diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 54ec0f757..00f8dec80 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ This gem uses subclasses of `KubernetesResource` to implement custom success/fai
 
 If you work for Shopify, just run `dev up`, but otherwise:
 
-1. [Install kubectl version 1.10.0 or higher](https://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/prereqs/) and make sure it is in your path
+1. [Install kubectl version 1.11.0 or higher](https://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/prereqs/) and make sure it is in your path
 2. [Install minikube](https://kubernetes.io/docs/getting-started-guides/minikube/#installation) (required to run the test suite)
 3. [Install any required minikube drivers](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/blob/master/docs/drivers.md) (on OS X, you may need the [hyperkit driver](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/blob/master/docs/drivers.md#hyperkit-driver)
 4. Check out the repo
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a4fce9f56..3e4a82894 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ This repo also includes related tools for [running tasks](#kubernetes-run) and [
 ## Prerequisites
 
 * Ruby 2.3+
-* Your cluster must be running Kubernetes v1.10.0 or higher<sup>1</sup>
+* Your cluster must be running Kubernetes v1.11.0 or higher<sup>1</sup>
 * Each app must have a deploy directory containing its Kubernetes templates (see [Templates](#using-templates-and-variables))
 
 <sup>1</sup> We run integration tests against these Kubernetes versions. You can find our
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ offical compatibility chart below.
 
 ## Installation
 
-1. [Install kubectl](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/#install-kubectl-binary-via-curl) (requires v1.10.0 or higher) and make sure it is available in your $PATH
+1. [Install kubectl](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/#install-kubectl-binary-via-curl) (requires v1.11.0 or higher) and make sure it is available in your $PATH
 2. Set up your [kubeconfig file](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/access-application-cluster/authenticate-across-clusters-kubeconfig/) for access to your cluster(s).
 3. `gem install kubernetes-deploy`
 
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ Refer to `kubernetes-restart --help` for the authoritative set of options.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-* You've already deployed a [`PodTemplate`](https://v1-10.docs.kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.10/#podtemplate-v1-core) object with field `template` containing a `Pod` specification that does not include the `apiVersion` or `kind` parameters. An example is provided in this repo in `test/fixtures/hello-cloud/template-runner.yml`.
+* You've already deployed a [`PodTemplate`](https://v1-11.docs.kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.11/#podtemplate-v1-core) object with field `template` containing a `Pod` specification that does not include the `apiVersion` or `kind` parameters. An example is provided in this repo in `test/fixtures/hello-cloud/template-runner.yml`.
 * The `Pod` specification in that template has a container named `task-runner`.
 
 Based on this specification `kubernetes-run` will create a new pod with the entrypoint of the `task-runner ` container overridden with the supplied arguments.
diff --git a/bin/setup b/bin/setup
index 34748887e..860215c0b 100755
--- a/bin/setup
+++ b/bin/setup
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ if [ ! -x "$(which minikube)" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ ! -x "$(which kubectl)" ]; then
-  echo -e "\n\033[0;33mPlease install kubectl version 1.10.0 or higher:\nhttps://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/prereqs/\033[0m"
+  echo -e "\n\033[0;33mPlease install kubectl version 1.11.0 or higher:\nhttps://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/prereqs/\033[0m"
 else
   KUBECTL_VERSION=$(kubectl version --short --client | grep -oe "v[[:digit:]\.]\+")
-  echo -e "\n\033[0;32mKubectl version $KUBECTL_VERSION is already installed. This gem requires version v1.10.0 or greater.\033[0m"
+  echo -e "\n\033[0;32mKubectl version $KUBECTL_VERSION is already installed. This gem requires version v1.11.0 or greater.\033[0m"
 fi
diff --git a/lib/kubernetes-deploy.rb b/lib/kubernetes-deploy.rb
index 055739d3d..2bd8a3ecd 100644
--- a/lib/kubernetes-deploy.rb
+++ b/lib/kubernetes-deploy.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
 require 'kubernetes-deploy/label_selector'
 
 module KubernetesDeploy
-  MIN_KUBE_VERSION = '1.10.0'
+  MIN_KUBE_VERSION = '1.11.0'
   StatsD.build
 end