diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/EnhancedPBR.materialtype b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/EnhancedPBR.materialtype
index 77caf42834..f1d8952bb2 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/EnhancedPBR.materialtype
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/EnhancedPBR.materialtype
@@ -1254,9 +1254,9 @@
                     "displayName": "    Distance Attenuation",
                     "description": "Attenuation applied to hide artifacts due to low-res shadow maps (e.g. objects far to the camera when using directional lights or objects far to the light when using sphere/disk lights",
                     "type": "float",
-                    "defaultValue": 4.0,
+                    "defaultValue": 0.5,
                     "min": 0.0,
-                    "softMax": 10.0,
+                    "softMax": 4.0,
                     "connection": {
                         "type": "ShaderInput",
                         "name": "m_distanceAttenuation"
diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/Skin.materialtype b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/Skin.materialtype
index d42f62d0ac..59d8be914e 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/Skin.materialtype
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/Skin.materialtype
@@ -668,9 +668,9 @@
                     "displayName": "    Distance Attenuation",
                     "description": "Attenuation applied to hide artifacts due to low-res shadow maps (e.g. objects far to the camera when using directional lights or objects far to the light when using sphere/disk lights",
                     "type": "float",
-                    "defaultValue": 4.0,
+                    "defaultValue": 0.5,
                     "min": 0.0,
-                    "softMax": 10.0,
+                    "softMax": 4.0,
                     "connection": {
                         "type": "ShaderInput",
                         "name": "m_distanceAttenuation"
diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/ShaderLib/Atom/Features/PBR/BackLighting.azsli b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/ShaderLib/Atom/Features/PBR/BackLighting.azsli
index 87dd42fd28..47ec914815 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/ShaderLib/Atom/Features/PBR/BackLighting.azsli
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/ShaderLib/Atom/Features/PBR/BackLighting.azsli
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ float3 GetBackLighting(Surface surface, LightingData lightingData, float3 lightI
                 // result = T(s) * lightIntensity * surface.albedo * E * transmissionParams.w;
                 
                 // Distance attenuation applied to hide artifacts due to low-res projected areas onto shadowmaps (might need some work in the future)
-                result *= 1.0 / pow(max(1.0, sqrt(attenuationDistance)), lightingData.distanceAttenuation + 1.0);
+                result /= max(1.0, attenuationDistance * attenuationDistance * lightingData.distanceAttenuation);
             }
             break;
     }