diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 28fa17f..854a9b6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ Latest stable release: 1.0
 CLI/deps.edn dependency information:
 
 ```clojure
-org.clojars.jeff_evans/java-case {:mvn/version "1.0"}
+org.clojars.jeff_evans/java-case {:mvn/version "1.1"}
 ```
 Leiningen dependency information:
 
 ```clojure
-[jeff_evans/java-case "1.0"]
+[jeff_evans/java-case "1.1"]
 ```
 
 This library is not yet deployed to Maven central.
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ doesn't matter.
                   "20+"  "Java 20 and beyond"))
 =>
 (clojure.core/case
-  (clojure.core/or us.jeffevans.java-case/*java-spec-version-override* "11")
+  (clojure.core/or
+    us.jeffevans.java-case/*java-spec-version-override*
+    (us.jeffevans.java-case/current-java-spec-version))
   ("11" "12" "13" "14" "15" "16")
   "Java 11 through 16"
   "17"
diff --git a/build.clj b/build.clj
index 8083df0..e003483 100644
--- a/build.clj
+++ b/build.clj
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
             [org.corfield.build :as bb]))
 
 (def lib 'org.clojars.jeff_evans/java-case)
-(def version "1.0")
-#_ ; alternatively, use MAJOR.MINOR.COMMITS:
-(def version (format "1.0.%s" (b/git-count-revs nil)))
+(def version "1.1")
 
 (defn test "Run the tests." [opts]
   (bb/run-tests opts))
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c76ccea..5ca5dbc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.clojars.jeff_evans</groupId>
   <artifactId>java-case</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0</version>
+  <version>1.1</version>
   <name>jeff_evans/java-case</name>
   <description>A simple Clojure macro for selecting different forms based on the runtime JDK version</description>
   <url>https://github.com/jeff-evans/java-case</url>
diff --git a/src/us/jeffevans/java_case.clj b/src/us/jeffevans/java_case.clj
index 5f6219d..6d27426 100644
--- a/src/us/jeffevans/java_case.clj
+++ b/src/us/jeffevans/java_case.clj
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 
 (def ^:dynamic *java-spec-version-override* nil)
 
-(def ^:private ^:const java-spec-version (System/getProperty "java.specification.version"))
+(defn current-java-spec-version
+  "Returns the current Java major version, from the java.specification.version JVM property."
+  []
+  (System/getProperty "java.specification.version"))
 
 (def ^:private ^:const highest-known-spec-version 17)
 
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@
    (java-spec-versions nil))
   ([range-boundaries]
    (let [int-range-boundaries (filter #(re-matches #"\d+" %) (keys range-boundaries))
-         curr-version         (or *java-spec-version-override* java-spec-version)
+         curr-version         (or *java-spec-version-override* (current-java-spec-version))
          highest-v            (highest-version (conj int-range-boundaries curr-version))]
      (if (and highest-v (> highest-v highest-known-spec-version))
        (->> (inc highest-v)
@@ -106,5 +109,5 @@
   [& definitions]
   (let [num-defs   (count definitions)
         partitions (inputs->version-ranges (map first (partition 2 definitions)))]
-    `(case (or *java-spec-version-override* ~java-spec-version)
+    `(case (or *java-spec-version-override* (current-java-spec-version))
            ~@(map-indexed (partial map-indexed-case-exprs num-defs partitions) definitions))))