diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKMemAlloc.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKMemAlloc.cpp
index 92c59a0773..d90fb7936c 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKMemAlloc.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKMemAlloc.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #define VMA_IMPLEMENTATION
+#define VMA_VULKAN_VERSION 1000000
 
 #include "util/atomic.hpp"
 #include "Utilities/mutex.h"
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/memory.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/memory.cpp
index 3bce6c3550..c1018389e7 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/memory.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/memory.cpp
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ namespace vk
 		allocatorInfo.physicalDevice = pdev;
 		allocatorInfo.device = dev;
 		allocatorInfo.instance = inst;
+		allocatorInfo.vulkanApiVersion = VK_API_VERSION_1_0;
 
 		std::vector<VkDeviceSize> heap_limits;
 		const auto vram_allocation_limit = g_cfg.video.vk.vram_allocation_limit * 0x100000ull;
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/memory.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/memory.h
index 7a8ee99934..0b4186666d 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/memory.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/memory.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #pragma clang diagnostic push
 #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wnullability-completeness"
 #endif
+#define VMA_VULKAN_VERSION 1000000
 #include "3rdparty/GPUOpen/VulkanMemoryAllocator/include/vk_mem_alloc.h"
 #ifdef __clang__
 #pragma clang diagnostic pop