diff --git a/manimlib/mobject/mobject.py b/manimlib/mobject/mobject.py
index cf35b3b3..bad88b34 100644
--- a/manimlib/mobject/mobject.py
+++ b/manimlib/mobject/mobject.py
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ class Mobject(object):
         self.bounding_box: Vect3Array = np.zeros((3, 3))
         self._shaders_initialized: bool = False
         self._data_has_changed: bool = True
+        self.shader_code_replacements: dict[str, str] = dict()
 
         self.init_data()
         self._data_defaults = np.ones(1, dtype=self.data.dtype)
@@ -1895,12 +1896,12 @@ class Mobject(object):
 
     # Shader code manipulation
 
+    @affects_data
     def replace_shader_code(self, old: str, new: str) -> Self:
-        # TODO, will this work with VMobject structure, given
-        # that it does not simpler return shader_wrappers of
-        # family?
-        for wrapper in self.get_shader_wrapper_list():
-            wrapper.replace_code(old, new)
+        self.shader_code_replacements[old] = new
+        self._shaders_initialized = False
+        for mob in self.get_ancestors():
+            mob._shaders_initialized = False
         return self
 
     def set_color_by_code(self, glsl_code: str) -> Self:
@@ -1969,6 +1970,8 @@ class Mobject(object):
         self.shader_wrapper.vert_indices = self.get_shader_vert_indices()
         self.shader_wrapper.bind_to_mobject_uniforms(self.get_uniforms())
         self.shader_wrapper.depth_test = self.depth_test
+        for old, new in self.shader_code_replacements.items():
+            self.shader_wrapper.replace_code(old, new)
         return self.shader_wrapper
 
     def get_shader_wrapper_list(self, ctx: Context) -> list[ShaderWrapper]:
diff --git a/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py b/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py
index ce4eae34..9b27ddb9 100644
--- a/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py
+++ b/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py
@@ -1292,6 +1292,10 @@ class VMobject(Mobject):
             self.fill_shader_wrapper,
             self.stroke_shader_wrapper,
         ]
+        for sw in self.shader_wrappers:
+            rep = self.family_members_with_points()[0]
+            for old, new in rep.shader_code_replacements.items():
+                sw.replace_code(old, new)
 
     def refresh_shader_wrapper_id(self) -> Self:
         if not self._shaders_initialized:
@@ -1355,8 +1359,9 @@ class VMobject(Mobject):
             self.stroke_shader_wrapper.read_in(stroke_datas),
         ]
         for sw in shader_wrappers:
-            sw.bind_to_mobject_uniforms(family[0].get_uniforms())
-            sw.depth_test = family[0].depth_test
+            rep = family[0]  # Representative family member
+            sw.bind_to_mobject_uniforms(rep.get_uniforms())
+            sw.depth_test = rep.depth_test
         return [sw for sw in shader_wrappers if len(sw.vert_data) > 0]