diff --git a/wgpu/Cargo.toml b/wgpu/Cargo.toml
index 9345d2d79a..81dd6da587 100644
--- a/wgpu/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wgpu/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ vulkan-portability = ["wgc/gfx-backend-vulkan"]
 package = "wgpu-core"
 version = "0.5"
 git = "https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu"
-rev = "7e8b51b4286bd9452567eb1a56edb8e9b7c7f684"
+rev = "096c57008f2907c07ddaa7d0ff02fae21a5e676b"
 features = ["raw-window-handle"]
 
 [dependencies.wgt]
 package = "wgpu-types"
 version = "0.5"
 git = "https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu"
-rev = "7e8b51b4286bd9452567eb1a56edb8e9b7c7f684"
+rev = "096c57008f2907c07ddaa7d0ff02fae21a5e676b"
 
 [dependencies]
 arrayvec = "0.5"
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 #Note: we may consider switching this to "dev-dependencies" if users
 # want to opt into X11 explicitly.
 [target.'cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "ios"), not(target_os = "macos")))'.dependencies]
-gfx-backend-vulkan = { version = "0.5", features = ["x11"] }
+gfx-backend-vulkan = { version = "0.6", features = ["x11"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 cgmath = "0.17"
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ ddsfile = "0.4.0"
 package = "wgpu-subscriber"
 version = "0.1"
 git = "https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu"
-rev = "7e8b51b4286bd9452567eb1a56edb8e9b7c7f684"
+rev = "096c57008f2907c07ddaa7d0ff02fae21a5e676b"
 
 [[example]]
 name="hello-compute"
diff --git a/wgpu/src/backend/direct.rs b/wgpu/src/backend/direct.rs
index 2b90528e5f..8ab21d75db 100644
--- a/wgpu/src/backend/direct.rs
+++ b/wgpu/src/backend/direct.rs
@@ -35,9 +35,12 @@ impl Context {
         let surface = wgc::instance::Surface {
             #[cfg(feature = "vulkan-portability")]
             vulkan: None, //TODO: create_surface_from_layer ?
-            metal: self.0.instance.metal.as_ref().map(|inst| {
-                inst.create_surface_from_layer(layer as *mut _, cfg!(debug_assertions))
-            }),
+            metal: self
+                .0
+                .instance
+                .metal
+                .as_ref()
+                .map(|inst| inst.create_surface_from_layer(std::mem::transmute(layer))),
         };
 
         let id = self.0.surfaces.process_id(PhantomData);