diff --git a/base/renderprogs/interactionSM.pixel b/base/renderprogs/interactionSM.pixel
index db40f3ac..17c9ec8b 100644
--- a/base/renderprogs/interactionSM.pixel
+++ b/base/renderprogs/interactionSM.pixel
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ void main( PS_IN fragment, out PS_OUT result )
 	float bias = 0.001;
 	
 	shadowTexcoord.xyz /= shadowTexcoord.w;
-	//shadowTexcoord.z = shadowTexcoord.z * 0.9991;
-	shadowTexcoord.z = shadowTexcoord.z - bias;
+	shadowTexcoord.z = shadowTexcoord.z * 0.9995;
+	//shadowTexcoord.z = shadowTexcoord.z - bias;
 	shadowTexcoord.w = float(shadowIndex);
 
 #if 0
diff --git a/neo/renderer/RenderProgs_embedded.h b/neo/renderer/RenderProgs_embedded.h
index e690693d..579d41ea 100644
--- a/neo/renderer/RenderProgs_embedded.h
+++ b/neo/renderer/RenderProgs_embedded.h
@@ -4389,8 +4389,8 @@ static const cgShaderDef_t cg_renderprogs[] =
 		"	float bias = 0.001;\n"
 		"	\n"
 		"	shadowTexcoord.xyz /= shadowTexcoord.w;\n"
-		"	//shadowTexcoord.z = shadowTexcoord.z * 0.9991;\n"
-		"	shadowTexcoord.z = shadowTexcoord.z - bias;\n"
+		"	shadowTexcoord.z = shadowTexcoord.z * 0.9995;\n"
+		"	//shadowTexcoord.z = shadowTexcoord.z - bias;\n"
 		"	shadowTexcoord.w = float(shadowIndex);\n"
 		"\n"
 		"#if 0\n"