diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index dfae111931..a584390e06 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
-  RUST_VERSION: 1.53
+  RUST_VERSION: 1.59
 
 # We distinguish the following kinds of builds:
 # - local: build for the same target as we compile on, and do local tests
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9cdcedba6d..286aa96d08 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ash"
-version = "0.35.0+1.2.203"
+version = "0.37.0+1.3.209"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5a7638ce84f8c84d6fd6faa63aa267574d345181ba591c0eeb5550d4c30cd600"
+checksum = "006ca68e0f2b03f22d6fa9f2860f85aed430d257fec20f8879b2145e7c7ae1a6"
 dependencies = [
  "libloading",
 ]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 49b890b547..fb140d9f51 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ For an overview of all the components in the gfx-rs ecosystem, see [the big pict
 
 ### MSRV policy
 
-Minimum Supported Rust Version is **1.53**.
+Minimum Supported Rust Version is **1.59**.
 It is enforced on CI (in "/.github/workflows/ci.yml") with `RUST_VERSION` variable.
 This version can only be upgraded in breaking releases.
 
diff --git a/wgpu-hal/Cargo.toml b/wgpu-hal/Cargo.toml
index fb1fd1560b..25deabbc19 100644
--- a/wgpu-hal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wgpu-hal/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ homepage = "https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu"
 repository = "https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu"
 keywords = ["graphics"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+rust-version = "1.59"
 
 [lib]
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ block = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
 foreign-types = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 
 # backend: Vulkan
-ash = { version = "0.35", optional = true }
+ash = { version = "0.37", optional = true }
 gpu-alloc = { version = "0.5", optional = true }
 gpu-descriptor = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 inplace_it = { version ="0.3.3", optional = true }
diff --git a/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/instance.rs b/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/instance.rs
index 2370c62eee..6dff2fd485 100644
--- a/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/instance.rs
+++ b/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/instance.rs
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ impl super::Instance {
         flags: crate::InstanceFlags,
     ) -> Result<Vec<&'static CStr>, crate::InstanceError> {
         let instance_extensions = entry
-            .enumerate_instance_extension_properties()
+            .enumerate_instance_extension_properties(None)
             .map_err(|e| {
                 log::info!("enumerate_instance_extension_properties: {:?}", e);
                 crate::InstanceError