diff --git a/ggml/include/ggml.h b/ggml/include/ggml.h
index 15602a96df7ad..1d2a354024675 100644
--- a/ggml/include/ggml.h
+++ b/ggml/include/ggml.h
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@
 #define GGML_EXIT_SUCCESS 0
 #define GGML_EXIT_ABORTED 1
 
+#define GGML_ROPE_TYPE_NEOX 2
+
 #define GGUF_MAGIC "GGUF"
 
 #define GGUF_VERSION 3
@@ -1453,8 +1455,8 @@ extern "C" {
             struct ggml_tensor  * b);
 
     // rotary position embedding
-    // if mode & 1 == 1, skip n_past elements (NOT SUPPORTED)
-    // if mode & 2 == 1, GPT-NeoX style
+    // if (mode & 1) - skip n_past elements (NOT SUPPORTED)
+    // if (mode & GGML_ROPE_TYPE_NEOX) - GPT-NeoX style
     //
     // b is an int32 vector with size a->ne[2], it contains the positions
     GGML_API struct ggml_tensor * ggml_rope(
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cann/aclnn_ops.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-cann/aclnn_ops.cpp
index 8c4132f5bb7ad..a4ec8418e2ab3 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cann/aclnn_ops.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cann/aclnn_ops.cpp
@@ -2881,7 +2881,7 @@ void ggml_cann_rope(ggml_backend_cann_context& ctx, ggml_tensor* dst) {
     ggml_rope_yarn_corr_dims(n_dims, n_ctx_orig, freq_base, beta_fast,
                              beta_slow, corr_dims);
 
-    const bool is_neox = mode & 2;
+    const bool is_neox = mode & GGML_ROPE_TYPE_NEOX;
 
     // init cos/sin cache
     ggml_cann_pool_alloc sin_allocator(
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/rope.cu b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/rope.cu
index 99ec1dd98ca9c..88f586d689cfd 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/rope.cu
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/rope.cu
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ void ggml_cuda_op_rope(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx, ggml_tensor * dst) {
     memcpy(&beta_fast,   (int32_t *) dst->op_params +  9, sizeof(float));
     memcpy(&beta_slow,   (int32_t *) dst->op_params + 10, sizeof(float));
 
-    const bool is_neox = mode & 2;
+    const bool is_neox = mode & GGML_ROPE_TYPE_NEOX;
 
     const int32_t * pos = (const int32_t *) src1_d;
 
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal.m b/ggml/src/ggml-metal.m
index aad189430ab0b..995f1934bc73b 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal.m
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal.m
@@ -2313,7 +2313,7 @@ static enum ggml_status ggml_metal_graph_compute(
                         memcpy(&beta_fast,   (int32_t *) dst->op_params +  9, sizeof(float));
                         memcpy(&beta_slow,   (int32_t *) dst->op_params + 10, sizeof(float));
 
-                        const bool is_neox = mode & 2;
+                        const bool is_neox = mode & GGML_ROPE_TYPE_NEOX;
 
                         id<MTLComputePipelineState> pipeline = nil;
 
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/rope.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/rope.cpp
index c7545bcc1a8a9..1f06f78fa3d91 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/rope.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/rope.cpp
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ void ggml_sycl_op_rope(
     memcpy(&beta_fast,   (int32_t *) dst->op_params +  9, sizeof(float));
     memcpy(&beta_slow,   (int32_t *) dst->op_params + 10, sizeof(float));
 
-    const bool is_neox = mode & 2;
+    const bool is_neox = mode & GGML_ROPE_TYPE_NEOX;
 
     const int32_t * pos = (const int32_t *) src1_dd;
 
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan.cpp
index 86732837254f0..c0504e43429be 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan.cpp
@@ -4053,7 +4053,7 @@ static vk_pipeline ggml_vk_op_get_pipeline(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, const
     case GGML_OP_ROPE:
         {
             const int mode = ((const int32_t *) dst->op_params)[2];
-            const bool is_neox = mode & 2;
+            const bool is_neox = mode & GGML_ROPE_TYPE_NEOX;
 
             if (is_neox) {
                 if (src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F32 && dst->type == GGML_TYPE_F32) {
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml.c b/ggml/src/ggml.c
index c9b0e81684903..88e4fb7325dd9 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml.c
@@ -14094,7 +14094,7 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_rope_f32(
     float corr_dims[2];
     ggml_rope_yarn_corr_dims(n_dims, n_ctx_orig, freq_base, beta_fast, beta_slow, corr_dims);
 
