diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.core/CHANGELOG.md b/com.unity.render-pipelines.core/CHANGELOG.md
index 883cb12e181..8aa9d857007 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 - Fixed normal bias field of reference volume being wrong until the profile UI was displayed.
 - Fixed L2 for Probe Volumes.
 - Fixed assertion on compression of L1 coefficients for Probe Volume.
+- Explicit half precision not working even when Unified Shader Precision Model is enabled.
 - Fixed ACES filter artefact due to half float error on some mobile platforms.
 - Fixed issue displaying a warning of different probe reference volume profiles even when they are equivalent.
 - Fixed missing increment/decrement controls from DebugUIIntField & DebugUIUIntField widget prefabs.
diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.core/ShaderLibrary/Common.hlsl b/com.unity.render-pipelines.core/ShaderLibrary/Common.hlsl
index e15a1cd02ff..88af65a9f1f 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.core/ShaderLibrary/Common.hlsl
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.core/ShaderLibrary/Common.hlsl
@@ -87,6 +87,20 @@
 #define REAL_IS_HALF 0
 #endif // Do we have half?
 
+#if REAL_IS_HALF || (defined(UNITY_UNIFIED_SHADER_PRECISION_MODEL) && (defined(UNITY_COMPILER_HLSL) || defined(UNITY_COMPILER_DXC)))
+#define half min16float
+#define half2 min16float2
+#define half3 min16float3
+#define half4 min16float4
+#define half2x2 min16float2x2
+#define half2x3 min16float2x3
+#define half3x2 min16float3x2
+#define half3x3 min16float3x3
+#define half3x4 min16float3x4
+#define half4x3 min16float4x3
+#define half4x4 min16float4x4
+#endif
+
 #if REAL_IS_HALF
 #define real half
 #define real2 half2
@@ -102,19 +116,6 @@
 #define real4x3 half4x3
 #define real4x4 half4x4
 
-#define half min16float
-#define half2 min16float2
-#define half3 min16float3
-#define half4 min16float4
-
-#define half2x2 min16float2x2
-#define half2x3 min16float2x3
-#define half3x2 min16float3x2
-#define half3x3 min16float3x3
-#define half3x4 min16float3x4
-#define half4x3 min16float4x3
-#define half4x4 min16float4x4
-
 #define REAL_MIN HALF_MIN
 #define REAL_MAX HALF_MAX
 #define REAL_EPS HALF_EPS