diff --git a/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md b/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
index 0c77f07cefc..2a2eb7b7453 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.prerelease.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+## 8.5.0-beta.5
+
+- Addon Test: Only reset story count on file change when watch mode is enabled - [#30121](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/30121), thanks @ghengeveld!
+- Build: Revert Downgrade to esbuild 0.24.0 - [#30120](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/30120), thanks @yannbf!
+- Core: Fix `ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED` in `@storybook/node-logger`  - [#30093](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/30093), thanks @JReinhold!
+- React: Use Act wrapper in Storybook for component rendering - [#30037](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/30037), thanks @valentinpalkovic!
+- Vite: Add extra entries to `optimizeDeps` - [#30117](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/30117), thanks @ndelangen!
+
 ## 8.5.0-beta.4
 
 - Addon Themes: Deprecate useThemeParameters - [#30111](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/30111), thanks @yannbf!
diff --git a/code/package.json b/code/package.json
index 41c05a211f4..4f2150d5c3e 100644
--- a/code/package.json
+++ b/code/package.json
@@ -294,5 +294,6 @@
         "Dependency Upgrades"
       ]
     ]
-  }
+  },
+  "deferredNextVersion": "8.5.0-beta.5"
 }
diff --git a/docs/versions/next.json b/docs/versions/next.json
index 33865fddf4f..b620efbf34e 100644
--- a/docs/versions/next.json
+++ b/docs/versions/next.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"version":"8.5.0-beta.4","info":{"plain":"- Addon Themes: Deprecate useThemeParameters - [#30111](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/30111), thanks @yannbf!\n- Build: Downgrade to esbuild 0.24.0 - [#30116](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/30116), thanks @yannbf!\n- CLI: Re-Add Nuxt support - [#28607](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/28607), thanks @valentinpalkovic!\n- Core: Prevent infinite rerendering caused by comparison by reference - [#30081](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/30081), thanks @ghengeveld!"}}
+{"version":"8.5.0-beta.5","info":{"plain":"- Addon Test: Only reset story count on file change when watch mode is enabled - [#30121](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/30121), thanks @ghengeveld!\n- Build: Revert Downgrade to esbuild 0.24.0 - [#30120](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/30120), thanks @yannbf!\n- Core: Fix `ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED` in `@storybook/node-logger`  - [#30093](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/30093), thanks @JReinhold!\n- React: Use Act wrapper in Storybook for component rendering - [#30037](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/30037), thanks @valentinpalkovic!\n- Vite: Add extra entries to `optimizeDeps` - [#30117](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/30117), thanks @ndelangen!"}}