diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk-ng/ui/1.2/surface.blp b/src/apprt/gtk-ng/ui/1.2/surface.blp
index ab34cadac..e671a0d82 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk-ng/ui/1.2/surface.blp
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk-ng/ui/1.2/surface.blp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ template $GhosttySurface: Adw.Bin {
         focus-on-click: true;
         has-stencil-buffer: false;
         has-depth-buffer: false;
-        use-es: false;
+        allowed-apis: gl;
       }
 
       PopoverMenu context_menu {