diff --git a/Docs/Whats_New.md b/Docs/Whats_New.md
index f13de5a..b34e5a7 100644
--- a/Docs/Whats_New.md
+++ b/Docs/Whats_New.md
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 
 
 
-MoltenVK 1.0.45
----------------
+MoltenVK 1.1.0
+--------------
 
-Released TBD
+Released 2020/09/28
 
 - Add support for Vulkan 1.1, including:
 	- The `vkEnumerateInstanceVersion()` function
diff --git a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/API/vk_mvk_moltenvk.h b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/API/vk_mvk_moltenvk.h
index 2c4eb20..309097a 100644
--- a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/API/vk_mvk_moltenvk.h
+++ b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/API/vk_mvk_moltenvk.h
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@
  *   - 401215    (version 4.12.15)
  */
 #define MVK_VERSION_MAJOR   1
-#define MVK_VERSION_MINOR   0
-#define MVK_VERSION_PATCH   45
+#define MVK_VERSION_MINOR   1
+#define MVK_VERSION_PATCH   0
 
 #define MVK_MAKE_VERSION(major, minor, patch)    (((major) * 10000) + ((minor) * 100) + (patch))
 #define MVK_VERSION     MVK_MAKE_VERSION(MVK_VERSION_MAJOR, MVK_VERSION_MINOR, MVK_VERSION_PATCH)
diff --git a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKInstance.mm b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKInstance.mm
index 0d13f56..e8d42d6 100644
--- a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKInstance.mm
+++ b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKInstance.mm
@@ -349,18 +349,6 @@
 												  getDriverLayer()->getSupportedInstanceExtensions()));
 	logVersions();	// Log the MoltenVK and Vulkan versions
 
-	// If we only support Vulkan 1.0, we must report an error if a larger Vulkan version is requested.
-	// If we support Vulkan 1.1 or better, per spec, we never report an error.
-	if ((MVK_VULKAN_API_VERSION_CONFORM(MVK_VULKAN_API_VERSION) <
-		 MVK_VULKAN_API_VERSION_CONFORM(VK_API_VERSION_1_1)) &&
-		(MVK_VULKAN_API_VERSION_CONFORM(MVK_VULKAN_API_VERSION) <
-		 MVK_VULKAN_API_VERSION_CONFORM(_appInfo.apiVersion))) {
-		setConfigurationResult(reportError(VK_ERROR_INCOMPATIBLE_DRIVER,
-										   "Request for Vulkan version %s is not compatible with supported version %s.",
-										   mvkGetVulkanVersionString(_appInfo.apiVersion).c_str(),
-										   mvkGetVulkanVersionString(MVK_VULKAN_API_VERSION).c_str()));
-	}
-
 	// Populate the array of physical GPU devices.
 	// This effort creates a number of autoreleased instances of Metal
 	// and other Obj-C classes, so wrap it all in an autorelease pool.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b460cde..0591f77 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 Introduction to MoltenVK
 ------------------------
 
-**MoltenVK** is a layered implementation of [*Vulkan 1.0*](https://www.khronos.org/vulkan) 
+**MoltenVK** is a layered implementation of [*Vulkan 1.1*](https://www.khronos.org/vulkan) 
 graphics and compute functionality, that is built on Apple's [*Metal*](https://developer.apple.com/metal) 
 graphics and compute framework on *macOS*, *iOS*, and *tvOS*. **MoltenVK** allows you to use *Vulkan* 
 graphics and compute functionality to develop modern, cross-platform, high-performance graphical 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 The **MoltenVK** runtime package contains two products:
 
 - **MoltenVK** is a implementation of an almost-complete subset of the 
-  [*Vulkan 1.0*](https://www.khronos.org/vulkan) graphics and compute API.
+  [*Vulkan 1.1*](https://www.khronos.org/vulkan) graphics and compute API.
 
 - **MoltenVKShaderConverter** converts *SPIR-V* shader code to *Metal Shading Language (MSL)*
   shader code, and converts *GLSL* shader source code to *SPIR-V* shader code and/or
@@ -265,11 +265,11 @@
 **MoltenVK** and *Vulkan* Compliance
 ------------------------------------
 
-**MoltenVK** is designed to be an implementation of a *Vulkan 1.0* subset that runs on *macOS*, *iOS*, 
+**MoltenVK** is designed to be an implementation of a *Vulkan 1.1* subset that runs on *macOS*, *iOS*, 
 and *tvOS* platforms by mapping *Vulkan* capability to native *Metal* capability.
 
 The fundamental design and development goal of **MoltenVK** is to provide this capability in a way that 
-is both maximally compliant with the *Vulkan 1.0* specification, and maximally  performant.
+is both maximally compliant with the *Vulkan 1.1* specification, and maximally  performant.
 
 Such compliance and performance is inherently affected by the capability available through *Metal*, as the 
 native graphics driver on *macOS*, *iOS*, and *tvOS* platforms. *Vulkan* compliance may fall into one of