diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index a2c72113..252c3000 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ PlatformIO 3.0
 3.5.3 (2018-??-??)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+* `PlatformIO Home <http://docs.platformio.org/page/home/index.html>`__ -
+  interact with PlatformIO ecosystem using modern and cross-platform GUI:
+
+  - "Recent News" block on "Welcome" page
+  - Direct import of development platform's example
+
 * Describe your project with a new
   `description <http://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/projectconf/section_platformio.html#description>`_
   option for `Project Configuration File "platformio.ini" <http://docs.platformio.org/page/projectconf/section_platformio.html#build-dir>`__ (information will be used by
diff --git a/platformio/managers/core.py b/platformio/managers/core.py
index c835ed84..63bd456e 100644
--- a/platformio/managers/core.py
+++ b/platformio/managers/core.py
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ from platformio import __version__, exception, util
 from platformio.managers.package import PackageManager
 
 CORE_PACKAGES = {
-    "contrib-piohome": ">=0.8.1,<2",
-    "contrib-pysite": ">=0.1.5,<2",
-    "tool-pioplus": ">=1.0.0,<2",
+    "contrib-piohome": ">=0.9.0,<2",
+    "contrib-pysite": ">=0.2.0,<2",
+    "tool-pioplus": ">=1.1.1,<2",
     "tool-unity": "~1.20302.1",
     "tool-scons": "~2.20501.4"
 }