diff --git a/drivers/vulkan/rendering_device_driver_vulkan.cpp b/drivers/vulkan/rendering_device_driver_vulkan.cpp
index ae6cddc987f..5917c41de86 100644
--- a/drivers/vulkan/rendering_device_driver_vulkan.cpp
+++ b/drivers/vulkan/rendering_device_driver_vulkan.cpp
@@ -3441,7 +3441,7 @@ Vector<uint8_t> RenderingDeviceDriverVulkan::shader_compile_binary_from_spirv(Ve
 
 	binary_data.shader_name_len = shader_name_utf.length();
 
-	uint32_t total_size = sizeof(uint32_t) * 3; // Header + version + main datasize;.
+	uint32_t total_size = sizeof(uint32_t) * 4; // Header + version + pad + main datasize;.
 	total_size += sizeof(ShaderBinary::Data);
 
 	total_size += STEPIFY(binary_data.shader_name_len, 4);
@@ -3470,6 +3470,8 @@ Vector<uint8_t> RenderingDeviceDriverVulkan::shader_compile_binary_from_spirv(Ve
 		offset += sizeof(uint32_t);
 		encode_uint32(sizeof(ShaderBinary::Data), binptr + offset);
 		offset += sizeof(uint32_t);
+		encode_uint32(0, binptr + offset); // Pad to align ShaderBinary::Data to 8 bytes.
+		offset += sizeof(uint32_t);
 		memcpy(binptr + offset, &binary_data, sizeof(ShaderBinary::Data));
 		offset += sizeof(ShaderBinary::Data);
 
@@ -3528,7 +3530,7 @@ RDD::ShaderID RenderingDeviceDriverVulkan::shader_create_from_bytecode(const Vec
 	uint32_t read_offset = 0;
 
 	// Consistency check.
-	ERR_FAIL_COND_V(binsize < sizeof(uint32_t) * 3 + sizeof(ShaderBinary::Data), ShaderID());
+	ERR_FAIL_COND_V(binsize < sizeof(uint32_t) * 4 + sizeof(ShaderBinary::Data), ShaderID());
 	ERR_FAIL_COND_V(binptr[0] != 'G' || binptr[1] != 'S' || binptr[2] != 'B' || binptr[3] != 'D', ShaderID());
 
 	uint32_t bin_version = decode_uint32(binptr + 4);
@@ -3536,7 +3538,8 @@ RDD::ShaderID RenderingDeviceDriverVulkan::shader_create_from_bytecode(const Vec
 
 	uint32_t bin_data_size = decode_uint32(binptr + 8);
 
-	const ShaderBinary::Data &binary_data = *(reinterpret_cast<const ShaderBinary::Data *>(binptr + 12));
+	// 16, not 12, to skip alignment padding.
+	const ShaderBinary::Data &binary_data = *(reinterpret_cast<const ShaderBinary::Data *>(binptr + 16));
 
 	r_shader_desc.push_constant_size = binary_data.push_constant_size;
 	shader_info.vk_push_constant_stages = binary_data.vk_push_constant_stages_mask;
@@ -3549,7 +3552,7 @@ RDD::ShaderID RenderingDeviceDriverVulkan::shader_create_from_bytecode(const Vec
 	r_shader_desc.compute_local_size[1] = binary_data.compute_local_size[1];
 	r_shader_desc.compute_local_size[2] = binary_data.compute_local_size[2];
 
-	read_offset += sizeof(uint32_t) * 3 + bin_data_size;
+	read_offset += sizeof(uint32_t) * 4 + bin_data_size;
 
 	if (binary_data.shader_name_len) {
 		r_name.parse_utf8((const char *)(binptr + read_offset), binary_data.shader_name_len);
diff --git a/drivers/vulkan/rendering_device_driver_vulkan.h b/drivers/vulkan/rendering_device_driver_vulkan.h
index ba478483450..4eec7547f50 100644
--- a/drivers/vulkan/rendering_device_driver_vulkan.h
+++ b/drivers/vulkan/rendering_device_driver_vulkan.h
@@ -405,7 +405,8 @@ private:
 		// Version 2: Added shader name.
 		// Version 3: Added writable.
 		// Version 4: 64-bit vertex input mask.
-		static const uint32_t VERSION = 4;
+		// Version 5: Add 4 bytes padding to align the Data struct after the change in version 4.
+		static const uint32_t VERSION = 5;
 
 		struct DataBinding {
 			uint32_t type = 0;
diff --git a/servers/rendering/rendering_device_graph.cpp b/servers/rendering/rendering_device_graph.cpp
index 5b17657d9f7..6f17fde2534 100644
--- a/servers/rendering/rendering_device_graph.cpp
+++ b/servers/rendering/rendering_device_graph.cpp
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ int32_t RenderingDeviceGraph::_add_to_write_list(int32_t p_command_index, Rect2i
 
 RenderingDeviceGraph::RecordedCommand *RenderingDeviceGraph::_allocate_command(uint32_t p_command_size, int32_t &r_command_index) {
 	uint32_t command_data_offset = command_data.size();
+	command_data_offset = STEPIFY(command_data_offset, 8);
 	command_data_offsets.push_back(command_data_offset);
 	command_data.resize(command_data_offset + p_command_size);
 	r_command_index = command_count++;