diff --git a/core/core-spacemacs-buffer.el b/core/core-spacemacs-buffer.el
index 54662e925..35c3734ed 100644
--- a/core/core-spacemacs-buffer.el
+++ b/core/core-spacemacs-buffer.el
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 ;; This file is not part of GNU Emacs.
 ;;
 ;;; License: GPLv3
-(defconst spacemacs-buffer-version-info "0.105"
+(defconst spacemacs-buffer-version-info "0.200"
   "Current version used to display addition release information.")
 
 (defconst spacemacs-buffer-name "*spacemacs*"
diff --git a/core/info/release-notes/0.200.txt b/core/info/release-notes/0.200.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa196bee3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/info/release-notes/0.200.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+See newsletter #01 at http://spacemacs.org/news/news01.html