diff --git a/internal/graphicsdriver/opengl/context_desktop.go b/internal/graphicsdriver/opengl/context_desktop.go
index f2dbbdc92..d5854d6c6 100644
--- a/internal/graphicsdriver/opengl/context_desktop.go
+++ b/internal/graphicsdriver/opengl/context_desktop.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func (c *context) newTexture(width, height int) (textureNative, error) {
 		gl.TexParameteri(gl.TEXTURE_2D, gl.TEXTURE_WRAP_T, gl.CLAMP_TO_EDGE)
 		// If data is nil, this just allocates memory and the content is undefined.
 		// https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenGL-Refpages/gl4/html/glTexImage2D.xhtml
-		gl.TexImage2D(gl.TEXTURE_2D, 0, gl.RGBA, int32(width), int32(height), 0, gl.RGBA, gl.UNSIGNED_BYTE, nil)
+		gl.TexImage2D(gl.TEXTURE_2D, 0, gl.RGBA8, int32(width), int32(height), 0, gl.RGBA, gl.UNSIGNED_BYTE, nil)
 		return nil
 	})
 	return texture, nil
diff --git a/internal/graphicsdriver/opengl/context_js.go b/internal/graphicsdriver/opengl/context_js.go
index ddd13f3cc..993085649 100644
--- a/internal/graphicsdriver/opengl/context_js.go
+++ b/internal/graphicsdriver/opengl/context_js.go
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ func (c *context) newTexture(width, height int) (textureNative, error) {
 	// In Ebiten, textures are filled with pixels laster by the filter that ignores destination, so it is fine
 	// to leave textures as uninitialized here. Rather, extra memory allocating for initialization should be
 	// avoided.
+
+	// gl.RGBA8 is available as of WebGL 2.
 	gl.Call("texImage2D", texture2d, 0, rgba, width, height, 0, rgba, unsignedByte, nil)
 
 	return textureNative(t), nil
diff --git a/internal/graphicsdriver/opengl/context_mobile.go b/internal/graphicsdriver/opengl/context_mobile.go
index f514ef58d..4b472dd69 100644
--- a/internal/graphicsdriver/opengl/context_mobile.go
+++ b/internal/graphicsdriver/opengl/context_mobile.go
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func (c *context) newTexture(width, height int) (textureNative, error) {
 	gl.TexParameteri(mgl.TEXTURE_2D, mgl.TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, mgl.NEAREST)
 	gl.TexParameteri(mgl.TEXTURE_2D, mgl.TEXTURE_WRAP_S, mgl.CLAMP_TO_EDGE)
 	gl.TexParameteri(mgl.TEXTURE_2D, mgl.TEXTURE_WRAP_T, mgl.CLAMP_TO_EDGE)
-	gl.TexImage2D(mgl.TEXTURE_2D, 0, mgl.RGBA, width, height, mgl.RGBA, mgl.UNSIGNED_BYTE, nil)
+	gl.TexImage2D(mgl.TEXTURE_2D, 0, mgl.RGBA8, width, height, mgl.RGBA, mgl.UNSIGNED_BYTE, nil)
 
 	return textureNative(t), nil
 }