diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 86e67c46d4..500ad8fc6c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@ Bottom level categories:
 - Hal
 -->
 
-## Unreleased
-
-## v0.20.1 (2024-04-??)
+## Unreleased -- v0.20.1 (2024-04-??)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
@@ -47,6 +45,10 @@ Bottom level categories:
 
 - Clean up weak references to texture views and bind groups. By @xiaopengli89 [#5595](https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/pull/5595).
 
+#### Vulkan
+
+- Fix enablement of subgroup ops extension on Vulkan devices that don't support Vulkan 1.3. By @cwfitzgerald in [#5624](https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/pull/5624).
+
 
 ## v0.20.0 (2024-04-28)
 
diff --git a/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/adapter.rs b/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/adapter.rs
index 21219361f4..bbf44feace 100644
--- a/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/adapter.rs
+++ b/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/adapter.rs
@@ -1485,9 +1485,6 @@ impl super::Instance {
                 }),
             image_format_list: phd_capabilities.device_api_version >= vk::API_VERSION_1_2
                 || phd_capabilities.supports_extension(vk::KhrImageFormatListFn::name()),
-            subgroup_size_control: phd_features
-                .subgroup_size_control
-                .map_or(false, |ext| ext.subgroup_size_control == vk::TRUE),
         };
         let capabilities = crate::Capabilities {
             limits: phd_capabilities.to_wgpu_limits(),
@@ -1792,6 +1789,7 @@ impl super::Adapter {
             vendor_id: self.phd_capabilities.properties.vendor_id,
             timestamp_period: self.phd_capabilities.properties.limits.timestamp_period,
             private_caps: self.private_caps.clone(),
+            features,
             workarounds: self.workarounds,
             render_passes: Mutex::new(Default::default()),
             framebuffers: Mutex::new(Default::default()),
diff --git a/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/device.rs b/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/device.rs
index ec392533a0..aba36311de 100644
--- a/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/device.rs
+++ b/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/device.rs
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ impl super::Device {
         };
 
         let mut flags = vk::PipelineShaderStageCreateFlags::empty();
-        if self.shared.private_caps.subgroup_size_control {
+        if self.shared.features.contains(wgt::Features::SUBGROUP) {
             flags |= vk::PipelineShaderStageCreateFlags::ALLOW_VARYING_SUBGROUP_SIZE
         }
 
diff --git a/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/mod.rs b/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/mod.rs
index d1ea82772e..0dd361e0b6 100644
--- a/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/mod.rs
+++ b/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/mod.rs
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ struct PrivateCapabilities {
     robust_image_access2: bool,
     zero_initialize_workgroup_memory: bool,
     image_format_list: bool,
-    subgroup_size_control: bool,
 }
 
 bitflags::bitflags!(
@@ -344,6 +343,7 @@ struct DeviceShared {
     timestamp_period: f32,
     private_caps: PrivateCapabilities,
     workarounds: Workarounds,
+    features: wgt::Features,
     render_passes: Mutex<rustc_hash::FxHashMap<RenderPassKey, vk::RenderPass>>,
     framebuffers: Mutex<rustc_hash::FxHashMap<FramebufferKey, vk::Framebuffer>>,
 }