diff --git a/crates/bevy_asset/src/handle.rs b/crates/bevy_asset/src/handle.rs
index abd6e13a98b79..9d1a4665e0d6d 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_asset/src/handle.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_asset/src/handle.rs
@@ -152,9 +152,15 @@ impl<T: Asset> Handle<T> {
     }
 
     /// Recasts this handle as a weak handle of an Asset `U`.
-    pub fn as_weak<U: Asset>(&self) -> Handle<U> {
+    pub fn cast_weak<U: Asset>(&self) -> Handle<U> {
+        let id = if let HandleId::Id(_, id) = self.id {
+            HandleId::Id(U::TYPE_UUID, id)
+        } else {
+            self.id
+        };
+
         Handle {
-            id: self.id,
+            id,
             handle_type: HandleType::Weak,
             marker: PhantomData,
         }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_text/src/glyph_brush.rs b/crates/bevy_text/src/glyph_brush.rs
index ca7331901775d..34fb6aa357695 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_text/src/glyph_brush.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_text/src/glyph_brush.rs
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ impl GlyphBrush {
             let section_data = sections_data[sg.section_index];
             if let Some(outlined_glyph) = section_data.1.font.outline_glyph(glyph) {
                 let bounds = outlined_glyph.px_bounds();
-                let handle_font_atlas: Handle<FontAtlasSet> = section_data.0.as_weak();
+                let handle_font_atlas: Handle<FontAtlasSet> = section_data.0.cast_weak();
                 let font_atlas_set = font_atlas_set_storage
                     .get_or_insert_with(handle_font_atlas, FontAtlasSet::default);
 
diff --git a/examples/ui/font_atlas_debug.rs b/examples/ui/font_atlas_debug.rs
index 71e9808cdeb68..dc9c583ca6e8d 100644
--- a/examples/ui/font_atlas_debug.rs
+++ b/examples/ui/font_atlas_debug.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ fn atlas_render_system(
     font_atlas_sets: Res<Assets<FontAtlasSet>>,
     texture_atlases: Res<Assets<TextureAtlas>>,
 ) {
-    if let Some(set) = font_atlas_sets.get(&state.handle.as_weak::<FontAtlasSet>()) {
+    if let Some(set) = font_atlas_sets.get(&state.handle.cast_weak::<FontAtlasSet>()) {
         if let Some((_size, font_atlas)) = set.iter().next() {
             let x_offset = state.atlas_count as f32;
             if state.atlas_count == font_atlas.len() as u32 {