diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index c09464b..d29aa18 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -262,6 +262,12 @@ TextureView Application::GetNextSurfaceTextureView() {
 	viewDescriptor.aspect = TextureAspect::All;
 	TextureView targetView = texture.createView(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)
+	Texture(surfaceTexture.texture).release();
+#endif // WEBGPU_BACKEND_WGPU
+
 	return targetView;
 }