diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3ff6498ba1..5ca41706fc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -22934,7 +22934,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zed"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "acp_thread",
  "acp_tools",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 009763a3ab..2a18040169 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # Gwen
 
-**Gwen 1.0.0** — based on zed 1.22.0.
+**Gwen 0.1.0** — based on zed 1.22.0.
 
 # Zed
 
diff --git a/crates/zed/Cargo.toml b/crates/zed/Cargo.toml
index b67034ca64..80e403ec9c 100644
--- a/crates/zed/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/zed/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 description = "Gwen: The fast, collaborative code editor. Based on Zed."
 edition.workspace = true
 name = "zed"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "0.1.0"
 publish.workspace = true
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
 authors = ["Zed Team <hi@zed.dev>"]
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/main.rs b/crates/zed/src/main.rs
index 96f7c0c092..0a69d64bd1 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/main.rs
@@ -655,7 +655,9 @@ fn main() {
         AppState::set_global(app_state.clone(), cx);
 
         watcher_debug::init(app_state.clone(), cx);
-        auto_update::init(client.clone(), cx);
+        // Disabled until Gwen runs its own update server (menu item and
+        // background release polling both hang off this):
+        // auto_update::init(client.clone(), cx);
         dap_adapters::init(cx);
         auto_update_ui::init(cx);
         reliability::init(client.clone(), app_state.workspace_store.clone(), cx);
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/zed/app_menus.rs b/crates/zed/src/zed/app_menus.rs
index aaf09972b5..ecc1e5d799 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/zed/app_menus.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/zed/app_menus.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ pub fn app_menus(cx: &mut App) -> Vec<Menu> {
             disabled: false,
             items: vec![
                 MenuItem::action("About Gwen", zed_actions::About),
-                MenuItem::action("Check for Updates", auto_update::Check),
+                // Disabled until Gwen runs its own update server:
+                // MenuItem::action("Check for Updates", auto_update::Check),
                 MenuItem::separator(),
                 MenuItem::submenu(Menu::new("Settings").items([
                     MenuItem::action("Open Settings", zed_actions::OpenSettings),