diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/conv2d_dw_output_tile.glsl b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/conv2d_dw_output_tile.glsl
index 21760eca0e..57ae98eb85 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/conv2d_dw_output_tile.glsl
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/conv2d_dw_output_tile.glsl
@@ -32,12 +32,14 @@ ${layout_declare_ubo(8, "float", "out_min", "float", "out_max")}
 
 layout(local_size_x_id = 0, local_size_y_id = 1, local_size_z_id = 2) in;
 
+#extension GL_EXT_shader_explicit_arithmetic_types_int16 : require
+
 /*
  * Computes a depthwise convolution. Each shader invocation calculates the
  * output at a single output location.
  */
 void main() {
-  const ivec3 pos = ivec3(gl_GlobalInvocationID);
+  const u16vec3 pos = u16vec3(gl_GlobalInvocationID);
 
   if (any(greaterThanEqual(pos, out_limits))) {
     return;
@@ -45,22 +47,22 @@ void main() {
 
   // Compute the index of the top-left element of the overlay region. Negative
   // indices indicate that the top-left element is in a region added by padding.
-  const ivec2 ipos = pos.xy * stride - padding;
+  const u16vec2 ipos = pos.xy * u16vec2(stride) - u16vec2(padding);
 
   // Compute the start and end of the input indices to load. Padding is assumed
   // to be constant 0 padding, so any reads from the padding region is skipped.
-  const ivec2 start = ipos;
-  const ivec2 end = ipos + overlay_region.xy;
+  const u16vec2 start = ipos;
+  const u16vec2 end = ipos + u16vec2(overlay_region.xy);
 
-  VEC4_T sum = texelFetch(t_bias, ivec2(pos.z, 0), 0);
-  int kx = 0;
-  for (int y = start.y, i = 0; i < TILE_SIZE; y += dilation.y, i++) {
-    for (int x = start.x, j = 0; j < TILE_SIZE; x += dilation.x, j++) {
+  VEC4_T sum = texelFetch(t_bias, u16vec2(pos.z, 0), 0);
+  uint16_t kx = uint16_t(0);
+  for (uint16_t y = start.y, i = uint16_t(0); i < uint16_t(TILE_SIZE); y += uint16_t(dilation.y), i++) {
+    for (uint16_t x = start.x, j = uint16_t(0); j < uint16_t(TILE_SIZE); x += uint16_t(dilation.x), j++) {
       // The weight kernel was rearranged such that every NxN filter is
       // flattened to fit in one row. Each filter was then stacked on top of
       // each other vertically.
-      const vec4 in_texel = texelFetch(t_in, ivec3(x, y, pos.z), 0);
-      sum = fma(in_texel, texelFetch(t_kernel, ivec2(kx, pos.z), 0), sum);
+      const vec4 in_texel = texelFetch(t_in, u16vec3(x, y, pos.z), 0);
+      sum = fma(in_texel, texelFetch(t_kernel, u16vec2(kx, pos.z), 0), sum);
       kx++;
     }
   }