diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index d1912168..444c0d2e 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 # Nyx Release Notes
 
+## 2.3.5
+
+This release is available at [this link](https://github.com/mooltiverse/nyx/releases/tag/2.3.5).
+
+### Upgrade instructions
+
+There are no actions to take for backward compatibility.
+
+### New features and improvements
+
+There are no new features or improvements in this release.
+
+### Fixed issues
+
+This release:
+
+* fixes a bug in the command line version that caused a segment violation error when running the `clean` command when no previous state is found and so the current version hasn't been initialized yet ([#217](https://github.com/mooltiverse/nyx/issues/217))
+
 ## 2.3.4
 
 This release is available at [this link](https://github.com/mooltiverse/nyx/releases/tag/2.3.4).
diff --git a/modules/go/nyx/state/state.go b/modules/go/nyx/state/state.go
index c4204d3d..b9e30bf5 100644
--- a/modules/go/nyx/state/state.go
+++ b/modules/go/nyx/state/state.go
@@ -950,11 +950,15 @@ func (s *State) Summary() (string, error) {
 	}
 	fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "timestamp        = %d\n", *timestamp)
 
-	version, err := s.GetVersion()
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
+	if s.HasVersion() {
+		version, err := s.GetVersion()
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "current version  = %s\n", *version)
+	} else {
+		fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "current version   = %s\n", "")
 	}
-	fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "current version  = %s\n", *version)
 
 	releaseScope, err := s.GetReleaseScope()
 	if err != nil {