diff --git a/assets/shaders/game_of_life.wgsl b/assets/shaders/game_of_life.wgsl
index 22305b31971f5..d47b618a0cc7b 100644
--- a/assets/shaders/game_of_life.wgsl
+++ b/assets/shaders/game_of_life.wgsl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@group(0) @binding(0) var texture: texture_storage_2d<rgba8unorm, read_write>;
+@group(0) @binding(0) var texture: texture_storage_2d<r32float, read_write>;
 
 fn hash(value: u32) -> u32 {
     var state = value;
diff --git a/examples/shader/compute_shader_game_of_life.rs b/examples/shader/compute_shader_game_of_life.rs
index ebd00c3894d22..267bc05e71bd3 100644
--- a/examples/shader/compute_shader_game_of_life.rs
+++ b/examples/shader/compute_shader_game_of_life.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ fn setup(mut commands: Commands, mut images: ResMut<Assets<Image>>) {
         },
         TextureDimension::D2,
         &[0, 0, 0, 255],
-        TextureFormat::Rgba8Unorm,
+        TextureFormat::R32Float,
         RenderAssetUsages::RENDER_WORLD,
     );
     image.texture_descriptor.usage =
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ impl Plugin for GameOfLifeComputePlugin {
 
 #[derive(Resource, Clone, Deref, ExtractResource, AsBindGroup)]
 struct GameOfLifeImage {
-    #[storage_texture(0, image_format = Rgba8Unorm, access = ReadWrite)]
+    #[storage_texture(0, image_format = R32Float, access = ReadWrite)]
     texture: Handle<Image>,
 }