diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/EnhancedPBR_Shadowmap_WithPS.shader b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/EnhancedPBR_Shadowmap_WithPS.shader
index 09d793e822..a2568e85ac 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/EnhancedPBR_Shadowmap_WithPS.shader
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/EnhancedPBR_Shadowmap_WithPS.shader
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@
 
     "DrawList" : "shadow",
 
+    // Note that lights now expose their own bias controls.
+    // It may be worth increasing their default values in the future and reducing the depthBias values encoded here.
+    "RasterState" :
+    {
+        "depthBias" : "10",
+        "depthBiasSlopeScale" : "4"        
+    },
+
     "ProgramSettings":
     {
       "EntryPoints":
diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/StandardMultilayerPBR_Shadowmap_WithPS.shader b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/StandardMultilayerPBR_Shadowmap_WithPS.shader
index eb0d6dc40c..59c0b72d28 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/StandardMultilayerPBR_Shadowmap_WithPS.shader
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/StandardMultilayerPBR_Shadowmap_WithPS.shader
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@
 
     "DrawList" : "shadow",
 
+    // Note that lights now expose their own bias controls.
+    // It may be worth increasing their default values in the future and reducing the depthBias values encoded here.
+    "RasterState" :
+    {
+        "depthBias" : "10",
+        "depthBiasSlopeScale" : "4"        
+    },
+
     "ProgramSettings":
     {
       "EntryPoints":
diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/StandardPBR_Shadowmap_WithPS.shader b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/StandardPBR_Shadowmap_WithPS.shader
index b9074dae4b..c73af2c1ed 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/StandardPBR_Shadowmap_WithPS.shader
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Materials/Types/StandardPBR_Shadowmap_WithPS.shader
@@ -6,7 +6,15 @@
     },
 
     "DrawList" : "shadow",
-
+    
+    // Note that lights now expose their own bias controls.
+    // It may be worth increasing their default values in the future and reducing the depthBias values encoded here.
+    "RasterState" :
+    {
+        "depthBias" : "10",
+        "depthBiasSlopeScale" : "4"        
+    },
+    
     "ProgramSettings":
     {
       "EntryPoints":
diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Shaders/Shadow/Shadowmap.shader b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Shaders/Shadow/Shadowmap.shader
index d56f40ccdb..5fc7917b40 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Shaders/Shadow/Shadowmap.shader
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Shaders/Shadow/Shadowmap.shader
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
     "DrawList" : "shadow",
 
+    // Note that lights now expose their own bias controls.
+    // It may be worth increasing their default values in the future and reducing the depthBias values encoded here.
     "RasterState" :
     {
         "depthBias" : "10",
diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Shaders/Shadow/ShadowmapSkin.shader b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Shaders/Shadow/ShadowmapSkin.shader
index 40379d9193..c5c11d0b2b 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Shaders/Shadow/ShadowmapSkin.shader
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Shaders/Shadow/ShadowmapSkin.shader
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
     "DrawList" : "shadow",
 
+    // Note that lights now expose their own bias controls.
+    // It may be worth increasing their default values in the future and reducing the depthBias values encoded here.
     "RasterState" :
     {
         "depthBias" : "10",