diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fd5d98fb17d9..a687f46327bf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5505,9 +5505,8 @@ checksum = "9193164d4de03a926d909d3bc7c30543cecb35400c02114792c2cae20d5e2dbb"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wgpu"
-version = "0.17.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7472f3b69449a8ae073f6ec41d05b6f846902d92a6c45313c50cb25857b736ce"
+version = "0.17.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ruffle-rs/wgpu?branch=backport-shader-unconsumed#c4b878785fefbbbd8ad190dfffd02e74c0723a74"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayvec",
  "cfg-if",
@@ -5530,9 +5529,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wgpu-core"
-version = "0.17.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ecf7454d9386f602f7399225c92dd2fbdcde52c519bc8fb0bd6fbeb388075dc2"
+version = "0.17.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ruffle-rs/wgpu?branch=backport-shader-unconsumed#c4b878785fefbbbd8ad190dfffd02e74c0723a74"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayvec",
  "bit-vec",
@@ -5555,9 +5553,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wgpu-hal"
-version = "0.17.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6654a13885a17f475e8324efb46dc6986d7aaaa98353330f8de2077b153d0101"
+version = "0.17.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ruffle-rs/wgpu?branch=backport-shader-unconsumed#c4b878785fefbbbd8ad190dfffd02e74c0723a74"
 dependencies = [
  "android_system_properties",
  "arrayvec",
@@ -5597,8 +5594,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "wgpu-types"
 version = "0.17.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ee64d7398d0c2f9ca48922c902ef69c42d000c759f3db41e355f4a570b052b67"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ruffle-rs/wgpu?branch=backport-shader-unconsumed#c4b878785fefbbbd8ad190dfffd02e74c0723a74"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.0",
  "js-sys",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7393f3405ab5..58690170efc1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -82,3 +82,10 @@ inherits = "release"
 
 [profile.web-wasm-extensions]
 inherits = "release"
+
+# FIXME - remove this when wgpu v0.18 is released
+[patch.crates-io]
+wgpu = { git = "https://github.com/ruffle-rs/wgpu", branch = "backport-shader-unconsumed" }
+
+[patch.'https://github.com/gfx-rs/naga']
+naga = { version = "0.13.0" }
diff --git a/render/wgpu/src/backend.rs b/render/wgpu/src/backend.rs
index eb45fa719914..6d4b01ad47f5 100644
--- a/render/wgpu/src/backend.rs
+++ b/render/wgpu/src/backend.rs
@@ -1104,6 +1104,13 @@ async fn request_device(
         features |= wgpu::Features::TEXTURE_ADAPTER_SPECIFIC_FORMAT_FEATURES;
     }
 
+    if adapter
+        .features()
+        .contains(wgpu::Features::SHADER_UNUSED_VERTEX_OUTPUT)
+    {
+        features |= wgpu::Features::SHADER_UNUSED_VERTEX_OUTPUT;
+    }
+
     adapter
         .request_device(
             &wgpu::DeviceDescriptor {