diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fa331c7..b25a138 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ shiv's primary goal is making distributing Python applications fast & easy.
 
 📗 Full documentation can be found [here](http://shiv.readthedocs.io/en/latest/).
 
-### sys requirements
+### System Requirements
 
-- python3.8+
+- Python >= 3.8
 - linux/osx/windows
 
 ### quickstart
diff --git a/docs/cli-reference.rst b/docs/cli-reference.rst
index c80236a..ef9abce 100644
--- a/docs/cli-reference.rst
+++ b/docs/cli-reference.rst
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Choosing a Python Interpreter Path
 
 A good overall interpreter path as passed into :option:`--python` is ``/usr/bin/env python3``.
 If you want to make sure your code runs on the Python version you tested it on,
-include the minor version (e.g. ``… python3.6``) – use what fits your circumstances best.
+include the minor version (e.g. ``… python3.8``) – use what fits your circumstances best.
 
 On Windows, the Python launcher ``py`` knows how to handle shebangs using ``env``,
 so it's overall the best choice if you target multiple platforms with a pure Python zipapp.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3101036..2542d75 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ install_requires =
   click>=6.7,!=7.0
   pip>=9.0.3
   setuptools
-  importlib_resources; python_version < "3.7"
-python_requires = >=3.6
+python_requires = >=3.8
 include_package_data = True
 
 [options.extras_require]
diff --git a/src/shiv/__version__.py b/src/shiv/__version__.py
index e13bd59..6849410 100644
--- a/src/shiv/__version__.py
+++ b/src/shiv/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.0.8"
+__version__ = "1.1.0"