diff --git a/core/res/res/values/colors_material.xml b/core/res/res/values/colors_material.xml
index a99ba152510e9..5b0dd308d05fb 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/colors_material.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/colors_material.xml
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@
     <item name="secondary_content_alpha_material_dark" format="float" type="dimen">.7</item>
     <item name="secondary_content_alpha_material_light" format="float" type="dimen">0.60</item>
 
-    <item name="highlight_alpha_material_light" format="float" type="dimen">0.5</item>
-    <item name="highlight_alpha_material_dark" format="float" type="dimen">0.5</item>
-    <item name="highlight_alpha_material_colored" format="float" type="dimen">0.10</item>
+    <item name="highlight_alpha_material_light" format="float" type="dimen">0.20</item>
+    <item name="highlight_alpha_material_dark" format="float" type="dimen">0.20</item>
+    <item name="highlight_alpha_material_colored" format="float" type="dimen">0.20</item>
 
     <!-- Primary & accent colors -->
     <eat-comment />
diff --git a/graphics/java/android/graphics/drawable/RippleDrawable.java b/graphics/java/android/graphics/drawable/RippleDrawable.java
index 4d0a05811dbf6..641a2ae7b2c32 100644
--- a/graphics/java/android/graphics/drawable/RippleDrawable.java
+++ b/graphics/java/android/graphics/drawable/RippleDrawable.java
@@ -1013,7 +1013,8 @@ public class RippleDrawable extends LayerDrawable {
         }
         p.setShader(shader);
         p.setColorFilter(null);
-        p.setColor(color);
+        // Alpha is handled by the shader (and color is a no-op because there's a shader)
+        p.setColor(0xFF000000);
         return properties;
     }