diff --git a/core/server/api/notifications.js b/core/server/api/notifications.js
index c50d8944c8..6ee15c13f8 100644
--- a/core/server/api/notifications.js
+++ b/core/server/api/notifications.js
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
 
 const Promise = require('bluebird'),
     _ = require('lodash'),
+    semver = require('semver'),
     moment = require('moment'),
     ObjectId = require('bson-objectid'),
+    ghostVersion = require('../lib/ghost-version'),
     pipeline = require('../lib/promise/pipeline'),
     permissions = require('../services/permissions'),
     localUtils = require('./utils'),
@@ -63,6 +65,18 @@ notifications = {
                     allNotifications = _.orderBy(allNotifications, 'addedAt', 'desc');
 
                     allNotifications = allNotifications.filter(function (notification) {
+                        // CASE: do not return old release notification
+                        if (!notification.custom && notification.message) {
+                            let notificationVersion = notification.message.match(/(\d+\.)(\d+\.)(\d+)/);
+                            let blogVersion = ghostVersion.full.match(/^(\d+\.)(\d+\.)(\d+)/);
+
+                            if (notificationVersion && blogVersion && semver.gt(notificationVersion[0], blogVersion[0])) {
+                                return true;
+                            } else {
+                                return false;
+                            }
+                        }
+
                         return notification.seen !== true;
                     });
 
diff --git a/core/test/functional/routes/api/notifications_spec.js b/core/test/functional/routes/api/notifications_spec.js
index a3c821f537..ee1dd9f766 100644
--- a/core/test/functional/routes/api/notifications_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/functional/routes/api/notifications_spec.js
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ describe('Notifications API', function () {
     describe('Add', function () {
         var newNotification = {
             type: 'info',
-            message: 'test notification'
+            message: 'test notification',
+            custom: true
         };
 
         it('creates a new notification', function (done) {
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@ describe('Notifications API', function () {
         var newNotification = {
             type: 'info',
             message: 'test notification',
-            status: 'alert'
+            status: 'alert',
+            custom: true
         };
 
         it('deletes a notification', function (done) {
diff --git a/core/test/integration/api/api_notifications_spec.js b/core/test/integration/api/api_notifications_spec.js
index 38bcf506a2..75ec99dc41 100644
--- a/core/test/integration/api/api_notifications_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/integration/api/api_notifications_spec.js
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ describe('Notifications API', function () {
     it('can browse (internal)', function (done) {
         var msg = {
             type: 'error', // this can be 'error', 'success', 'warn' and 'info'
-            message: 'This is an error' // A string. Should fit in one line.
+            message: 'This is an error', // A string. Should fit in one line.
+            custom: true
         };
         NotificationsAPI.add({notifications: [msg]}, testUtils.context.internal).then(function () {
             NotificationsAPI.browse(testUtils.context.internal).then(function (results) {
@@ -124,7 +125,8 @@ describe('Notifications API', function () {
     it('can browse (owner)', function (done) {
         var msg = {
             type: 'error', // this can be 'error', 'success', 'warn' and 'info'
-            message: 'This is an error' // A string. Should fit in one line.
+            message: 'This is an error', // A string. Should fit in one line.
+            custom: true
         };
         NotificationsAPI.add({notifications: [msg]}, testUtils.context.owner).then(function () {
             NotificationsAPI.browse(testUtils.context.owner).then(function (results) {
diff --git a/core/test/integration/update_check_spec.js b/core/test/integration/update_check_spec.js
index 889d08c815..a3994c7cf6 100644
--- a/core/test/integration/update_check_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/integration/update_check_spec.js
@@ -9,13 +9,15 @@ var _ = require('lodash'),
     configUtils = require('../utils/configUtils'),
     packageInfo = require('../../../package'),
     updateCheck = rewire('../../server/update-check'),
+    ghostVersion = rewire('../../server/lib/ghost-version'),
     SettingsAPI = require('../../server/api/settings'),
-    NotificationsAPI = require('../../server/api/notifications'),
+    NotificationsAPI = rewire('../../server/api/notifications'),
     sandbox = sinon.sandbox.create();
 
 describe('Update Check', function () {
     beforeEach(function () {
         updateCheck = rewire('../../server/update-check');
+        NotificationsAPI = rewire('../../server/api/notifications');
     });
 
     afterEach(function () {
@@ -168,6 +170,8 @@ describe('Update Check', function () {
                     }]
                 };
 
+            NotificationsAPI.__set__('ghostVersion.full', '0.8.1');
+
             createCustomNotification(notification).then(function () {
                 return NotificationsAPI.browse(testUtils.context.internal);
             }).then(function (results) {
@@ -187,6 +191,58 @@ describe('Update Check', function () {
             }).catch(done);
         });
 
+        it('release notification version format is wrong', function (done) {
+            var createCustomNotification = updateCheck.__get__('createCustomNotification'),
+                notification = {
+                    id: 1,
+                    custom: 0,
+                    messages: [{
+                        id: uuid.v4(),
+                        version: '0.9.x',
+                        content: '<p>Hey there! This is for 0.9 version</p>',
+                        dismissible: true,
+                        top: true
+                    }]
+                };
+
+            NotificationsAPI.__set__('ghostVersion.full', '0.8.1');
+
+            createCustomNotification(notification).then(function () {
+                return NotificationsAPI.browse(testUtils.context.internal);
+            }).then(function (results) {
+                should.exist(results);
+                should.exist(results.notifications);
+                results.notifications.length.should.eql(0);
+                done();
+            }).catch(done);
+        });
+
+        it('blog version format is wrong', function (done) {
+            var createCustomNotification = updateCheck.__get__('createCustomNotification'),
+                notification = {
+                    id: 1,
+                    custom: 0,
+                    messages: [{
+                        id: uuid.v4(),
+                        version: '0.9.x',
+                        content: '<p>Hey there! This is for 0.9.0 version</p>',
+                        dismissible: true,
+                        top: true
+                    }]
+                };
+
+            NotificationsAPI.__set__('ghostVersion.full', '0.8');
+
+            createCustomNotification(notification).then(function () {
+                return NotificationsAPI.browse(testUtils.context.internal);
+            }).then(function (results) {
+                should.exist(results);
+                should.exist(results.notifications);
+                results.notifications.length.should.eql(0);
+                done();
+            }).catch(done);
+        });
+
         it('should create a custom notification', function (done) {
             var createCustomNotification = updateCheck.__get__('createCustomNotification'),
                 notification = {
diff --git a/core/test/utils/api.js b/core/test/utils/api.js
index 00c90dd60f..7297082095 100644
--- a/core/test/utils/api.js
+++ b/core/test/utils/api.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ var _ = require('lodash'),
         accesstoken: _.keys(schema.accesstokens),
         role: _.keys(schema.roles),
         permission: _.keys(schema.permissions),
-        notification: ['type', 'message', 'status', 'id', 'dismissible', 'location'],
+        notification: ['type', 'message', 'status', 'id', 'dismissible', 'location', 'custom'],
         theme: ['name', 'package', 'active'],
         themes: ['themes'],
         invites: _(schema.invites).keys().without('token').value(),