diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 2b24923..b498b31 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -296,6 +296,12 @@ WGPUTextureView Application::GetNextSurfaceTextureView() {
 	viewDescriptor.aspect = WGPUTextureAspect_All;
 	WGPUTextureView targetView = wgpuTextureCreateView(surfaceTexture.texture, &viewDescriptor);
 
+#ifndef WEBGPU_BACKEND_WGPU
+	// We no longer need the texture, only its view
+	// (NB: with wgpu-native, surface textures must not be manually released)
+	wgpuTextureRelease(surfaceTexture.texture);
+#endif // WEBGPU_BACKEND_WGPU
+
 	return targetView;
 }