diff --git a/assets/voxygen/shaders/rope-frag.glsl b/assets/voxygen/shaders/rope-frag.glsl
index 65779f060d..70acd9950d 100644
--- a/assets/voxygen/shaders/rope-frag.glsl
+++ b/assets/voxygen/shaders/rope-frag.glsl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#version 430 core
+#version 440 core
 
 #define FIGURE_SHADER
 
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ layout (std140, set = 2, binding = 0)
 uniform u_locals {
     vec4 pos_a;
     vec4 pos_b;
+    float rope_length;
 };
 
 layout(location = 0) out vec4 tgt_color;
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/shaders/rope-vert.glsl b/assets/voxygen/shaders/rope-vert.glsl
index 01859636fe..dd22570562 100644
--- a/assets/voxygen/shaders/rope-vert.glsl
+++ b/assets/voxygen/shaders/rope-vert.glsl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#version 430 core
+#version 440 core
 
 #include <constants.glsl>
 
diff --git a/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/rope.rs b/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/rope.rs
index d8081ab4ca..c01602fd48 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/rope.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/rope.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ pub struct Locals {
     pos_a: [f32; 4],
     pos_b: [f32; 4],
     rope_length: f32,
+    _padding: [f32; 3],
 }
 
 impl Locals {
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ impl Locals {
             pos_a: pos_a.with_w(0.0).into_array(),
             pos_b: pos_b.with_w(0.0).into_array(),
             rope_length,
+            _padding: [0.0; 3],
         }
     }
 }