diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/prepass/prepass.wgsl b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/prepass/prepass.wgsl
index f9b22fa15c9ee..48e607aa450ec 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/prepass/prepass.wgsl
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/prepass/prepass.wgsl
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ fn vertex(vertex_no_morph: Vertex) -> VertexOutput {
     // See https://github.com/gfx-rs/naga/issues/2416
     out.instance_index = get_instance_index(vertex_no_morph.instance_index);
 #endif
+#ifdef BASE_INSTANCE_WORKAROUND
+    // Hack: this ensures the push constant is always used, which works around this issue:
+    // https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/issues/10509
+    // This can be removed when wgpu 0.19 is released
+    out.position.x += min(f32(get_instance_index(0u)), 0.0);
+#endif
 
     return out;
 }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/mesh.wgsl b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/mesh.wgsl
index 029c05a6ed5f2..e2a8041433c34 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/mesh.wgsl
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/mesh.wgsl
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ fn vertex(vertex_no_morph: Vertex) -> VertexOutput {
     out.instance_index = get_instance_index(vertex_no_morph.instance_index);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef BASE_INSTANCE_WORKAROUND
+    // Hack: this ensures the push constant is always used, which works around this issue:
+    // https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/issues/10509
+    // This can be removed when wgpu 0.19 is released
+    out.position.x += min(f32(get_instance_index(0u)), 0.0);
+#endif
+
     return out;
 }