diff --git a/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md b/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
index 0f95d73be3a1..b9883dc793e7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+## 8.0.0-alpha.4
+
+- API: Remove stories.json support - [#25236](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25236), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!
+- Addon Docs: Remove `react` peer dependency - [#24881](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/24881), thanks [@JReinhold](https://github.com/JReinhold)!
+- Addon-docs: Support `<StrictMode />` and `<Suspense />` in source viewer - [#19785](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/19785), thanks [@zhyd1997](https://github.com/zhyd1997)!
+- Angular: Add random attribute to bootstrapped selector - [#24972](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/24972), thanks [@Marklb](https://github.com/Marklb)!
+- Angular: Reduce the warnings from `ts-loader` via stricter list of `includes` - [#24531](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/24531), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!
+- Blocks: Render colors in the same order as provided - [#25001](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25001), thanks [@kaelig](https://github.com/kaelig)!
+- CLI: Add prompt-only automigrate asking for react-removal - [#25215](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25215), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!
+- CLI: No longer add react in init - [#25196](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25196), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!
+- Core: Set bundle target to `node18` - [#25239](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25239), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!
+- SvelteKit: Fix missing `$app` modules - [#25132](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25132), thanks [@paoloricciuti](https://github.com/paoloricciuti)!
+- SvelteKit: Support 2.0 modules with mocks - [#25244](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25244), thanks [@paoloricciuti](https://github.com/paoloricciuti)!
+- UI: Embed `react-textarea-autosize` types - [#25235](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25235), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!
+
 ## 8.0.0-alpha.3
 
 - Addon-docs: Fix storybook MDX check - [#24696](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/24696), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!
diff --git a/code/package.json b/code/package.json
index c35975028305..14beb9dab576 100644
--- a/code/package.json
+++ b/code/package.json
@@ -316,5 +316,6 @@
         "Dependency Upgrades"
       ]
     ]
-  }
+  },
+  "deferredNextVersion": "8.0.0-alpha.4"
 }
diff --git a/docs/versions/next.json b/docs/versions/next.json
index 87806eaaf3b8..060cd5ca7efd 100644
--- a/docs/versions/next.json
+++ b/docs/versions/next.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"version":"8.0.0-alpha.3","info":{"plain":"- Addon-docs: Fix storybook MDX check - [#24696](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/24696), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!\n- Addons: Remove unused postinstall package - [#25150](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25150), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!\n- Angular: Update Angular cli templates - [#25152](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25152), thanks [@Marklb](https://github.com/Marklb)!\n- Blocks: Fix Subtitle block for unattached docs pages - [#25157](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25157), thanks [@kripod](https://github.com/kripod)!\n- Ember: Fix @storybook/ember - [#23435](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/23435), thanks [@francois2metz](https://github.com/francois2metz)!\n- Maintenance: Set engines field to Node.js >= 18 for packages - [#25105](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25105), thanks [@valentinpalkovic](https://github.com/valentinpalkovic)!"}}
+{"version":"8.0.0-alpha.4","info":{"plain":"- API: Remove stories.json support - [#25236](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25236), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!\n- Addon Docs: Remove `react` peer dependency - [#24881](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/24881), thanks [@JReinhold](https://github.com/JReinhold)!\n- Addon-docs: Support `<StrictMode />` and `<Suspense />` in source viewer - [#19785](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/19785), thanks [@zhyd1997](https://github.com/zhyd1997)!\n- Angular: Add random attribute to bootstrapped selector - [#24972](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/24972), thanks [@Marklb](https://github.com/Marklb)!\n- Angular: Reduce the warnings from `ts-loader` via stricter list of `includes` - [#24531](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/24531), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- Blocks: Render colors in the same order as provided - [#25001](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25001), thanks [@kaelig](https://github.com/kaelig)!\n- CLI: Add prompt-only automigrate asking for react-removal - [#25215](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25215), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- CLI: No longer add react in init - [#25196](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25196), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!\n- Core: Set bundle target to `node18` - [#25239](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25239), thanks [@shilman](https://github.com/shilman)!\n- SvelteKit: Fix missing `$app` modules - [#25132](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25132), thanks [@paoloricciuti](https://github.com/paoloricciuti)!\n- SvelteKit: Support 2.0 modules with mocks - [#25244](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25244), thanks [@paoloricciuti](https://github.com/paoloricciuti)!\n- UI: Embed `react-textarea-autosize` types - [#25235](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/25235), thanks [@ndelangen](https://github.com/ndelangen)!"}}