-    const bool is_neox = mode & 2;
+    const bool is_neox = mode & GGML_ROPE_TYPE_NEOX;
 
     const float * freq_factors = NULL;
     if (src2 != NULL) {
@@ -14219,7 +14219,7 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_rope_f16(
     float corr_dims[2];
     ggml_rope_yarn_corr_dims(n_dims, n_ctx_orig, freq_base, beta_fast, beta_slow, corr_dims);
 
-    const bool is_neox = mode & 2;
+    const bool is_neox = mode & GGML_ROPE_TYPE_NEOX;
 
     const float * freq_factors = NULL;
     if (src2 != NULL) {
diff --git a/ggml/src/kompute-shaders/op_rope_f16.comp b/ggml/src/kompute-shaders/op_rope_f16.comp
index 1a4058b3f1f10..0ecfb2eab527c 100644
--- a/ggml/src/kompute-shaders/op_rope_f16.comp
+++ b/ggml/src/kompute-shaders/op_rope_f16.comp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ void main() {
     const uint i2 = gl_WorkGroupID.y;
     const uint i1 = gl_WorkGroupID.x;
 
-    const bool is_neox = (pcs.mode & 2) != 0;
+    const bool is_neox = (pcs.mode & GGML_ROPE_TYPE_NEOX) != 0;
 
     float corr_dims[2];
     rope_yarn_corr_dims(pcs.n_dims, pcs.n_ctx_orig, pcs.freq_base, pcs.beta_fast, pcs.beta_slow, corr_dims);
diff --git a/ggml/src/kompute-shaders/op_rope_f32.comp b/ggml/src/kompute-shaders/op_rope_f32.comp
index 65e03827a2660..cec0fd9a5d10c 100644
--- a/ggml/src/kompute-shaders/op_rope_f32.comp
+++ b/ggml/src/kompute-shaders/op_rope_f32.comp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ void main() {
     const uint i2 = gl_WorkGroupID.y;
     const uint i1 = gl_WorkGroupID.x;
 
-    const bool is_neox = (pcs.mode & 2) != 0;
+    const bool is_neox = (pcs.mode & GGML_ROPE_TYPE_NEOX) != 0;
 
     float corr_dims[2];
     rope_yarn_corr_dims(pcs.n_dims, pcs.n_ctx_orig, pcs.freq_base, pcs.beta_fast, pcs.beta_slow, corr_dims);
diff --git a/ggml/src/kompute-shaders/rope_common.comp b/ggml/src/kompute-shaders/rope_common.comp
index 7b9394cb2fffc..df4702896d46f 100644
--- a/ggml/src/kompute-shaders/rope_common.comp
+++ b/ggml/src/kompute-shaders/rope_common.comp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "common.comp"
 
+#define GGML_ROPE_TYPE_NEOX 2
+
 // TODO: use a local size of 32 or more (Metal uses 1024)
 layout(local_size_x = 1) in;
 
diff --git a/include/llama.h b/include/llama.h
index ce07f4fac8f10..3c28cf0b509fb 100644
--- a/include/llama.h
+++ b/include/llama.h
@@ -95,13 +95,10 @@ extern "C" {
         LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_CODESHELL      = 22,
     };
 
-    // note: these values should be synchronized with ggml_rope
-    // TODO: maybe move this enum to ggml.h (ggml_rope_type)
     enum llama_rope_type {
         LLAMA_ROPE_TYPE_NONE = -1,
-        LLAMA_ROPE_TYPE_NORM =  0,
-        LLAMA_ROPE_TYPE_NEOX =  2,
-        LLAMA_ROPE_TYPE_GLM  =  4,
+        LLAMA_ROPE_TYPE_NORM = 0,
+        LLAMA_ROPE_TYPE_NEOX = GGML_ROPE_TYPE_NEOX,
     };
 
     enum llama_token_type { //TODO: remove, required until per token attributes are available from GGUF file