diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/wrappers/vk_get_funcs.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/wrappers/vk_get_funcs.cpp
index 422701711d..35e3c1990a 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/wrappers/vk_get_funcs.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/wrappers/vk_get_funcs.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ void ClampPhysDevAPIVersion(VkPhysicalDeviceProperties *pProperties, VkPhysicalD
       pProperties->apiVersion = VK_API_VERSION_1_2;
     }
   }
+
+  // clamp to highest supported API version, currently vulkan 1.3, because loader no longer does this for us
+  if(pProperties->apiVersion > VK_API_VERSION_1_3)
+    pProperties->apiVersion = VK_API_VERSION_1_3;
 }
 
 void WrappedVulkan::vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures(VkPhysicalDevice physicalDevice,