Minecraft wiki entry for Exploration_Update, associated text: The Exploration Update is the name for Java Edition version 1.11, a major update released on November 14, 2016.[1] The official name for the update, the Exploration Update, was revealed on September 24, 2016, during the Opening Ceremony at MINECON 2016.[2] During the "Casual Chat with Jens" panel at MINECON, he suggested that the name "Expedition Update" was more suitable to the theme of the update compared to the "Exploration Update".[3]