPlatform.sqlAzure, 'AzureV12'],
 	[SqlTargetPlatform.sqlDW, 'Dw']
 ]);
@@ -583,7 +584,7 @@ export const targetPlatformToVersion: Map<string, string> = new Map<string, stri
 // DW is special since the system dacpac folder has a different name from the target platform
 export const AzureDwFolder = 'AzureDw';
 
-export const defaultTargetPlatform = SqlTargetPlatform.sqlServer2019;
+export const defaultTargetPlatform = SqlTargetPlatform.sqlServer2019; // TODO: update to 2022 when it's GA
 export const defaultDSP = targetPlatformToVersion.get(defaultTargetPlatform)!;
 
 /**
diff --git a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/sqldbproj.d.ts b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/sqldbproj.d.ts
index 993e1bbe46..689ef26c52 100644
--- a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/sqldbproj.d.ts
+++ b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/sqldbproj.d.ts
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ declare module 'sqldbproj' {
 		sqlServer2016 = 'SQL Server 2016',
 		sqlServer2017 = 'SQL Server 2017',
 		sqlServer2019 = 'SQL Server 2019',
+		sqlServer2022 = 'SQL Server 2022',
 		sqlAzure = 'Azure SQL Database',
 		sqlDW = 'Azure Synapse Dedicated SQL Pool',
 		sqlEdge = 'Azure SQL Edge'